Wednesday,  February 20, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 216 • 30 of 32 •  Other Editions

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• "I have more attentive children," Giuliano said. "I'm able to get a lot done with them because they're sitting on yoga balls."
• The giant rubber spheres, also called stability balls, come in different sizes, colors and degrees of firmness. By making the sitter work to stay balanced, the balls force muscle engagement and increased blood flow, leading to more alertness.
• The exercise gear is part a larger effort to modernize schools based on research linking physical activity with better learning, said John Kilbourne, a professor of movement science at Grand View State University in Allendale, Mich.
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After a round with Obama, Tiger Woods tries to win a match that matters

• MARANA, Ariz. (AP) -- Tiger Woods should not expect his next match to be as easy as his last one.
• For starters, President Barack Obama was his partner three days ago at The Floridian, which is not to suggest the president had to carry the 14-time major champion. Secondly, Woods won't be competing against a Houston businessman (Jim Crane) and outgoing U.S. Trade Representative (Ron Kirk), but Charles Howell III, who gave Woods fits as a teenager in the 1996 U.S. Amateur.
• Woods is a three-time winner of the Match Play Championship who has a 33-9 record in this tournament alone.
• And even he knows it won't be easy.
• "The whole idea is just to beat one guy at a time," Woods said. "That's the thing. There are times where I've played well in matches and I've lost, and other times where I've played poorly and advanced. It's pot luck in these 18-hole sprints like this. As I said, it's imperative to get off to a quick start and get up on your opponent early. It's just so hard to come back in 18-hole matches, and hopefully, I can do that conceivably for all six."

Today in History
The Associated Press

• Today is Wednesday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2013. There are 314 days left in the year.

• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Feb. 20, 2003, a fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke out during a concert by

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