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I don't know if any of you have seen this article yet, but I believe that the Steelers did kill the draft. Nick Williams is one of my favorite players in this draft and as a seventh rounder, I believe he will have a huge factor over time. Could the Steelers have up to 5 draft picks that start this year? I believe so, this team drafted very well and I am not suprised a bit. http://nfldraftzone.com/draft-news/pittsburgh-steelers-scouts-killed-the-nfl-draft-this-year/ I don't know if any of you have seen this article yet, but I believe that the Steelers did kill the draft. Nick Williams is one of my favorite players in this draft and as a seventh rounder, I believe he will have a huge factor over time. Could the Steelers have up to 5 draft picks that start this year? I believe so, this team drafted very well and I am not suprised a bit. http://nfldraftzone.com/draft-news/pittsburgh-steelers-scouts-killed-the-nfl-draft-this-year/ Poll How many players do you believe will start this year from the Steelers 2013 NFL Draft? 1 2 3 4 5 0 votes | Results

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We have posted another round of results from our in-progress 2013 fantasy football dynasty mock draft. Here are the results from Round 8: 8.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Daryl Richardson, RB, St. Louis Rams Of the Rams running backs, I would prefer Pead and/or Stacy over Richardson. Pead was already off the board in this mock, but Stacy is still available. Richardson averaged 4.8 yards per carry on the season, but he had only 24 rushing yards on 16 carries in five games in the month of December. Going forward, I would expect him to be used mostly as a change-of-pace back. 8.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Vernon Davis, TE, San Francisco 49ers Davis had a relatively mediocre regular season sandwiched by a pair of spectacular postseasons. In other words, Davis was as productive in five playoff games over the past two years (546 yards and five touchdowns) as he was in 16 regular-season games last year (548 yards and five touchdowns). With Michael Crabtree expected to be sidelined at least for half of the season with a torn Achilles injury, however, Davis should be a more consistently-targeted player through the regular season. 8.03 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Johnathan Franklin, RB, Green Bay Packers Unfortunately for Franklin (and Eddie Lacy as well), the presence of both talented backs reduces the short-term fantasy value of the other. Taking a longer-term perspective, some/many feel that Franklin is a better value than Lacy. Although he's not as big of a back as Lacy, Franklin has the ability to do it all including running in between the tackles. As a senior, he set the Bruins' single-season rushing record with 1,734 yards, caught 33 passes for 323 yards and scored a total of 15 touchdowns. 8.04 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee Titans While he has plenty of upside, Hunter needs to improve his focus (reduce his drops). The lanky receiver (6-foot-4 with 33 1/4-inch arms) is an explosive athlete (4.44 forty, 39.5-inch vertical, 11-4 broad jump). Hunter may not have a huge impact with the Titans as a rookie, but Kenny Britt is in the final year of his rookie contract and there is a strong possibility that the talented-but-troubled receiver won't be back after 2013. In addition to the presence of Kendall Wright, Britt and Nate Washington, the inaccuracy of the team's starting quarterback limits Hunter rookie-season upside. [Related: See which quarterback I've mocked to the Titans in my 2014 NFL Mock Draft.] 8.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Reggie Wayne, WR, Indianapolis Colts While he is nearing the end of his career as a 34-year-old receiver, Wayne had a bounce-back season playing with rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, the No. 1 overall pick in 2012. He finished with 106 receptions and 1,355 yards, both of which were the second-most of his career, and five touchdowns. Including Wayne, only four players have ever finished with 1,300-plus receiving yards at age 34 or older. Both Terrell Owens and ex-teammate Marvin Harrison reached that mark at 34 years old and Irving Fryar was the only to do that when he was older than 34. 8.06 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Tony Romo, QB, Dallas Cowboys Perhaps I could have waited even longer to select my quarterback, and I certainly recommend waiting on a quarterback in any format (re-draft or dynasty), Romo has the ability and weapons on the roster to exceed his draft slot here as the 11th quarterback off the board. Throwing for a career-high 4,903 yards, the third-most in the NFL last year, Romo finished eighth among quarterbacks in fantasy points last season. Over the past six seasons, Romo has a 16-game average of 4,402 yards and 30 touchdowns. 8.07 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Jeremy Maclin, WR, Philadelphia Eagles Despite being a good route-runner with excellent speed, Maclin has failed to live up to expectations since being drafted in the middle of the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. In four seasons with the Eagles, Maclin has yet to exceed 70 recept

