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B oth of this year's presidential candidates say they are ex-smokers, but recent research suggests that they may face increased health risks from cigarettes for years to come.

Employees see chaos from traffic safety move to southern Illinois
Rockford Register Star, IL - 14 minutes ago
Rod Blagojevich has pushed to move the traffic safety division to Harrisburg to give a depressed area an economic boost and put state government in closer ...

State increases penalties for prison violence
Kankakee Daily Journal, IL - 22 minutes ago
Rod Blagojevich signed into law this week, upgrading penalties from a Class 3 to Class 2 Felony. Inmates found guilty will typically be sentenced to three ...

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Flooding feared along US-Mexico border from Dolly
Reuters - 34 minutes ago
By Joe Mitchell BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly, which lashed the US-Mexico coastline, weakened to a tropical depression on Thursday over South Texas, but concern remained over flooding along the populous Rio Grande Valley.
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A fire department spokesman says three people were wounded in a shooting at a Phoenix community college.

Thousands of Chicago's business are equipped with surveillance cameras, but a new plan would make the private cameras in businesses and homes work in tandem with the city's surveillance cameras.

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NYPD, Port Authority agree on WTC security plan
The Associated Press - 39 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Police and the World Trade Center site's owner sketched out a security agreement Thursday that settles a turf war over who will protect ground zero against terrorism as the Lower Manhattan site is rebuilt.
Port Authority cops, NYPD will share security duties at Ground Zero The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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CBC.ca
Hurricane Dolly damage seen less than $750M
Forbes - 26 minutes ago
AP 07.24.08, 7:52 PM ET Risk Management Solutions, a catastrophe risk management company, said Thursday it estimates insured losses from Hurricane Dolly will be less than $750 million.
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CBC.ca
Hurricane Dolly damage seen less than $750M
Forbes - 26 minutes ago
AP 07.24.08, 7:52 PM ET Risk Management Solutions, a catastrophe risk management company, said Thursday it estimates insured losses from Hurricane Dolly will be less than $750 million.
Video: Tropical Storm Dolly Causes Flood Worries AssociatedPress
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CBC.ca
Hurricane Dolly damage seen less than $750M
Forbes - 26 minutes ago
AP 07.24.08, 7:52 PM ET Risk Management Solutions, a catastrophe risk management company, said Thursday it estimates insured losses from Hurricane Dolly will be less than $750 million.
Video: Tropical Storm Dolly Causes Flood Worries AssociatedPress
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US Congress sends Bush expanded global AIDS program
Reuters - 47 minutes ago
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The US Congress on Thursday approved a large expansion of a program to fight AIDS and other diseases raging in Africa and elsewhere, sending the measure to President George W. Bush, who is expected to ...
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US Congress sends Bush expanded global AIDS program
Reuters - 27 minutes ago
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The US Congress on Thursday approved a large expansion of a program to fight AIDS and other diseases raging in Africa and elsewhere, sending the measure to President George W. Bush, who is expected to ...
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US Congress sends Bush expanded global AIDS program
Reuters - 27 minutes ago
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The US Congress on Thursday approved a large expansion of a program to fight AIDS and other diseases raging in Africa and elsewhere, sending the measure to President George W. Bush, who is expected to ...
Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight The Associated Press
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US Congress sends Bush expanded global AIDS program
Reuters - 27 minutes ago
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The US Congress on Thursday approved a large expansion of a program to fight AIDS and other diseases raging in Africa and elsewhere, sending the measure to President George W. Bush, who is expected to ...
Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight The Associated Press
Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Global AIDS Legislation MarketWatch
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Baylor University fires school president
The Associated Press - 48 minutes ago
WACO, Texas (AP) - Baylor University regents on Thursday fired the school president, the second in three years to leave amid clashes with the faculty at the world's largest Baptist university.
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Miss. River spill idles ships near New Orleans
The Associated Press - 48 minutes ago
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400000 gallons of fuel oil into ...
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News 8 Austin
Baylor University fires school president
The Associated Press - 28 minutes ago
WACO, Texas (AP) - Baylor University regents on Thursday fired the school president, the second in three years to leave amid clashes with the faculty at the world's largest Baptist university.
Citing lost confidence, Baylor regents fire president Houston Chronicle
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News 8 Austin
Baylor University fires school president
The Associated Press - 28 minutes ago
WACO, Texas (AP) - Baylor University regents on Thursday fired the school president, the second in three years to leave amid clashes with the faculty at the world's largest Baptist university.
Citing lost confidence, Baylor regents fire president Houston Chronicle
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Miss. River spill idles ships near New Orleans
The Associated Press - 28 minutes ago
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400000 gallons of fuel oil into ...
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Miss. River spill idles ships near New Orleans
The Associated Press - 28 minutes ago
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400000 gallons of fuel oil into ...
Video: Ship Collision Closes Part of Mississippi River AssociatedPress
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