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DeKalb Mayor Frank Van Buer dies
DeKalb Mayor Frank Van Buer (BEW'-er) has died at the age of 74. Van Buer, the mayor since 2005, died of pancreatic cancer on Wednesday Van Buer learned he had cancer in April and soon began undergoing chemotherapy. Assistant City Manager Rudy...Tags: Vehicles, Cancer, Diseases, Regional Authority
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Packers president expects questions on Favre
Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy knows what to expect at Thursday's shareholders meeting: plenty of questions about Brett Favre. "Obviously, there's an issue that's foremost in most people's minds, so that's something obviously we'll deal...Tags: Washington Redskins, Super Bowl, Government, Multi-Sport Events, Brett Favre
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Among LI's military families, worry, fear continue
martin.evans@newsday.comThe phone call came early Monday of last week, while Beth Delli-Pizzi was vacationing in Maine and her soldier husband was deployed in Afghanistan near the lawless Pakistan border. "Did you see the cover of Newsday?" her mother asked. "It says nine...Tags: Family, Armed Forces, Government, Long Island, Defense
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Broward K-9 killed on duty recalled as 'trusted partner and friend'
Sun-Sentinel.com"Trusted partner and friend." Those were the words engraved on a small plaque on an urn holding the ashes of Oozi, a Broward Sheriff's Office K-9 killed in the line of duty last week during a confrontation between officers and a man they had chased...Tags: Lauderhill, Police Arrests, Prosecution, Broward County, Cooper City
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Drew Peterson denies friends' account of wire taps
Associated Press WriterDrew Peterson says he's confident he never said anything incriminating to friends who claim they wore a wire and taped conversations with him that link him to the disappearance of his fourth wife and slaying of his third wife. "My thing is ... if they...Tags: eBay Incorporated, House, Justice System, Drew Peterson, Television Industry
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Jewish group asks Ukrainian government to stop construction on mass grave site
A Jewish group asked the Ukrainian government today to stop construction on the site of a grave containing the remains of an estimated 26,000 victims of the Holocaust. The Jewish community in Odessa says a developer has begun building what it believes...Tags: The Fall, Massacres, Religious Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Judaism
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Illinois Enterprise Digest for July 26-28 and thereafter
EDITORS: Illinois AP enterprise stories in sight for editions July 26-28 and thereafter. Please call Tammy Webber or Melanie Coffee in the Chicago bureau at 800-572-2585 with any questions. EDS: THIS DIGEST WILL BE UPDATED FOR USE BEGINNING...Tags: Richard Roeper, Arthur C. Clarke, Movies, Illinois, Barack Obama
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Hopkins genetics pioneer dies at 86
Sun reporterDr. Victor A. McKusick, a Johns Hopkins professor who pioneered the study of medical genetics and spent his career exploring how patients' genes predisposed them to medical disorders, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Towson. He was 86. Often...Tags: Biology, Natural Science, Medical Specialization, Diseases, Genetics
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Drew Peterson says 'legitimate' tapes would clear him
Chicago Tribune reportersDrew Peterson said two friends who reportedly worked with police to secretly record him were only trying to profit on their relationship with him, and any recordings they made will only serve to bolster his claim that he had nothing to do with the death...Tags: Bolingbrook, eBay Incorporated, Police Investigations, House, Drew Peterson
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Dr. Victor A. McKusick, 86; Johns Hopkins physician pioneered genetics research
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDr. Victor A. McKusick, the Johns Hopkins University physician who is widely regarded as the father of medical genetics, died Tuesday at his home in Baltimore. He was 86 and died from complications of cancer. McKusick was a pioneer in linking diseases to...Tags: Biology, Natural Science, Colleges and Universities, Genetics, Johns Hopkins University
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