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Sir Alex Ferguson admits he has never seen a player make as impressive a debut as Wayne Rooney did on his hat-trick night for Manchester United in the Champions League.
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PALMETTO, Fla. - Mark Giorgio figured a 50-foot fall was worth $20. Giorgio, 47, was counting his money Monday while walking across the U.S. 41 bridge over the Manatee River when a $20 bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail. He followed. And plummeted 50 feet into the river.
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By Jim Carney, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jan. 31--Nick Garbinsky wants to study rocks and earthquakes when he grows up but maybe he should consider water currents instead.
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By MIKE JOHNSON  Town of Merton - If you're a kid and it's a school day, there aren't too many better ways to spend the hours than splashing around in a lake, tromping through a swamp or hiking in a forest, all with the blessing of the principal and teachers.
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SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER -- and with temperatures hovering around 90 degrees this week, swimming is definitely a cool idea. But for many minority and low-income kids and families, there are too few opportunities to learn about safety in and near the water. The YMCA is trying to change that.
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By Michael Pearce, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 17--EL DORADO RESERVOIR -- EL DORADO FISHING EVENT   A spinal birth defect called spina bifida means Kenna McCanless can't really enjoy soccer, hiking or playgrounds like many kids do.
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A little boy stands barefoot in the dirt. He doesn't know how old he is. No one issued a birth certificate or wrote down the date when he arrived in this world; such details are not recorded in the fishing villages along this southern coast of India.
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PITTSBURGH - It could be called a mechanical miracle - a robot that walks on water. With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering assistant professor Metin Sitti has built a tiny robot that can walk on water, much like insects known as water skimmers, water skaters, pond skaters or Jesus bugs...
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By Ray Kershaw  It's early October but the midday sun is torrid. Beyond the scrubby hills the sea glitters like hot steel. Then suddenly, from a corner of our vision, we see him leaping through the dunes.
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Five-year-old Brittany Fish wanted to visit a neighborhood friend early one evening. So she hopped on her scooter for a two-black ride to her friend's house. Brittany never made it. Nor did she return home that night.
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My children are great kids. They inspire me every day. Scott, 24, and his sister, Joy, 22, have cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the medicines available when they were young and new medicines available
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  By Seth Borenstein  The Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
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By Natasha Derrick, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 9--Phineous Palindrome swims along leisurely, his head bobbing up and down as his pursed lips feel around for food. His second head to the rear keeps watch for predators.
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A 5-year-old girl who was feared drowned with her grandfather on a boating trip startled searchers Friday when she emerged from the woods &#151; naked, scratched and holding raspberries.
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For Erin Keros, the idea of an exercise DVD geared toward her 1-year-old child was intriguing. Her son Joey has only been walking for about a month, but now he&#39;s learning to
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By By Will Jones, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 8--Kevin Turner hadn't understood the parental pressure of a penguin until he tried walking with a wooden egg on his shoetops.
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By DAVID POWELL  A DUMMY was yesterday hurled 60ft into a rock-strewn river then "rescued" to highlight the danger of bridge jumping at a North Wales beauty spot.