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Study ties drug shortage to poorer cancer survival
Young cancer patients who couldn’t get a key medicine because of a national drug shortage were more likely to suffer a relapse than others who were able to get the preferred treatment, doctors repo...
Dec 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bush spokesman says former president’s fever rising
HOUSTON — A “stubborn” fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a hospital over Christmas has gotten worse, and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet, his spokesman said Wednesday...
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‘Fiscal cliff’ deadline looms
WASHINGTON — When it comes to the nation’s budget challenges, congressional leaders are fond of saying dismissively they don’t want to kick the can down the road. But now, a deadline hard ahead,...
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Ex-con who killed 2 firemen left note detailing killing plan
WEBSTER, N.Y. — The ex-con who lured two firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of gunfire left a rambling typewritten note saying he wanted to burn down the neighborhood and “do what I like doing...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Corbett owned Rangers in ’70s
HOUSTON — Brad Corbett, who owned the Texas Rangers from 1974 to 1980 and wasn't afraid to regularly switch out managers, died on Christmas Eve. He was 75. Corbett's daughter, Pamela Corbett Mur...
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Associated Press Holiday shoppers are reflected in an ornament hanging from a Christmas tree Thursday at Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Beach, Calif. U.S. holiday retail sales this year are weakest since 2008, after a shopping season disrupted by storms and rising uncertainty among consumers. A report out Tuesday that tracks spending says holiday sales increased 0.7 percent. Analysts had expected sales to grow 3 to 4 percent.
Holiday sales weakest since 2008
WASHINGTON — U.S. holiday retail sales this year were the weakest since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and consumers' risin...
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Associated Press One of Robert Frost's Christmas cards is displayed. Famed poet Frost once waited until July to send his Christmas cards.
Robert Frost’s Christmas cards collected
HANOVER, N.H. — Take heart, holiday procrastinators: Famed poet Robert Frost once waited until July to get his Christmas cards in the mail. Unlike the flimsy, forgettable cards of today, however...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Some in Newtown couple activism, mourning
NEWTOWN, Conn. — People drawn to Newtown to share in its mourning brought cards and handmade snowflakes to town Monday while residents prepared to observe Christmas less than two weeks after a gunm...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press A house burns Monday in Webster, N.Y. An ex-con set a car and a house ablaze in his lakeside neighborhood to lure firefighters, then opened fire on them, killing two, engaging in a shootout with police and committed suicide while several homes burned.
Gunman set ‘trap’ for firefighters
WEBSTER, N.Y. — An ex-con gunned down two firefighters after luring them to his neighborhood by setting a car and a house ablaze early Monday, then took shots at police and committed suicide while ...
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Volunteers at Colorado Air Force base track Santa Claus’ progress
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base monitoring maps showing Santa Claus’ progress were several hours into their goodwill mission and had answered more than 24,0...
Dec 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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