RIP, Ms Ferraro: Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket, died Saturday in Boston, a family spokeswoman said. Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was being treated for blood cancer. She died just before 10 a.m., said Amanda Fuchs Miller, a family friend who worked for Ferraro in her 1998 Senate bid and was acting as a spokeswoman

Sledgehammer deadlift: take a sledgehammer with a handle of at least 31″ (most standard hammers are 32-33″). Lay the sledgehammer on the ground, hammerhead end farthest from you with striking surfaces positioned straight up and down. Standing parallel to the hammer and facing the hammer’s head, grab the end of the hammer’s handle farthest from the head, at about 31″ up the handle. Lift the sledgehammer up so that it