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Dining out without busting the bank or buttons
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
Dining out on a dime while trying to lose weight can be done if you've got a smorgasbord of tricks, according to several readers who have...
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Spending on prescription drugs slows
By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY
Spending on prescription drugs in 2007 showed the smallest increase in more than four decades, driven by rising use of low-cost generic...
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7 hospitals in N.Y. accused of $50M Medicaid fraud
Four hospitals in New York state paid kickbacks to get more patients into their drug treatment programs, which billed Medicaid for services...
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By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Suffering a trauma could predispose children to chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, a study shows. In a report in today's Archives of...

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Pope names Detroit archbishop
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Pope Benedict XVI chose Bishop of Oakland Allen Vigneron to replace Cardinal Adam Maida as Detroit's archbishop. Vigneron is a Michigan...
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A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's argument that she had religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat...
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Could you live like Jesus for a year? This pastor tried
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The Rev. Ed Dobson has spent most of his life following Jesus. But only now does he realize how hard it is to live like him. The retired...

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New scholarships aid students committed to service
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Bill Clinton, Biden, Kennedy praise Pell at funeral
The late Sen. Claiborne Pell was remembered during his funeral service Monday as a patrician statesman of enormous personal wealth who...
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Home schooling grows
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The ranks of America's home-schooled children have continued a steady climb over the past five years. The number of home-schooled kids hit...

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A swarm of comets that smacked North America 12,900 years ago wiped out the wooly mammoth and early Native American cultures, according to...
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President Bush will establish the largest marine reserve ever created today when he designates three remote Pacific Ocean regions as...
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By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press
Don't let the smell of beer and the rock music fool you: Beer pong is a serious game. Some dare say a sport.
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Judge: Religion aside, monkey meat needs permit
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He is among the growing number of city dwellers across the country choosing chickens as pets raising them for eggs that proponents say...