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Ted Williams oldest daughter is urging President Bush, his father and former astronaut John Glenn to help stop her half brother from keeping the body of the baseball great in deep freeze.In an open letter released Wednesday night, Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell said that her father wished to be cremated, not frozen at a cryonics lab in Arizona.Ferrell has accused her half brother, John Henry Williams, of having their father s body moved to Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., where bodies a
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stanley cup cial gain.Williams, the last major league hitter to bat better than .400 in a season, died Friday in Florida at 83. I need anyone and everyone, famous or not, if they have knowledge about my Daddy s wishes to be cremated to stand up and be heard at this time, Ferrell said. She called on Glenn, a former U.S. Senator who flew with Ted Williams when both were fighter pilots in the Korean War, and President Bush and his father, former President Bush, to help her fight her half brother. John Glenn appreciated my Daddy s being his wingman. I want John Glenn to come forward now and come to his frie
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Food allergies have rise
stanley cup becher n dramatically in recent years, leading scientists to speculate about possible environmental factors. A recent study suggests that antibiotics may be destroying a key gut microbe 鈥?one that could be reintroduced into the body, to restore proper immune function. Food allergies are definitely on the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, some 4% to 6% of children are now affected. There has been an 18% increase among children in the U.S. between 1997 and 2007 and possibly as high as 50% . It an alarming generational increase 鈥?one that likely caused by environmental interventions of some sort. Now, a new study by Cathryn Nagler and her colleagues has shown that chang
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