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For a country as obsessed with weight and food production as ours is, there tends to be a lot of conflicting information, health-food fads and dietary gimmicks circulating about what and how we should eat.

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Life is an amazing gift when you stop and think about it. Out of all the things that are living, you get to be you—which is a lot better than being a sea slug, for example. In order to ensure that you get the most out this life and as many years as you possibly can, you need to take good care of your body—that vessel that lets you breathe air, eat food, meet your friends at restaurants and get about in general.

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UPDATE Saturday 6:15 a.m. EST: The number of reported fatalities is at least five, with another 71 injuries caused by what authorities say are a total of 17 tornadoes ripping through the Midwest on Friday.

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A long-abandoned building that greets thousands of people who head into downtown Binghamton each day might be torn down soon.

Mayor Matthew Ryan says the city is working with Broome County officials to develop a plan to remove the eyesore

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State police say a Harpursville man faces felony charges after a vehicle he was driving was stopped by troopers in the town of Kirkwood.

Authorities say 32-year-old Chad Pedley was pulled over on Interstate 81

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Two Broome County jail inmates have been charged with promoting prison contraband.

Authorities say 38-year-old Erin Fralick of Johnson City and 43-year-old David Silva of Harpursville were arrested after they were found to be in possession of pills

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The Broome-County STOP-DWI Program is now taking online registration for the 5K and cycling events for the 30th Anniversary of the Chris Thater Memorial Races.  The 2013 Chris Thater Memorial Races and Music Festival is scheduled for August 24 - 25th at Recreation Park in Binghamton

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Authorities are looking for a Binghamton man under treatment for schizophernia who has been missing since May 24th.

Broome County Sheriff's Detective Division says 41 year old Edmund Greene was last seen leaving his boarding home at 40 Pulaski Street in the Town of Dickinson wearing a red sweat shirt, gray sweat pants, sneakers and a red ID bracelet

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Discussion continues in the Village of Endicott about turning over their police agency operations to the Broome County Sheriff's Department.  The Village has been looking at ways to reduce expenses for several years

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Opponents of hydraulic fracture drilling for natural gas put out a rallying cry a day before New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was scheduled to be at an invitation-only event on the Binghamton University Campus to promote his idea of creating tax free zones near SUNY campus for start-up companies

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