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Brentwood shooting victim remembered
jennifer.kelleher@newsday.comRed rose petals covered spots of dried blood yesterday, vestiges of a Brentwood drive-by shooting that killed a 20-year-old woman. The petals were strewn to mark the spot where Danielle Calabrese fell after she was shot in the darkness of Stein Drive,...Tags: Islip, Thanksgiving, Islip Terrace, Murder, Medical Staff
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,182 Monday, according to Associated Press count
As of Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, at least 4,182 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,385...Tags: International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions
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Efforts made to help the hard-to-transplant get a new kidney, and revamp the wait
AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Nearly one in three patients who need a kidney transplant may never get one because their bodies are abnormally primed to attack a donated organ. Now doctors are trying new ways to outwit the immune system and save more of those so-...Tags: Diabetes, Johns Hopkins University, Hospitals and Clinics, Western Medicines, Georgetown
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Study funded by Merck shows Vioxx risk lingered after use of painkiller; company disputes it
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ A doubled risk of heart attack, stroke and death persisted at least a year after people stopped taking withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, according to an analysis of long-term data from the study that led drugmaker Merck & Co. to stop...Tags: Cancer, Merck & Company Incorporated, Yale University, Western Medicines, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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11-year-old boy is one of two shot dead near L.A. Convention Center
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAn 11-year-old boy was one of two people killed when gunmen opened fire on a group gathered west of the Los Angeles Convention Center, police said today. The fatal shooting Sunday night of Steven Munoz and a 25-year-old man was believed to have been...Tags: Murder, Injuries, Los Angeles Police Department, Gang Activity
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Albert A. Adler, promotions manager, author
Albert A. Adler, former promotions and public relations manager for the Baltimore News American, died Thursday of heart failure at his home in Pikesville. He was 88. Mr. Adler directed public service events and circulation promotion programs and wrote...Tags: Defense, Newspapers, Armed Forces, Book, Pikesville
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Albert Sehlstedt Jr.
Albert Sehlstedt Jr., a veteran reporter and editor for The Sun who covered such historic events as man landing on the moon and the Challenger disaster, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was 86 and had suffered from...Tags: Mark Roman, Diseases, Catonsville, Somerville, Alzheimer's Disease
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Elusive cure
In a darkened slice of a convention center ballroom, Dr. Leisha Emens takes her place in front of hundreds gathered to hear about her latest research.
The Johns Hopkins oncologist doesn't look particularly comfortable in the spotlight. This is no way...Tags: Biology, Research, Cancer, Biotechnology, Natural Science
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Maureen Ryan's pick: 'Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery'
8 p.m., HBO More than 290,000 people are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but Section 60 is where the grief is freshest. That's the area where service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried. Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill ("... -
Teen arrested in shooting deaths of West Palm brothers
The Associated PressAuthorities say a 19-year-old man has been arrested in the September shooting deaths of two brothers in West Palm Beach. Charles P. Moss, of Lake Worth, was held without bond Monday in the Palm Beach County jail. He was arrested Sunday. No attorney...Tags: Murder, Juvenile Delinquency, Lake Worth
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Wine pioneer David Lett
The Associated PressWinemaker David Lett, widely considered the father of Oregon's thriving pinot noir industry and a major force in winning worldwide respect for this state's wines, has died. He was 69. Mr. Lett died of heart failure Thursday at his home in Dundee, said...Tags: Food Industry, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Beverage Industry, Medicine, Dundee
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Obituaries in the news
Robert W. Plaster LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — Robert W. Plaster, a Missouri business leader who was accused in the 1970s of plotting to bomb a competitor's truck in an effort to dominate the propane business, died Saturday. He was 78. Plaster died of...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Steve McQueen, Joni Mitchell, Cary Grant, Rebecca de Mornay
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