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ROME — “Let me die,” wrote Piergiorgio Welby, confined to his bed by muscular dystrophy and unable to eat, speak or breathe on his own.A doctor carried out his wish, disconnecting Welby’s respirator — and with that move, reignited the debate over the...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Insurance company Chubb Corp. said yesterday it will pay $17 million to settle allegations from attorneys general in three states that it paid secret commissions to win business.Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sai...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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BELMONT Hills head pro Brian Morris began his 24-hour “golf-a-thon” yesterday morning at the Warwick course in an effort to raise money for his cousin Lori Mello who is undergoing very expensive treatments for Diffused Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymph...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Falling insurance prices may slow growth in US property and casualty premiums to 1.5 percent next year, a sign that competition for customers could threaten future profits, an industry group said.“The current premium growth pat...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines Inc.’s projection that it will be worth as much as $12 billion when it emerges from bankruptcy protection is “unrealistic,” US Airways chief executive Doug Parker said yesterday as his company pushes ahead with its host...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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Lori Mello is a young cancer patient who will be in Boston for chemo treatment on Christmas Day Lori is pictured with her friends at Lauren Mahoney, Lori Mello, Kara Medeiros and Jennifer Morris Photo by Tamell Simons
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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Public Safety and Housing Minister David Burch has praised the work of a halfway house for ex-inmates ? with 76 percent staying out of trouble.
Senator Burch said the Transitional Living Centre (TLC) had done an excellent job with the 94 former priso...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A nutritional supplement containing antioxidants, minerals and other nutrients can boost immune function in frail older people living in nursing homes, researchers report.Those who took eight ounces daily of the enriched s...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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Today in HistoryToday is Friday, December 22, the 356th day of 2006. There are nine days left in the year.
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In 1864, during the US Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln: “I beg to present you as a Ch...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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What is Cassava?
CASSAVA (Manihot esculenta) is a perennial woody shrub with between five and ten large, tuberous, starch-filled roots. These roots grow in a cluster just beneath the surface of the soil and take approximately 1-2 years to mature. It ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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