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Sweating with the oldies: While many baby boomers will say cancer is their biggest health concern, the real threat could be heart disease and diabetes. Boomers are more obese than any other generation and aren’t exercising as they should, accor

ding to a recent poll. Only a quarter of those surveyed reported working up a sweat four to five times a week.

And, no, sitting in a car with the air conditioning off while waiting in the drive-through line at KFC doesn’t count as “working up a sweat.”

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Where there’s smoke: Thieves at an Albuquerque, N.M., elementary school left behind melted tools and a scorched T-shirt as evidence of their attempt to steal copper wiring that still had electricity running through it (Page A3).

Police said the suspects should be considered crispy and smoldering.

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Your chance to take a bite out of crime: Investors’ concerns about a potential debt default by the United States and looming financial failures in Europe have driven up the price of gold to a record $1,600 an ounce (Page A4).

The news prompted medium-well metal thieves to switch from copper wiring to the gold teeth of out-of-shape baby boomers.

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