Alaskans in Frostbite Footrace

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Alaskans in Frostbite Footrace ANCHORAGE, Alaska (UPI) -- Hundreds of runners, including some hoping to win the costume category, braved freezing temperatures in Alaska for the Frostbite Footrace, organizers said. In Anchorage, the thermometer read 10 degrees F when about 685 competitors including those dressed as pink flamingos, kittens, bears, penguins, pink poodles, a racing orange construction cone and Lady Gaga and rock band Kiss look-alikes began their runs or walks in either the 2K or 5K categories. Some entrants were in it with serious competition in mind, others for the T-shirt and fun of it, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The first-place single costume prize went to Kimberly Halstead of Anchorage costumed as "Frosty Cupcake Girl." A parade accompanied the event and was made up by statewide beauty pageant winners in fur parkas, a float dubbed "Pirates of Dollar Lake" and the Eagle River High School marching band. The day also included the World Championship Sled Dog Race viewed by former nine-time champion, 77-year-old George Attla. Although he's been ill he plans to compete in the Koyukuk River Championship in his Husila hometown in early April, the newspaper reported. "The knowledge is still there," Attla said, pointing to his head. "Some of the young guys racing here today are going to be at the Koyukuk," he said. "But the old man's going to kick their butts." Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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'Forest Gump' sums up Americans' life view CHICAGO (UPI) -- The line from a movie that best describes the life philosophy of Americans is from "Forrest Gump," a U.S. survey indicates. The DDB Life Style Study asked Americans what movie line best describes their life philosophy and 26 percent chose "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." "We would have expected that in America, where people are often characterized as being overly materialistic, lines like 'Show me the money' would have risen to the top," James Lou of DDB says in a statement. "We were pleasantly surprised to learn that people are much more likely to embrace unpredictability and sentimentality for their life philosophies." Twenty-one percent chose from "The Wizard of Oz," "There's no place like home," and 8 percent chose "Carpe diem," or seize the day from the movie the "Dead Poets Society." The remaining Top 10 movie lines are: -- "Get busy livin' or get busy dyin,'" from "The Shawshank Redemption." -- "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night," from "All About Eve." -- "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn," from "Gone With the Wind." -- "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth," from "The Pride of the Yankees." -- "May the Force be with you," from "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope." -- "What we have here is a failure to communicate," from "Cool Hand Luke." -- "Show me the money," from "Jerry Maguire." Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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Man proposes to cancer girlfriend on TV CLEVELAND (UPI) -- An Ohio woman expecting to see her boyfriend featured in a television commercial got something she didn't expect, she says -- a marriage proposal. Dee Horton was at her job as a hair stylist at a Cleveland salon waiting to watch the airing of the commercial last week, WJW-TV, Cleveland, reported. "(He's) supposed to be some superhero in it," she said just before it aired. "OK, there he is," she said as boyfriend David Jones came on the screen. Surprise turned to shock and then to joy as she listened to what he was saying, WJW-TV reported. "A lot of people say we're living on love, like it's a bad thing," David began in the commercial. "How about you and I show the world what true love is all about?" David said, showing a ring and proposing. Seconds later he entered the salon, where a joyful Dee accepted his proposal. Horton, who is battling thyroid cancer, said David has been with her every step of the way. Jones, who works in video production, said he chose the method of proposing because "it's something neither one of us would ever forget." Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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Many twins no longer surprising CINCINNATI (UPI) -- An Ohio school has 13 sets of twins – unofficially tying the 2010 Guinness World record for the most sets of twins in a single grade, the principal said. Keven Fancher, the principal at Loveland Primary School in Loveland, said, "I knew we had a lot of twins, but I never paid attention to how many. I'm sure if I put it in someone's hands, the staff would want to pursue (sharing a world record)," the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Saturday. The official Guinness record of 13 sets of twin in a grade was set in January last year at Pomperaug High School in Southbury, Conn., the Enquirer reported. Doctors said the number of multiple births has risen sharply in the last few decades due to fertility drugs, medical advances leading to high survival rates for premature infants, and women delaying bearing children. The Twins Foundation, a non-profit organization that disseminates research information about twins, said twins comprise 2 percent of the population nationwide. Earlier and wider use of fertility drugs such as clomiphene, which stimulates ovulation, has played a big part in increasing the number of multiple births, said Dr. Michael Marcotte, an obstetrician specializing in high-risk pregnancies and the medical director for the Quality for Maternity Services at TriHealth hospital programs in Cincinnati. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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