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Editorial: Twisting facts in children's health care debateOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program has shot health care to the top of the nation's political agenda. But when it comes to complicated...
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'It's an amazing gift' -- kidneys donated by family save woman's lifeOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Chili native Tammy Mohr was diagnosed with kidney disease at 14 months old. "When it was diagnosed, they didn't do transplants," said her brother Matthew Zaso. "T...
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Coughlin unfazed by ethics questions surrounding biotech postOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Robert Coughlin is not letting a possible State Ethics Commission investigation slow him down in his new job as a booster for the life sciences industry. Last week the f...
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Beginner's Box: So decadent, but so tastyOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Short of eating a can of lard, I'm not sure how you could pack more calories into a dessert than Krispy Kreme has managed with Pumpkin Spice à la Mode. One se...
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Blanchett finally reprises role of Queen ElizabethOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - It took Cate Blanchett almost a decade to say yes to Shekhar Kapur. The Indian director who made "Elizabeth" -- the film that put the Australian actress on the map in 19...
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Terry Marotta: What is ‘home'?Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Descending south from the tip of Manhattan along FDR drive, I spotted this sign spray-painted on a piece of cardboard and tacked to some barbed wire next to two of the m...
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Matt Trowbridge: Huge win against Packers transforms Bears seasonOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Brett Favre had been virtually perfect. After completing his first pass of the second half Sunday night, Favre, when he wasn't spiking the ball to stop the clock, was 20...
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Stephanie Foster: The power of sound is underappreciatedOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - At dawn the crows were cawing up a storm. Unlike people, they don't make noise for the sake of it. It meant there was a fox on the prowl, or a cat. When I looked out the...
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Jeff Vrabel: Where's the magic in this Cubs' post-season?Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - There was no romanticism to the Cubs' inevitable playoff ka-thump-down-the-stairs this year, no zing, no pop, no anything, other than a suddenly open Sunday afternoon an...
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Greenspace: Winter an important time for your gardenOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Plants are preparing for their long winter's sleep. Cool nights and decreasing daylight are triggering their bionic alarm clocks. Get ready, it's almost time. This...