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Illinois hits record low in new TB casesMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois has hit a record low when it comes to the number of new tuberculosis cases. Illinois health officials say 521 active cases of TB wer...
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Walgreen 2Q profit grows 5 percent on better prescription salesMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Walgreen Co.'s shares rose sharply today after the company said second-quarter profits rose 5 percent with improved cost controls offsetting sluggish ...
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Detroit mayor, former aide, charged in text-messaging sex scandalMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a one-time rising star and Detroit's youngest elected leader, was charged today with perjury and other counts after sexually explicit ...
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Oil prices fluctuate as stronger dollar prompts sellingMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The oil futures market fluctuated today, searching for direction without much in the way of solid news to drive prices higher or lower. Retail gas prices, me...
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Other schools got chance to fix error that's keeping girl out of Spelling BeeMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 12-year-old girl is being kept out of the Scripps National Spelling Bee because of one word -- "district" -- and not because she got it wrong. Morg...
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Elderly Chicago woman shot as she stands in her living roomMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police say a 70-year-old woman was shot to death as she stood in her living room on Chicago's South Side. Police say Maggie Browder was hit at about 6:15 a.m. by...
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Mavs' Nowitzki out indefinitely with high ankle sprain, sprained kneeMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks is out indefinitely with a moderate high ankle sprain and a mildly sprained knee. It's a blow to the Mavericks' title hop...
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The hunt is on for diabetes gene therapiesMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- You've heard of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, but what about a kind called MODY? Diabetes is undergoing a genetics revolution that suggests there actually ar...
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British singer Corinne Bailey Rae's husband found deadMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- The husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. Police say Jason Rae was found in an apartment in the northern English c...
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Nowitzki hurt in Spurs winMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- Manu Ginobili scored eight points in a 19-0 third-quarter rally that sent the San Antonio Spurs past Dallas 88-81 Sunday, but the Mavericks came away worried m...