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Ravens have long road ahead
A day after a questionable penalty factored in their 13-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans, the Ravens can look ahead to their next challenge, which also comes compliments of the NFL.
The Ravens (2-2) are about to begin the toughest road stretch in the...Tags: Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, Willis McGahee, Tennessee Titans, Hurricane Ike
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On the hot seat
Of The Associated PressThe now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion...Tags: Disasters, John Boehner, National Government, Laws, Government
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A Picture of Health: The Worried Well
Medical private practice in Los Angeles has some unique features. We Angelenos fear the occasional earthquake, drought and fire, along with the more frequent wrinkles, subcutaneous fat and less than perfect health. Since we can’t do much about the earth’s...Tags: Health Treatments, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Diseases, Medical Procedures or Tests
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Old Boynton High deserves new life as cultural center
The 81-year-old stands across the street from Boynton Beach City Hall. Disheveled. More than a bit worn. Insides a mess, outside looking scruffy. Yet, somehow still looking proud, still evoking a sense of style — despite facing a highly uncertain...Tags: Jerry Taylor, Culture, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach
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Mich. university-governing board bios
Information on candidates running in November's general election for Michigan's three elected university-governing boards. ------ University of Michigan Board of Regents (elect two for eight-year terms) NAME: Ellis Boal AGE: 64 (Born 9-27-44)...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Regional Authority, Government, Laws, Computer Sciences
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Jervis Langdon: the man behind the railroad
Why is it that most biographies of railroad presidents and business tycoons fall flatter than a Michael Phelps diner pancake? What should or could make for interesting reading is often lost in a blizzard of corporate minutiae, endless financial...Tags: Transportation, Mark Twain, National Government, Indiana University, Connecticut Valley Railroad
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Russia rehabilitates the late czar
Associated PressThe last czar and his family were victims of political repression, Russia's Supreme Court has ruled, formally restoring the Romanov name and furthering a Kremlin effort to encourage patriotism by celebrating the country's czarist past. Nicholas II, his...Tags: Human Rights, Christianity, Murder, Local Authority, Government
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Bailout package boosts Paulson's powers
The Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON - Despite all the constraints Congress supposedly wrapped around him, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson is about to become the most powerful mortgage financier of the modern era - most likely of any era. Buried beneath pages of detail that...Tags: Foreclosures, National Government, Financial and Business Services, Government, Laws
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Check your doctor's background online
South Florida Sun-SentinelCindy Bucholz usually pores over a doctor's background when making an appointment, but she forgot to do the homework before seeing a new ear specialist last year. She did not like his approach to her problem, so she later checked him out and found he had...Tags: Obesity, Illnesses, Medicine, Palm Beach Gardens, Government Health Care
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Playing at home sweet for White Sox
A Chicago baseball team staring at a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five playoff series manages to avoid a teary surrender. No, really. It's a revolutionary concept, this idea that a club can look deep inside itself and find the fortitude to persevere....Tags: Alexei Ramirez, Octavio Dotel, Ken Griffey Jr., Chicago Cubs, Matt Thornton
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2008 joins list of Cubs' failures
Tribune staff reporterAfter the pain of another rapid-fire, first-round playoff exit, comes the realization that the reign of misery has been extended for at least one more year. Where does this year's breakdown rank among the worst collapses in Cubs history? It's all...Tags: Ron Santo, Kerry Wood, San Diego Padres, Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs
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Ken Burns' Glacier
Tribune NewspapersGLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont.—It's too early for civilians. As dawn's first light falls on the jagged peaks, creeps down the dwindling glaciers and glides across glass-faced Swiftcurrent Lake, most of the tourists in the Many Glacier Hotel are...Tags: Mark Twain, Ken Burns, Culture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tourism and Leisure
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