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Unorthodox Russian 'Guru' Behind Notorious Baby Yoga Video

The man behind the viral video showing a woman swinging a baby is a 74-year-old Russian with radical ideas about extreme water training, yoga and gymnastics for infants and children. Igor Charkovsky, called a "world-famous guru" by media outlets in the Middle East and Russia, has no formal medical training but told AOL...

A Winter of Extremes? Maybe, Thanks to La Nina

(Sept. 11) -- Weather extremes occur across the United States virtually every season, but the presence of a La Nina means that weather forecasters have a better idea of what those extremes might be during the upcoming winter. La Nina winters often result in flooding and avalanche problems in the Pacific Northwest,...

Poll of Republicans Met With Shock, Skepticism

(Feb. 3) -- Most Republicans think Barack Obama is a socialist and Sarah Palin is more qualified than him to be president. Most either think Obama wasn't born in the U.S. or aren't sure. Nearly 40 percent want him impeached. Those are a few of the results in a Daily Kos poll that's shaking up the blogosphere. The liberal...

Background on extreme

Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001. After subsequently purchasing the assets of ECW, World Wrestling Entertainment relaunched the Extreme Championship Wrestling franchise as a WWE brand from June 2006 until February 2010 to complement their existing Raw and SmackDown brands.

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