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Statins not required for 89-year-old womanOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I am the caretaker of my elderly mother, age 89. She is a patient of a heart specialist because she has six blockages (both carotid arteries, two with the heart a...
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Leopard: Faster, easier than VistaOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Mac is on a roll. Apple Inc.'s perennially praised but slow-selling Macintosh computers have surged in popularity in the past few years, with sales growing much fast...
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Toddlers who still drink from a bottle harming their teethOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Drinking a bottle of juice between meals isn't good for baby's teeth. I was up in the bleachers watching the last few minutes of the junior high volleyball game when my ...
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Revitalization forces downtown merchants to copeOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Retail is tough. Retail in the typical suburban downtown is tougher. And retail during downtown revitalization is - well, certainly not easy but maybe not quite as bad...
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Easy to see why Bears strugglingOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Listen, the Bears' problems on offense aren't exactly as complicated as the New York Times crossword puzzle. Heck, they aren't even as much of a mystery as Brian Urlache...
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Bryant can force Lakers' hand, but at what cost?Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Bulls open the season in New Jersey on Wednesday, but the future of the franchise may be determined 2,800 miles to the west. As of today, the Bulls are nowhere near ...
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Story time: Throwing the book at a dishonorable governorOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - It was tempting to just leave the miserable old man alone, disgraced and shamed, to suffer all alone for breaking the public trust. But then George Ryan played the grand...
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New shingles vaccine good news for aging populationOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Ever hear of a vaccine to protect you from the effects of another vaccine? Some folks think the chicken pox vaccine your grandkids receive might raise your risk for shin...
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Briefly, Urlacher answersOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Brian Urlacher put the "brief" back into "media briefing" last week with a series of curt, almost adversarial answers. As a result, you had questions for me relating to ...
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Siding stain most likely fungus, not moldOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Our daughter has a brand new home with vinyl-siding exterior. There are little dark dots all over the siding, which she thinks is mold. She had the same problem o...