Lifestyle Stories from January 25, 2015 (Change date)
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Legislator wants to remove cap on TV production incentivesJan 25, 2015 10:00 pm - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico legislator wants the state to remove the annual cap on incentives for television productions. KRQE-TV (http://goo.gl/YKHw5O ) repor...
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PM: Thai Airways won't go bankrupt but faces rehabilitationJan 25, 2015 10:00 pm - BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's beleaguered national airline will be saved from bankruptcy under a rehabilitation plan being worked out between the airline and government, pre...
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Book tells of gang-related homicides in black neighborhoodsJan 25, 2015 10:00 pm - "Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America" (Spiegel & Grau), by Jill Leovy The killings of unarmed black men by police in Missouri and New York have dominated recen...
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Michigan's Iron Belle Trail selected as name of new routeJan 25, 2015 10:00 pm - DETROIT (AP) - A new hiking and bicycling trail stretching hundreds of miles through Michigan will officially be called Michigan's Iron Belle Trail, officials announced ...
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Decades after 'Jumbo Janet,' 63-year-old drops 170 poundsJan 25, 2015 6:37 am - That childhood moment when Jan Wilke realized she was a fat girl remains painful enough to rekindle the 63-year-old Grayslake grandmother's tears. Just a kid having fun,...
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Believe Project: $100 to help family wracked by cancerJan 25, 2015 6:35 am - Today's winner of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Gladys Cruikshank of Hoffman Estates. Here is an excerpt of her pitch: "I'm an 89-year-old widow. I've known...
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She thought she was a savvy doc; but then she went into laborJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - I had been at the hospital for two days in induced labor, unable to get out of bed or eat, tethered to a labor-inducing oxytocin drip. The doctors started to talk about ...
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Doctor tries truck-stop medicine to keep family practice aliveJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - RAPHINE, Va. — The massive truck stops just off I-81 here offer diesel, hot coffee and “the best dang BBQ in Virginia.” There's something else, too: a small-town doctor ...
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Zambia's 10 million bats may hold clue to EbolaJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - LUSAKA, Zambia — At 4:50 a.m. at the Kasanka National Park in northern Zambia, tourists watch from a platform in a tree as the sound of millions of wings accompanies the...
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Miss Universe reflects as her reign winds downJan 25, 2015 5:49 am - MIAMI - When Gabriela Isler wakes up on Jan. 25, it will mark the 441st and final time that she will begin a day while wearing the title of Miss Universe. Then, as she p...