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  • Routine HIV screening can save lives
  • Exercise may reduce age-related brain changes in older adults
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  • Lack of Funds May Slow Clearwire WiMAX Rollout
  • Six Apart Buys Pownce, Will Shut It Down
  • Isee3D announces updates to its business
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    Nutter again faces a crowd angry at budget cuts
    For the second time in a week, Mayor Nutter stood before hundreds of angry Philadelphians last night and defended a series of steep budget cuts he made in response to the nation's deepening economic...

    Assassins rake bedroom, killing woman and wounding 2
    The scene of a shooting in the 3300 block of Mutter Street in North Phila. Two gunmen shot at a sleeping couple and two children, killing the woman. Police think the attack was...

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    A group fighting a proposed museum in Valley Forge National Historical Park filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Lower Providence Township, which last month cleared the way for the...

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    Thai government wiped out in constitutional ruling
    Thailand's Constitution Court has dissolved the country's ruling People Power Party and two smaller political parties for colluding in election...

    Bangkok blast panics airport crowd
    A bomb blast early Tuesday at a Bangkok airport occupied by anti-government demonstrators killed one...

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    National
  • Rice plays Brahms for the queen
  • Obama names Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State
  • Barack Obama insists US troops must leave Iraq
  • Iran claims not to be worried by Israeli threats
  • Very few Indian Americans contribute to Obama transition project

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    State News
  • Phillies decline to make offers to four
  • Drizzle, lack of snow make for an unsuccessful start to deer season
  • Neighbor sues Regola in shooting death of son
  • St. Clair Village man shot, killed at housing complex
  • Shadyside fire leaves 20 people displaced