Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given
03/11/10 12:04 AM - AP
NEW YORK (AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests....
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Ex-Detroit councilwoman gets 37 months for bribery
03/11/10 12:03 AM - AP
DETROIT (AP) -- A former Detroit city councilwoman was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for bribery after a federal judge refused to set aside her guilty plea during a stormy court hearing dominated by a dispute over...
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Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online
03/11/10 12:03 AM - AP
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia....
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Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother
03/11/10 12:03 AM - AP
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself....
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Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal
03/11/10 12:03 AM - AP
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered "real" military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home....
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US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlements
03/11/10 12:03 AM - AP
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too...
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38
03/11/10 12:03 AM - AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie...
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Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement
03/11/10 12:02 AM - AP
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock...
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Miami-Dade hospital system nears insolvency
03/10/10 05:44 PM - USA Today
The city's major hospital network, which runs Miami's only round-the-clock trauma center and is a safety net for the poor and ...
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Detained Herdsmen Talk About Killings in Nigeria
03/10/10 05:40 PM - New York Times
The police have arrested about 200 people in Jos, where this week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution.
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Palestinians Stick to Plan for Talks
03/10/10 05:37 PM - New York Times
Palestinian leaders meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned a decision by Israel on new housing, but still spoke of participating in peace talks.
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Decoded Genome Gives New Hope in Confronting Diseases
03/10/10 05:22 PM - New York Times
Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.
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Eric Massa's Navy files
03/10/10 05:16 PM - MSNBC
It's become clear that the behavior toward his subordinates that got former Rep. Eric Massa into trouble in Congress is part of pattern that dates to his time in the Navy.
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Police: Burglar uses church equipment to view porn
03/10/10 05:04 PM - AP
AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the...
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A Futures Site Coming to Bet on Movie Ticket Sales
03/10/10 05:03 PM - New York Times
A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.
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