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Phoebe focuses on colon health
Last Updated: 10:21 PM 03/14/10 - More than 50,000 lives are claimed by colon cancer each year in the United States, experts say. Jennifer Maddox Parks, staff writer
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Hospital offers ‘sleeping sacks’ for the smallest patients
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Last Updated: 10:27 PM 03/14/10 - An Albany hospital has begun giving parents specially-designed blankets for babies to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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Albany SBDC brings in new director
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Last Updated: 10:32 PM 03/14/10 - Albany native Debbie Finney spent more than 20 years running Bennett’s Garden Center and Bennett’s Home Place.
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'Doc Hollywood' impacts the next generation
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Last Updated: 10:39 PM 03/13/10 - Jimmy Hotz is finishing up his third year of medical school at Medical College of Georgia.
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Leesburg teen battles transplant rejection
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Last Updated: 10:43 PM 03/13/10 - Victoria Doolittle’s family says the 19-year-old is always in good spirits despite battling a rare lung disease.
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West Point cadet speaks at former school
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Last Updated: 10:47 PM 03/13/10 - Brooke Withers is a 2007 graduate of Deerfield-Windsor School and is currently in her second year at West Point.
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Obama: Bright future for kids
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Last Updated: 12:27 AM 03/14/10 - President Obama vows that his administration will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can vie academically
with students in other countries.
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A 'Devil' of a time
Last Updated: 1:26 AM 03/15/10 - Turnovers and poor shooting plague Georgia Tech during the first half of the ACC tourney final against Duke. After the Yellow Jackets make a game of it in the second half, the Blue Devils’ Jon Scheyer makes a 3 that seals a 65-61 win.
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’Noles, Jackets in ‘Dance’
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Last Updated: 1:04 AM 03/15/10 - The Big Dance, otherwise known as the NCAA tournament, has Georgia Tech seeded 10th in the Midwest Regional and Florida State ninth in the West. (Full Story)
Kentucky back on top of SEC
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Last Updated: 10:34 PM 03/14/10 - The Kentucky Wildcats win their first SEC tournament title since 2004, sending Sunday’s game with Mississippi State into overtime with a final-second shot and then emerging victorious, 75-74. (Full Story)
Thrashers lose in shootout
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Last Updated: 10:39 PM 03/14/10 - The Atlanta Thrashers cannot keep pace with Phoenix in a shootout and lose, 3-2. (Full Story)
Els wins at Doral, now No. 8
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Last Updated: 10:42 PM 03/14/10 - Ernie Els not only ends his longest victory drought by winning the CA Championship at Doral on Sunday, he also moves to No. 8 in the World Golf Rankings. (Full Story)
Keselowski vows not to change after Edwards crash
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Last Updated: 10:46 PM 03/14/10 - Brad Keselowski says he won’t change his attitude after a crash caused by rival Carl Edwards. (Full Story)
Hosting early NCAA women's tourney games a risky business
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Last Updated: 10:53 PM 03/14/10 - Home teams not in the NCAA women’s tourney spell trouble for cities hosting early rounds. (Full Story)
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