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Near the end of a long season, fourteen-year-old baseball pitcher Ben Hyman approached his father with disappointing, if not surprising, news: his pitching shoulder was tired. With each throw to home plate, he felt a twinge in his still maturing arm. Any doctor would have advised the young boy to take off the rest of the season. Author Mark Hyman sent his son out to pitch the next game. After all, it was play-off time. Stories like these are not uncommon. Over the last seventy-five years, adults have staged a hostile takeover of kids’ sports. In 2003 alone, more than 3.5 million children under age fifteen required medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which were the result of simple overuse. The quest to turn children into tomorrow’s superstar athletes has often led adults to push them beyond physical and emotional limits. In Until It Hurts , journalist, coach, and sports dad Mark Hyman explores how youth sports reached this problematic state. His investigation takes h

This month is the 40th year of Apollo 11's mission to the moon. Relive one of the defining moments in human history. Thanks to NASA for the use of the image. CNN: Astronaut Armstrong recalls moon landing , The 10-year-old who helped Apollo 11, 40 years later Google: Apollo 11 Images , Land on the Moon in the new Google Earth (see astronaut footprints, and watch Apollo footage) LIFE: Up Close with Apollo 11 Families NASA: Apollo 40th Anniversary NASA has complied stunning images and interactive features, including real time mission audio and moonwalk video . National Geographic: MOON LANDING FACTS: Apollo 11 at 40 POPSCI: Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing TIME: Watching the Apollo 11 Liftoff We Chose the Moon (multimedia presentation)

And learn a little something about how it all got started. Access HotSpot web sites, eBooks and print books on Independence Day, all available in COM Library. USA.gov: Fourth of July is Independence Day (website) The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution (COM Only eBook) The Fourth of July : and the founding of America (book) E286 .A266 2007 Get more Independence Day HotSpots .