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Boy takes wheel after dad’s seizure
PEABODY, Mass. — A 12-year-old boy steered his family’s car to safety along Interstate 95 after his father suffered what appeared to be a seizure while driving, then brought his younger sister to s...

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Tom Cervantes of Boston, a research engineer at the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication at Massachusetts General Hospital, displays a titanium frame designed for the reconstruction of a human ear (left) and a three dimensional plastic ear model at the lab in Boston in July.

Surprising methods heal wounded troops
BOSTON — Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. Around the country, the most advanced medical too...

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Return uncertain for 2 Congressmen
WASHINGTON — Congress gets back to business Monday after a five-week recess, but the prospects are uncertain for two Illinoisans struggling with health problems. Sen. Mark Kirk’s plans are unkno...

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Terror takes back seat; Americans safer now
WASHINGTON — As Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is a similar question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when Presi...

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Steelworkers announce tentative new 3-year contract with ArcelorMittal
PITTSBURGH — The United Steelworkers and ArcelorMittal USA announced on Saturday a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract covering nearly 14,000 workers in eight states. The union told...

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Pallbearers carry the remains of Albert Afraid of Hawk Saturday in Manderson, S.D. Afraid of Hawk, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, died 112 years ago while performing with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

Buffalo Bill performer reburied
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The remains of a man who died young while touring the world with Buffalo Bill were hidden for more than a century in an unmarked grave some 1,700 miles from his South Dakota Ind...

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Car dealership owner thanks workers in cash
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Before retiring, a Michigan car dealership owner wanted to thank his employees in a special way. All 89 employees at the Howard Cooper Import Center in Ann Arbor were given $1...

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hands out hot dogs as he campaigns Saturday at the Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va.

Obama sets out to renew magic; Romney hits cuts
SEMINOLE, Fla. — Eager to change the subject after a dismal jobs report, President Barack Obama tried to rekindle some of the enthusiasm of his 2008 campaign Saturday with a bus tour through a must...

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Despite pleas for help, missing boy falls by wayside
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Despite detectives’ pleas to national media, the disappearance of an 18-month-old black boy with the wide smile has yet to grab the widespread attention given to other missing chil...

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Police: Man shoots golfer after ball breaks window
RENO, Nev. — A man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding a golfer after an errant ball broke a window at his home. Jeff Fleming, 53, is accused of firing at a pair of golfers at ...

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