01/08/2009
Legislature has history-making opening day (Denver Post)
History caught up with Rep. Terrance Carroll on Wednesday morning as the rising political star became the first black man to assume the speaker's gavel in the Colorado House of Representatives.
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01/07/2009
Murray closing in on tennis history (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Andy Murray, who had not fully recovered from a career-threatening wrist injury only a year ago, is now being touted as a man who could make tennis history.
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01/07/2009
Family History of Aneurysm Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers with a family history of brain aneurysm are at extreme risk of suffering a stroke from a ruptured aneurysm themselves, a new study shows.
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01/08/2009
Chapter in US District Court history ending (Boston Globe)
Joyce London Alexander, the longest-serving magistrate judge in the history of the US District Court in Massachusetts and one of only two blacks on the District Court bench, will retire Feb. 1.
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01/08/2009
Switzer: Win Secures OU's Place In History (The Tampa Tribune)
Barry Switzer sees greatness in Oklahoma's football team, but he stops short of placing it alongside the all-time best squads in school history.
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01/08/2009
NC library puts book on black history online (WBTV Charlotte)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A copy of a 1910 reference book about African-American history is now available online. The State Library of North Carolina has put digital images of "An Era of Progress and Promise" online.
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01/07/2009
Family History of Aneurysm Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Family History of Aneurysm Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers Category: Health News Created: 1/7/2009 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/7/2009
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01/08/2009
Bloomington celebrated, made history during 2008 (Bloomington Sun-Current)
History was made, and history was celebrated in Bloomington during 2008. And one of the biggest stories of the year didn't even take place in the city.
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01/08/2009
Gourmets in history (Business Standard India)
Back in school, one of our more rabid history books devoted much spleen to the evil wreaked by Emperor Aurangzeb, caricatured as a hook-nosed, skinny guy with an expression of cunning idiocy on his face.
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01/08/2009
Area woman headed to D.C. for Obama’s pres. inauguration MCA graduate to witness history (The Shamokin News-Item)
KULPMONT — Sarah Romanic, a 2008 graduate of Mount Carmel Area High School, is looking forward to what she anticipates will be one of the most memorable events in her young life. She will join many scholars her age in witnessing electoral history.
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