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Alexander Dale Oen, a 26-year-old Norwegian swimmer, has died of cardiac arrest.

It wasn't long ago that he was standing atop the Olympic podium, proudly displaying his medal only days after his country was rocked by that huge massacre by a right-wing extremist.

He was recently in a pre-Olympic training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona when he was found collapsed on his bathroom floor.

He was given CPR and rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

The cause of death is unknown.

This is so sad. He was a symbol of strength for Norway when they needed it, and now he's been cut down in his prime.

Our hearts go out to his family, friends and all of his fans around the world.

[Image via AP Images.]

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According to new legal documents, Scottie Pippen can't sue CBS because he admitted he was broke.

Makes sense to us!

Last year, Scottie decided to sue CBS, NBC, and Arizona State University among others because they

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What the hell, Arizona?

First the law that would basically let you pull someone over just for being brown in case they were an illegal immigrant, now you want to give employers the power to fire women staff if they're on birth control?

How backwards can you be? Is it hard to get dressed in the morning?

Here's what the law says:

Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.

Here's what Lesko says:

“I believe we live in America. We don’t live in the Soviet Union. So, government should not be telling the organizations or mom and pop employers to do something against their moral beliefs.”

Um, really? Shouldn't the government not be telling individuals what to do with their private medical records and health?

Yes, we do live in America. Which means we should have the freedom to do what we please, in private, with our health. This is constricting and infringes on BASIC rights. Our minds are blown that anyone could even think this up, let alone have it get this far.

Is the nation on hidden camera? Are we being pranked by another country?

The fact that you want to put this restriction on people GOES AGAINST all those freedoms you claim to stand for. Who put you in any kind of position to do things like this? Didn't they know they were dealing with someone completely unqualified and ignorant to the well being of their fellow man (or woman) to make these decisions?

Not only would the bill grant employers the right to pry into a woman’s (and only a woman’s) medical history — it lets them fire women for having a sex life.

Read that sentence again and see if that, at all, sounds like a good thing to do. We'll wait.

The answer is an astounding "no," only to be agreed with by people who don't understand any of those words.

And get this: Arizona already has a law in effect prohibiting insurance companies from this kind of discrimination. This would supersede that law.

Meaning it allows the employer, and not the insurance company, to discriminate. How is that not going backwards?

We need a break. This is just way too absurd to be real.

Also, let us just say that this isn't a problem just isolated to Arizona — and we're sure there are good, rational people who live there too — this has become a nationwide issue. To us, it's a non-issue: let women be in control of their own reproductive health and do not invade their privacy and right to do so.

What the hell is everyone so afraid of?

[Image via AP Images.]

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This guy sure knows how to have a good time at a golf tourney! LOL!

An intoxicated man was arrested in Arizona at the Phoenix Open after taking a swim during the PGA tour event.

According to the tournament director, it's the first time in 26 years at the course that a "fan" decided to dive in one of the many water holes for a swim. On a more positive note for the organizers, the event attracted a record number of spectators with 518,000 people attending throughout the week.

Check out the news story above for all the details, while catching a glimpse of a man who said no to society's rules and yes to a drunken afternoon swim!

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Fortunately, Muhammad Ali is in better shape now, but his family had a scare when the former heavyweight champ of the world was rushed to the hospital on Novemeber 19th, just 5 days after attending Joe Frazier's funeral.

According to authorities, Ali slipped out of consciousness in the Arizona home he shares with his wife and 911 was called, as a spokesman for the local police explained:

"The victim started to pass out in the car and when they got him into the house he fell unconscious. The 911 tape was filled with details of prescriptions and medical details about the victim who was suffering from an ongoing medical condition. The police department transferred the call to the Fire Unit who sent paramedics."

The 69-year-old, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, was taken hospital and treated for an unknown period of time, but sources say he was able to enjoy Thanksgiving in Las Vegas with his family.

What ever happened, it must have been an absolute emergency because an insider revealed:

"He has many medical specialists in Phoenix in his life — some that are renowned doctors in Parkinson's and other fields that have even become close friends with him and the family. So for the family to call 911 for help — they must have really been scared."

Let's hope his condition is not as serious as that grim quote suggests and he'll be fighting Parkinson's for year and years to come.

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Tags: arizona, boxer, disease, heavyweight champion, hospital, joe frazier, las vegas, parkinson-039s disease, thanksgiving

This should be a relief to diabetes patients tired of pricking their finger up to 10 times a day for blood sugar tests.

University of Michigan scientists have developed a sensor that detects diluted levels of sugar in tears!

So far they've only tested rabbits, but researchers were able to discover the glucose level in tears correlated with the rabbits' blood sugar levels.

Similarly, a biomedical engineer at Arizona State University has developed a device to monitor tear glucose levels by pressing it into the white of your eye for 5 seconds.

Now instead of forcing blood out of their fingers, diabetes patients can either force themselves to cry or force an object into their eyeball. Much better! Ha!

In all seriousness, it sounds like this will eventually be a much more convenient way for diabetics to check blood sugar levels, so we hope it works out!

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Tags: arizona, blood level, glucose, michigan, rabbits, researchers, sugar, tears

While many associate yawning with a certain level of tiredness, new research indicates that yawning could serve as a method for regulating brain temperature.

After studying the yawning frequency of 160 people in the winter and summer in Tucson, Ariz., Princeton University researchers found that participants were more likely to yawn in the winter as opposed to the summer.

The results have lead researchers to believe that a purpose of yawning may be to cool down our brains!

According to the thermoregulatory theory of yawning, our brains stay cool through a heat exchange with the air drawn in during a yawn. Summer temperatures warmer than our body heat don't provide the relief necessary for our overheated brains.

Inneresting!

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Tags: arizona, body heat, brain, frequency, researchers, seasons, temperature, why do we yawn, winter, yawning