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Aa dietitian explains how a day of indulgence won't harm your overall health

(THE CONVERSATION) For many, holidays are synonymous with quality time and long-standing traditions. Typically laden with delicious foods, it's not uncommon to eat more during the holidays than you usually would.
You likely know that feeling of being too stuffed – the point when you're pleasantly satisfied one moment and u ... (full story)

Sports

Dune of Dreams: Baseball league in Dubai begins with novel rules and camels

UD AL-BAYDA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emerging from the shimmering heat in the desert outskirts of Dubai is an unfamiliar sight in the Middle East, a baseball field.
Now that it's built, though, one question remains: Will the fans come?
That's the challenge for the inaugural season of Baseball United, a four-team, m ... (full story)

How the 89-year-old tradition of Script Ohio and dotting the i defines Ohio State and its band

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lots of kids who grow up in Ohio dream of scoring a touchdown in front of 100,000 Buckeyes fans at Ohio Stadium.
While many dream of celebrating in the end zone, a smaller group of Sousaphone players aspire to dot the i and complete "Script Ohio" before the Buckeyes take the field.
At 89 ... (full story)

World record physiology

One of my many reading passions involves sport-science articles, especially those that try to identify just what it is physiologically that enables one particular world class athlete to be so much better than his/her peers.
Because let’s face it, once you reach that level of athleticism all the “could’ve been ... (full story)

State

Families brace for continued gaps in Head Start service despite government reopening

Vital federal funding is on the way for Head Start centers that were thrown into crisis by the government shutdown, but it could take time before some children who rely on the federal program can return to preschool.
Some centers that missed out on federal payments had to furlough staff. Others had to shut down entirely, destabi ... (full story)

Attorney arrested for bringing drugs into Cuyahoga County jail suspended

The Supreme Court of Ohio today suspended an attorney for two years, with one year stayed, after he tried to conceal the methamphetamine he brought into the Cuyahoga County Justice Center when visiting a jail inmate.
In a per curiam opinion, a divided court imposed the sanction on Eric Norton, a Cleveland Heights lawyer, who was ... (full story)

Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering

President Donald Trump's call for Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of next year's election has triggered an unusual outbreak of mid-decade gerrymandering among both Republican- and Democratic-led states.
Democrats need to gain just three seats to wrest control of the House away from Republicans. And Trump hopes r ... (full story)