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Gloves stay on
John McCain, trailing in the polls, portrayed Barack Obama last night as a tax-and-spend liberal who lacks the courage to challenge leaders of his own party and would need on-the-job training as president. In their second televised debate, the candidates...Tags: Peter Hart, National Government, Economic Policy, Financial and Business Services, Jimmy Carter
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Russell A. LaGreca
Russell A. LaGreca, longtime general manager of Baltimore's Center Club whose gracious and efficient manner endeared him to members and their guests for nearly three decades, died Saturday of cancer at his Abingdon home. He was 69. Mr. LaGreca served...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Colleges and Universities, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Employees, Cornell University
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Questions for presidential fitness quiz
SOURCES: hoover.archives.gov; whitehouse.gov; jfklibrary.org; healthmedialab.com; jimmycarterlibrary.org; history.com; wire services Sun Sentinel researcher Barbara Hijek contributed to this report. 6 This former B-movie-actor-turned-president...Tags: Government, National Government, McDonald's, The White House
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Colon cancer screenings can stop at 75
The Associated PressMost people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, in a break with other medical and cancer...Tags: Health Organizations, Diseases, Cancer, Medicine, Medical Specialization
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His squirrel fan club went global
Special to the Chicago TribuneAn obsession with squirrels started for Gregg Bassett on a walk with his wife. A brown fox squirrel stopped them in their tracks as it inquisitively peered down at them from a fence. A mutual curiosity ensued, one that Mr. Bassett turned into a forum for...Tags: NBC, Rolling Meadows, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Austin, Homes
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Key moments in the debate Analysis by Naftali Bendavid and Bob Secter
Priorities 1. Asked to set priorities for tackling critical domestic problems, Sen. Barack Obama said he would make energy independence job No. 1 while pegging health-care reform as his second goal and education reform as his third. He said dependence on...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, John McCain, Energy, Barack Obama
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TV review: 'Eleventh Hour' is crime TV down to a science
TV/Radio WriterEleventh Hour raises a question. Which will run dry first: the CBS audience's thirst for procedural crime dramas or the network's ability to sate it? Just think of Eleventh Hour as "CSI: Science." Rufus Sewell stars as biophysicist-turned-crime fighter...Tags: CBS Corp., Genetics, Rufus Sewell, Epidemics and Plagues, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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City, family warmly remember 'passionate' community activist
South Florida Sun-SentinelBoynton Beach lost an active member of the community Sept. 13 when Patti Hammer, 76, died of lung cancer after a year-long battle against the disease. Hammer, who was diagnosed with the cancer in March, was known as a community activist and served on...Tags: Democratic Party, Boynton Beach, Cancer, Demonstration, Local Elections
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Challengers for coroner in Lake and McHenry Counties question incumbents' judgment
Chicago Tribune reportersCandidates hoping to unseat coroners in Lake and McHenry Counties are contending the incumbents showed questionable judgment in high-profile police investigations. In Lake County, Dr. Michael Oster, the Republican challenger, said Dr. Richard Keller, a...Tags: Long Term Care, Values, Lawyers, Local Elections, McHenry
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Operated Danny Boy chain
Chicago Tribune reporterDan Terzakis, who was known to all as "Danny Boy," operated a chain of gas stations that bore his nickname and gave superior service and innovative promotions. Mr. Terzakis, 84, died Thursday, Oct. 2, of congestive heart failure in Advocate Good...Tags: Oakbrook Terrace, Greektown, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Downers Grove, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois)
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Edsel D. Dunford dies at 73; Cold War aerospace engineer, TRW president
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEdsel D. Dunford, a former TRW Inc. president and aerospace engineer who helped develop pioneering satellites for the U.S. during the Cold War, died Friday. He was 73. Dunford died at his home in Rolling Hills after kidney cancer that was diagnosed in...Tags: Technology, George Washington, Cancer, Engineering, Astronomy
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Sister Still Fighting For Nicole Brown Simpson
Orange County Register"Allow yourself to grieve." Tanya Brown unleashes several nuggets of hard-earned wisdom, her voice buzzing with energy. "Stop the negative self-talk. ... It's OK to be selfish." Later, on a hot afternoon in a Lake Forest, Calif., cemetery, she gasps....Tags: Health and Safety at School, O.J. Simpson, Health Treatments, Therapies, Lake Forest
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