The greatest athletes are all about controlling the body with the mind, and for a long time, Chamique Holdsclaw could do that. She could hover around the basketball rim and create any shot, her imagination pulling the strings of her arms and legs. Then one morning, her mind quit on her. She couldn’t make herself put on a pair of shoes, much less elevate. She lost track of three straight days sitting on a couch in the dark, eating Fruity Pebbles. The devastating onset of depression was “my little secret,” she says. Read full article > >

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Chamique Holdsclaw confronts her ‘little secret’ of depression

While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday. You can have whatever you like – May 11 is National Eat What You Want Day ! Maybe you've been on a restrictive diet and you're ready for that one, luscious treat you can't stop craving. Or, maybe you just can't make up your mind because of the overwhelming tasty choices. No matter your food dilemma, today is for you to celebrate your favorite flavors. If you're incredibly indecisive, visiting a buffet, or setting up one in your own home, is a fun way to explore the boundaries of your taste buds. After all, pretty much any buffet is all-you-can-eat, which goes pretty well with today's theme. So by all means, treat yourself today and have what you truly want. Tell us your favorites and what you'll be having today in the comments below, and don't forget to toast to your taste today.

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LOS ANGELES — The situation called for a hero, for the 19-year-old with thick, black streaks under each eye to save the Washington Nationals at the last second. Bryce Harper would freely admit the thought occupied his mind as he strode to the plate late Sunday afternoon and Dodger Stadium hurled boos at him. Down to the last out, a man on base, two runs down, Harper wanted the whole thing. Read full article > >

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Dodgers 2, Nationals 0: Bryce Harper goes 1 for 3, Washington loses fourth straight game

The previously unseen notes of an army psychiatrist reveal how the British tried to get inside the mind of Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess.

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Inside the mind of Hitler’s deputy

At the start of his mind-reading act, Bob Garner asked a federal employee for the name of his dead dog. He asked someone else to recall a person close to them who had passed away. Then he shared some of the messages the deceased sent from the other side. Read full article > >

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Mind reader provided ‘pure entertainment’ for GSA workers

Is it possible to focus on the concerns of one gender without taking away from the issues of the other? Some of the instances in which I had witnessed discrimination against men ran through my mind.

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Male Contempt and Feminist Wrongs: A Muslim Woman’s Thoughts on the Male Experience

