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Brione Ramsey-Brooks hasn’t played a down for the TCU Horned Frogs yet, but he just might be their most famous player at the start of the new college football year. Ramsey-Brooks, standing at 6-feet-5-inches, and weighing 455 pounds, has been taking social media by storm with his shocking size and highlights from high school play that just seems unfair. Nicknamed "Big Bubba," the South Oak Cliff High School, Texas, recruit is set for his freshman season at TCU, where he hopes to compete for a spot on the offensive line. ~snip~ Ramsey-Brooks was rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports, ranking...

GPS! Groundbreaking Proven Success - Coors Light Launches the GPS Bottle or Can Promotion Nationally TORONTO, July 2 /CNW/ - For the first time, Coors Light is launching its GPS Bottle or Can promotion nationally, featuring an exciting, instant-win mechanism that makes use of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology to locate winners. Beginning June 30, consumers who find a GPS Bottle or Can in specially marked packs of Coors Light could be eligible to instantly win one of five Silver Satellite Home Entertainment systems, including a 50" Sony Grand WEGA TV, DVD Dream system and a Star Choice Satellite...

To secure early warning of a bioterror attack, the government is building a computerized network that will collect and analyze health data of people in eight major cities, administration officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to lead the multimillion-dollar surveillance effort, which officials expect to become the cornerstone of a national network to spot disease outbreaks by tracking data like doctor reports, emergency room visits and sales of flu medicine. "Our goal is to have a model that any city could pick up and apply," a senior administration official said of the plan. Officials would not...