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The Mississippi Supreme Court is currently considering a case which could lead to the prosecution of women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths, according to Mother Jones. In 2009, Nina Buckhalter gave birth to a stillborn girl (whom she named Hayley Jade) following the use of methamphetamine during her pregnancy. Two months later, a grand jury in Lamar Country, Mississippi, indicted her for manslaughter, claiming that she ”did willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, kill Hayley Jade Buckhalter, a human being, by culpable negligence”. The prosecution claimed that the methamphetamine found in Buckhalter’s system caused the death of her unborn child. The Mississippi Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on April 2, is expected to rule soon. Should the judges permit the prosecution to move forward, it will likely create a ”dangerous precedent” that could lead to the treatment of every unintentional pregnancy “as a form of homicide”, says Farah Diaz-Tello, a staff attorney with National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) who has joined Robert McDuff, a Mississippi civil rights lawyer, in defending Buckhalter. Despite the fact that Mississippi manslaughter laws do not apply to fetal stillbirth and miscarriage, and that lawmakers there has repeatedly refused to amend them to include damage to an unborn fetus by illegal drug use, prosecutors have stated that two other state laws allow them to charge Buckhalter. If they are allowed to continue, Mississippi women could be prosecuted for ”smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs, exercising against doctor’s orders, or failing to follow advice regarding conditions such as obesity or hypertension”, according to Buckhalter’s attorneys. Supreme Court Justice Leslie D. King raised a similar question during last month’s oral arguments asking prosecutors ”Doctors say women should avoid herbal tea, things like unpasteurized cheese, lunch meats. Exactly what are the boundaries?” The case has already caught the attention of several national medical, legal and public health organizations. The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) filed an Amicus brief with the Mississippi Supreme Court on their behalf in opposition to an indictment of Buckhalter. “A conviction here could create far-reaching bad legal precedent that brands as potential criminals any woman who suffers a lost pregnancy, thus endangering the health and well-being of Mississippi women”, the AMWA said. Mississippi is one of the most anti-abortion states in the US. Despite the defeat of a ballot measure to introduce a “personhood” amendment to the state constitution in 2011 by a wide margin (58% percent of voters opposed it), anti-abortion organizations have stated that they intend to reintroduce the measure in 2015 while lawmakers continue in their attempts to shut down the one remaining abortion clinic in the state. Nor is Mississippi alone in such tactics. Neighboring Alabama recently created a similar precedent by extending its law prohibiting the ”chemical endangerment” of children to include fetuses while in Virginia, Sen. Mark Obenshain, introduced a bill in 2009 requiring women to report their miscarriages to the police, according to the Huffington Post. In addition, 38 other states have “fetal homicide” laws which are supposed to protect fetuses but in reality are used to criminalize women who experience unintentional pregnancy loss, according to Salon. Ironically, should the court allow Buckhalter to be prosecuted, it may lead to more abortion. Buckhalter’s attorneys argued that fear of prosecution “may cause a mother to seek an abortion that she might not have otherwise have sought”. Mississippi Could Start Prosecuting Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages is a post from: The Inquisitr

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Babies born via cesarian section at an increased risk of becoming obese later in life than babies delivered vaginally, according to a recent study of more than 10,000 UK infants. A research team led by Dr. Jan Blustein from the New York University of Medicine analyzed data from 10,219 born in the UK between 1991 and 1992. The children who were delivered by C-section were 83 percent more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who were delivered vaginally. This was determined after other factors were taken into account, such as the mother’s weight and how long they were breastfed. Researchers also noted that children delivered by C-section were on average 2 oz lighter than their counterparts. Blustein noted that, at 6 weeks old, C-section babies had already started to surpass children delivered vaginally. The children were retested at various points in their lives — ages three, 11, and 15 — and children born via cesarian section were consistently heavier than their peers. The link between C-section births and obesity was especially strong in children born to overweight mothers. Blustein said women electively considering a C-section should be aware of the other risks associated with the surgery, such as future pregnancy complications, and higher chances of bladder or bowel injuries. She also said that studies haven’t been able to prove whether the C-section itself causes children to gain more weight later in life, or if there was another factor. Blustein specualted that the higher weight gain was linked to C-section babies not having any exposure to friendly bacteria present in the birth canal. According to Teresa Ajslev, a researcher at the Institute of Preventive Medicine and a Ph.D. student at Copenhagen University, said there may be a specific type of bacteria that is protective. There could also be a bacteria imbalance that disrupts intestinal function in a way that makes it easier for a child to gain weight. Still, Blustein points out that normal-weight mothers who had C-sections didn’t have the same link to obesity as overweight or obese mothers. The study was published in the May 14 issue of the International Journal of Obesity. C-Sections Linked To Childhood Obesity is a post from: The Inquisitr