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Romo rewarded; Pennington demotedOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - IRVING, Texas -- Tony Romo didn't have to wait until the offseason to get his big payday from the Dallas Cowboys after all. Romo has agreed to a six-year, $67 million de...
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More young adults on cholesterol, blood pressure drugs, a sign of growing health problemsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly -- at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according t...
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Yankees offer Girardi manager's jobOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees picked experience over popularity, offering the manager's job to Joe Girardi at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away from the fr...
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List of Illinois high schools with high dropout ratesOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - List of Illinois high schools with high dropout rates Johns Hopkins University researchers identified 55 Illinois schools as "dropout factories" because no more than 60...
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At least 20 killed as Tropical Storm Noel pounds Dominican Republic, heads toward BahamasOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Tropical Storm Noel headed toward the Bahamas on Tuesday after causing flooding and mudslides that killed at least 20 people in the ...
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Politicians line up early for spot on Illinois ballotOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Hundreds of Illinois politicians and their aides swarmed a state office Monday to grab a good spot on the 2008 primary ballot, a ritual that came earlier ...
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Student says jumping out of window was 'the only option'Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A student who survived a beach house inferno by leaping from a third-story window said Tuesday he wasn't sure what woke him up, but he had to make the ...
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Sirius Satellite Radio 3rd-quarter loss narrows as subscribers grow 50 percentOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. reported a narrower third-quarter loss Tuesday and recorded a 50 percent increase in new subscribers ahead of its planned combina...
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Grynsztejn hired as new director of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary ArtOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Madeleine Grynsztejn, a senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will become the new head of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary ...
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Procter & Gamble posts 14 pct increase in 1Q profit, but cautions in profit margin pressuresOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit rose 14 percent, but said rising commodity, energy and product investmen...