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Iron Man

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Wax figures of Spider-Man, Thor as portrayed by actor Chris Hemsworth, Iron Man, Captain America as portrayed by actor Chris Evans and The Hulk appear at the Madame Tussauds New York's Interactive Marvel Super Hero Experience at Madame Tussauds on April 26, 2012 in New York City.

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  • Combine measures top local football talent

    Haggart's T-shirt said it all. " Iron Man ," it read, and it had nothing to do with the recent opening of the blockbuster movie, "The Avengers."Rather, the Sayville junior running back is trying to show that a football superhero can transform from high school   Read more »

  • Hollywood warms to China's new openness

    in China's great cultural wall and Hollywood is cautiously moving in. Disney 's announcement Monday that it will make " Iron Man 3" in partnership with a Chinese company is the latest sign that movie studios are warming to China's new openness.For decades,   Read more »

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Lycoperdon echinatum, commonly known as the spiny puffball or the spring puffball, is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. The saprobic species has been found in Africa, Europe, Central America and North America, where it grows on soil in deciduous woods, glades, and pastures. Molecular analysis indicates that Lycoperdon echinatum is closely related to the puffball genus Handkea. Initially white in color, the puffballs turn a dark brown as they mature, at the same time changing from nearly round to somewhat flattened. The fruit bodies are edible when young, when the interior is white and firm and before it has turned into a powdery brown mass of spores. Young specimens of L. echinatum resemble another edible spiny puffball, Lycoperdon pulcherrimum, but this latter species does not turn brown as it ages. Laboratory tests have shown that extracts of the fruit bodies can inhibit the growth of several bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. (more...)

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