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First off, colleges, the girl is 16 — you don't have to flood her with offers just yet!

Secondly, Gabby, we're so happy for you that you're getting all this attention, just don't forget to be a normal teen!

One of the colleges trying to nab her is

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After breaking league rules and visiting a college team locker room (Kentucky Wildcats), the NBA is fining the New Jersey Nets, which Jay-Z partly owns.

The NBA forbids team personnel from visiting with prospects who have not yet signed.

Well, now Jazy-Z owes the Nets some money!

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Tags: fined, nba, recruit

The army may be starting to adopt a new motto that producing quality recruits starts at dinner.

Mess halls in basic training camps around the nation are ousting soda fountains in favor of milk and juice dispensers and whole grains are being substituted for white bread and pasta.

Not only is the army changing the diet of their new recruits, but their training exercises as well.

Army leaders unveiled the new approach Wednesday at Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood.

Outdated exercises such as bayonet drills are being eliminated in favor of core strength workouts more commonly practiced in the aerobics studio, while also focusing on training soldiers much like elite atheletes are trained.

Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, commented on the rising levels of obesity in the country:

"This is not (just) an Army problem, this is a civilian problem that we're receiving and fixing."

A former West Point swimmer and current triatholon athelete, he goes on to say:

"We've changed from feeding soldiers to fueling the tactical athlete"

Looks like America's anti-obesity movement may be full swing with not only Michelle Obama and school districts taking the fight to the public, but now the Army joining the battle against the epidemic.

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This is tragic on a couple of levels.

According to a Cornell University study, the number one reason potential army recruits are rejected is because they are obese, making up 23% of rejected applications. Marijuana use comes in second making up 12% of rejected applicants.

"When the military first started using these weight requirements, they were trying to weed out [those who were] malnourished," said Professor John Cawley, who noted that the weight requirement is now used to filter out overweight applicants.

This is sad. C’mon, America! We need to kick this weight problem!

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Tags: army, fat, obese, recruit