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Hurricane Ike death toll rises to 72 with discovery of body on island near landfall
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ An animal control officer stumbled across the body of a Hurricane Ike victim on an island near where the storm slammed ashore last month, bringing the national death toll to 72. The Galveston Medical Examiner's Office said the...Tags: Illinois, Natural Disasters, Disasters, Animals, Meteorological Disasters
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Bank startups still draw investors' attention
Sentinel Staff WriterThe office phone rang constantly as banker David Dotherow tallied the money from investors. There was a tap on the door -- one prospect had a question. Moments later, another knock -- it was FedEx with an envelope containing $250,000 in checks....Tags: Casselberry, Banking, Government, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Deaths in Central Florida
Brevard ALICE J. DISSELER, 99, Rockledge, died Saturday. East Coast Cremation, Rockledge. EDNA MAY HAMILTON, 96, Grant-Valkaria, died Tuesday. Davis-Seawinds Funeral Home, Melbourne. PAMELA SUE MARTIN, 57, Cocoa Beach, died Monday. Beckman-Williamson...Tags: Ocoee, Kissimmee, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Clermont, Melbourne
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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, Maryland, 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: Missouri, Health Organizations, Medicine, Cancer, Diseases
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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: Rolling Meadows, Austin, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Homes, NBC
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Tuesday's high school roundup: Former Gloucester AD dies in Ohio
Larry Johnson, 68, a former Gloucester High athletic director in the 1970s and early '80s and Virginia High School League assistant director after that, died Monday in Ohio after a valiant fight with liver cancer. Johnson was instrumental in expanding the...Tags: Soccer, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Volleyball, Sarah Brown, Diseases
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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: John McCain, Petroleum Industry, Social Sciences, Energy, Tom Brokaw
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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: Rufus Sewell, CBS Corp., Epidemics and Plagues, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Genetics
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,180 Tuesday, according to Associated Press count
As of Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at least 4,180 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,385...Tags: Chevy Chase, Defense, International Military Interventions, Justice System, Georgia
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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: Stock Activities, Heads of State, John McCain, Barack Obama, Prosecution
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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: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Maryland, Employees, Colleges and Universities, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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