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You can save a few bucks by lowering your utility bills
New York Times News ServiceBills, bills, bills. There's nothing like a fat stack of monthly invoices to make you feel like waving a big white flag that says "POOR." But with a little financial discipline, you can curtail your monthly spending without changing your whole life....Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Energy Saving, Medical Specialization, Telecommunication Service, Cell Phones
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Free to choose
The third time might be the charm. Riverside Health System is again submitting its application to build a hospital in the Williamsburg area. The project, called Doctors' Hospital, should be approved. Riverside's travails in trying to win approval...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Insurance, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Medical Services, Health Treatments
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State's Venture Capital Funding Doubles In Second Quarter
Courant Staff WriterVenture capital funding in Connecticut nearly doubled in the second quarter this year, with $43 million being distributed to nine companies, according to the most recent MoneyTree Report. The funding represents a respectable but not outstanding...Tags: Investments, Private Health Care, Westport, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Health Treatments
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Alone together: Some retired couples go separate ways under the same roof
Special to Newsday'My wife and I are married for 40 years and love each other dearly, yet we rarely occupy the same room of our house except for an occasional dinner together or when guests or grandchildren are here," said Art Mattson, 65, of Lynbrook, regarding their...Tags: Golf, Long Island, Family, Retirement, Marriage
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Medical experts: Candidate's age should not be a factor in voters' decisions
Associated PressSo how old is John McCain? Six-packs, automatic transmissions and the American Express card were all introduced after he was born, not to mention computers which McCain admits he doesn't use. McCain, himself, jokes that he's older than dirt. And while...Tags: Government, National Government, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Alzheimer's Disease
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The elder-care crunch
Sun reporterAfter four years of medical school and three years of internal medicine training, Jessica Colburn could have chosen just about any field of medicine to practice. Gastroenterology would have been lucrative, brain surgery exciting. At one point,...Tags: People, Heart Disease, Diseases, Medicine, Religious Festivals
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Alone together: His space, her space
Newsday Staff Writer"My wife and I are married for 40 years and love each other dearly, yet we rarely occupy the same room of our house except for an occasional dinner together or when guests or grandchildren are here," said Art Mattson, 65, of Lynbrook, regarding their...Tags: Golf, Long Island, Family, Retirement, Marriage
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NY policeman charged with body-slamming woman
Associated Press WriterA police officer who body-slammed an unarmed woman and broke her jaw during a medical call to a suburban restaurant last year was arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with violating her civil rights. Federal prosecutors said Yonkers police...Tags: Civil Rights, Lawyers, Police Arrests, Justice and Rights, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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HIV/AIDS cases rise in older people
Sentinel Staff WriterThe number of people older than 50 infected with HIV is rising across the state and the nation, say experts who worry seniors think they are not at risk for the virus. In Florida, the number of newly diagnosed AIDS cases in people 50 and older rose...Tags: Diseases, AIDS, Florida, Epidemics and Plagues, Health Organizations
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The sailor in twilight
Special to The TimesThe phone rang as I wrestled with the wood-framed window to close out the Santa Ana wind dusting the desk in my father's office. David, the hospice worker assigned to his case, wanted to know more about this 90-year-old man whose ability to speak has...Tags: Santa Ana, San Diego (San Diego, California), Diseases, Photography, Fires
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