in Memorial Stadium. Deuel, 44, is now half the man he used to be, and then some. The former half-ton man now weighs just under 400 pounds, and he feels great. Yet each day presents new challenges ...

Patrick Deuel used to be called the half-ton man. But on Friday, three months after leaving the hospital, Deuel weighed in at 530 pounds -- a quarter-of-a-ton.

VALENTINE, Neb. - Patrick Deuel used to be called the half-ton man. But on Friday, three months after leaving the hospital, Deuel weighed in at 530 pounds - a quarter-ton.

VALENTINE, Neb. (AP) -- Sixteen months after he checked into Avera McKennan Hospital weighing half a ton and near death, Patrick Deuel has dropped the equivalent of two National Football League ...