Ray Isle ( @islewine on Twitter ) is Food & Wine's executive wine editor. We trust his every cork pop and decant – and the man can sniff out a bargain to boot. Take it away, Ray. If you want to get a sense of the scale of Italian wine, you could do worse than to go to VinItaly, the annual wine-related trade fair in Verona, Italy. I was there a few days ago, along with, according to the VinItaly press office, more than 140,000 other people – roughly the population of Fort Collins, Colorado, if every inhabitant of Fort Collins were obsessed with Italian wine. Regardless, being in Italy means the opportunity to eat, regularly, platefuls of fantastic pasta. Since I’ve got pasta on the mind – in fact, since I’m mostly composed of pasta at the moment – here are some thoughts about pairing wine (Italian wine, of course) with some classic pasta dishes. Of course, the actual pasta itself doesn’t make much difference: When it comes to wine-pairing, a rigatoni is a penne is an orecchiette. Pasta alone is the ultimate blank food canvas; what matters is the sauce. Pinot Grigio Like other light-bodied white wines, Pinot Grigio pairs well with lighter foods (for an analogy to “light-bodied” or “full-bodied” in wine, think of milk: skim milk, light-bodied; 2 percent milk, medium-bodied; whole milk, full-bodied). It’s also light in terms of attitude – there’s none of the aggressive citrus-pepperiness of Sauvignon Blanc here, for example. So, for pasta to serve with Pinot Grigio, skip cream sauces, skip the rich meat sauces and concentrate on delicacy: olive oil, white wine, fresh herbs, possibly some shellfish. One classic possibility: linguine with white clam sauce. Sangiovese The principal grape of Tuscany (and so Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, etc.), Sangiovese leans towards crisp acidity and bright berry fruit. Much in the way that a tart white like Sauvignon Blanc is actually an ideal partner for an acidic salad dressing, Sangiovese’s fresh acidity makes it a good match for anything involving tomatoes, from a simple marinara sauce (or the classic Tuscan tomato-and-bread soup, pappa al pomodoro) to sauces like puttanesca, amatriciana, alla norma…the list goes on and on. Generally speaking, foods with high acidity are apt to overwhelm wines that don’t have a complementary level of acidity. Nebbiolo Nebbiolo – the Piedmontese grape of Barolo and Barbaresco, as well as the red wines of Gattinara, Ghemme and Carema—tends when young to be firmly, even ferociously, tannic, with bright acidity and seductive aromas (violets, roses, truffles, cherries). In Piedmont, you might drink it with agnolotti del plin, the tiny “pinched” ravioli filled with a mix of pork, beef or veal, or rabbit served with butter and sage, that are native to the region. And for me, Nebbiolo and truffles – or mushrooms, particularly porcini – are meant to be married. Think pasta with a wild mushroom cream sauce, enhanced with a little fresh thyme. Think pasta with butter and white truffles. Lots of white truffles. Lots and lots of white truffles. But that someone else is paying for. Primitivo To my mind, the emphatic red varieties of southern Italy, such as Primitivo, Negroamaro or the intensely tannic Aglianico, ask for equally emphatic foods. This is because wine pairing, to me, goes by feel or sensibility as much as it goes anything else. A pasta that is hearty and earthy and meaty wants a wine that’s hearty and earthy and meaty, too (possibly eaten by someone hearty, earthy and meaty, like Shrek). Sauces with sausage; with hot peppers; with sausage and hot peppers; or with pork, veal, sausage, tomatoes, hot peppers and onion, which would be the Basilicatan lu’ntruppc, and lord knows how you pronounce it, but it does sound good, doesn’t it? More from Food & Wine : 50 Best Bars in America Fast Pasta Recipes Best Pizza Places in the U.S. Italian Food Recipes Easter Recipes

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Beyond Chianti – a guide to pairing wine with pasta

If George McPhee had his mind set on exploring the rental market ahead of next week’s NHL trade deadline, he’s got to be as conflicted as ever after Monday’s debacle in Raleigh, N.C. And who could blame him? Read full article > >

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BRUSSELS Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan . But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran militarily over the next few months. Read full article > >

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Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?

MOBILE, Ala. — Any successful defensive back will tell you that having a short memory ranks high on the list of requirements for playing the position. Give up a big play — no matter how costly — and a cornerback or safety must flush it from his mind, move onto the next snap and try again. Dwelling on one letdown will lead only to more failures. Read full article > >

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Raheem Morris wastes no time moving on to Redskins after firing from Buccaneers

I have this game I play when I meet college students. “What’s your major?” I ask. The student might say, “English,” “psychology,” “political science” or “engineering.” And then, in my mind, after factoring in some other information, I say to myself “job” or “no job,” depending on the major. Read full article > >

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Not all college majors are created equal

I have this game I play when I meet college students. “What’s your major?” I ask. The student might say, “English,” “psychology,” “political science” or “engineering.” And then, in my mind, after factoring in some other information, I say to myself “job” or “no job,” depending on the major. Read full article > >

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Not all college majors are created equal

I have this game I play when I meet college students. “What’s your major?” I ask. The student might say, “English,” “psychology,” “political science” or “engineering.” And then, in my mind, after factoring in some other information, I say to myself “job” or “no job,” depending on the major. Read full article > >

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Not all college majors are created equal

Many Republicans in Iowa have strong feelings about the candidate they are supporting for president, but many others just can’t make up their mind.

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Many Iowa Caucus Voters Are Undecided

The house will be gone soon. For Jenny and Robert Click, the loss of their Dale City home, scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction Jan. 6, has loomed over their holidays. The sense of sorrow was so intense that Jenny Click considered ignoring Christmas and New Year’s, then changed her mind and put up a tree in her living room. Read full article > >

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In Virginia, foreclosures can be ‘the end of year uglies’ for homeowners