Tallest US man is 7-foot-8 Va. deputy
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To all those people who blurt out "Wow, you're tall!" as they stare up at George Bell: He knows. nd now, the world will know, too. The lanky, 7-foot-8 Norfolk sheriff's deputy is being recognized Thursday by Guinness World Records as the Tallest Man in the United States.
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It's so quiet now. Richard Seymour leans back in his oversized leather armchair, one that would swallow up a man of average stature, yet barely accommodates this 6-foot-6-inch, 310-pounder, whose explosive strength and quickness earned him the moniker as the best defensive lineman in the NFL after just two years.
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We have not seen the tall man with the booming voice for days now.
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TULSA, Okla. -- Angela Ruggiero is 5 feet 9 inches tall, 190 pounds, and worth her weight in gold.
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SALT LAKE CITY - A sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave for stripping down to his skivvies in public.    Employees at a jewelry company told police that they saw Salt Lake County Sheriff's Deputy Darrell Magee get out of his department-issued sport utility vehicle Tuesday morning and remove all his clothes...
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Rooster Andrews, a diminutive man who stood tall in the annals of University of Texas football, died Monday of respiratory failure in Austin. He was 84.
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When Leonard Popeâs 6-foot-7, 250-pound frame is running down the field, Georgia quarterback David Greene canât resist. âThatâsa big weapon,â Greene a South Gwinnett said.
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He has a reputation harder to shake than a 220-pound defensive lineman. But Burlington's Ted Marmanidis, whose 5-foot-7-inch, 175-pound frame has earned him the nickname "Little Big Man," hasn't let that get in the way of his success.
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At 6 feet 2 inches and 140 pounds, Lexington sophomore Meikle Paschal tends to stand out in a crowd. But when he's jumping 6 inches higher than anyone else in the high jump field and shattering meet records, he's impossible to miss.
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Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building since July, has also become the tallest free-standing structure on earth, reaching 1,822 feet, the developers said.
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The highest-ranking US soldier charged in the abuse of prisoners at Iraq&#39;s Abu Ghraib prison was sentenced to eight years in prison, yesterday the longest term handed down so far in the scandal.
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NEW YORK  - The amount of height men lose as they age is related to their odds of dying as they reach 60s and 70s, a new study shows.
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he&#39;s the tallest, most solidly-built player in international cricket at the moment. The next thing that gets your attention
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Flores Man has a great ring to it, and it is handier than Homo floresiensis, the actual moniker of mankind&#39;s newest cousin. The first of these cousins found was about 3 feet tall, but recognizably human.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Nebraska man who weighed more than half a ton is doing better. Patrick Deuel checked himself into a hospital last month in Sioux Falls, SD The Valentine man weighed 1,072 pounds.
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Staff Sgt. Ivan L. &quot;Chip&quot; Frederick, the highest-ranking of eight soldiers charged with abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison last year, was sentenced to eight years in