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Photo: Little resistance to working out at Sox training camp

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Pitcher and catchers have reported at the Red Sox spring training facility in Fort Myers, FL, as the team starts a new season -- with the first official workout coming today. In this......

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FDA makes nationwide peanut-recall list simpler

12:31 PM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Wondering what foods in your home are part of the nationwide peanut-product recall? We've got the full, interactive list from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Most Americans know about a peanut-based national salmonella outbreak but many are wrong about......

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Blueways site is a one-stop destination for paddlers

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By Tom Meade    Email

The Blueways Alliance has a one-stop website for paddlers in Rhode Island. The site includes links to events, places to paddle and launch sites. The Blueways project began in 2006 when the Rhode Island Rivers Council and the National Park......

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Now for a little romance: Exercising will improve your love life

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

We all know exercise is good for us. Like apples, it can keep the doctor away. It can make us look and feel better, and it can alleviate stress. But there's even one more reason to get off the couch......

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State celebrates park system's 100th anniversary

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By Tom Meade    Email

Lincoln Woods, Rhode Island's first state park The 100th anniversary of Rhode Island's state park system will include an effort to get Rhode Islanders to visit their parks as part of the 2009 Rhode Island Great Outdoors Pursuit this......

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Update: Yoga in the Car's Swain gives lesson to Boston anchor / video

6:54 AM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Yoga teacher and R.I. native Jen Swain discusses her antidote for road rage- yoga techniques and a coping philosophy for dealing with traffic and the daily grind of commuting with a Boston TV station. In 2007, I wrote about......

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This volunteer opportunity comes with a healthy hike

Tim Mooney, Manager of the Francis C. Carter Nature Preserve, examins one of many holly trees on the land in Charlestown.JPG 10:03 AM Mon, Feb 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Tim Mooney, manager of the Carter Preserve examines a holly during a guided hike By Tom Meade Journal staff writer Looking for a volunteer opportunity that comes with fresh air and exercise? Perhaps you'd just prefer a healthy hike.......

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