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Speedometer top speed often exceeds reality
DETROIT — The speedometer on the Toyota Yaris says the tiny car can go 140 miles per hour. In reality, the bulbous subcompact’s 106-horsepower engine and automatic transmission can’t push it any...
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Pets getting hyperbaric treatment
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hyperbaric chambers have been used for decades to treat divers with the bends, burn victims and people with traumatic injuries, but in Florida and a handful of other states they...
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Remembering the people who ‘Bubble Up’ in life
Working at a newspaper can feel like wading against a river current full of names, pictures and events. Though so many are newsworthy, by sheer volume, only a small percentage of people can trul...
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Births
Amyx — Weston Timothy Amyx and Wyatt Richard Amyx, sons of Timothy Richard and Crystal Shae (Jones) Amyx of Taylorsville, Jan. 31, 2013, Norton’s Suburban Hospital, Louisville. Grandparents are Ric...
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Dying man wins biggest prize at casino
DES PLAINES, Ill. — For a year and a half, Timothy Brennan has been a regular at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, faithfully playing the slots with the hope of winning big. Brennan recently hit the...
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Americans spend over $53 billion on pets in 2012
LOS ANGELES — The economy may have remained sluggish last year but Americans refused to scrimp on their pets, with animal lovers spending upwards of $53 billion on food, veterinary care, kennels an...
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Ancient wax technique gains new fans in art world
Denver artist Jamie Lang sold nearly all of his small, handmade tiles during a recent crafts show, and he can only guess the reasons why. The adobe tiles are minimally decorated — with a red bicycl...
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Associated Press A shoe decorated with a miniature tea set and a lock titled "Alice," and designed by Nicholas Kirkwood, is on display at the "Shoe Obsession" exhibit at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum in New York. The exhibition, showing off 153 specimens, runs through April 13.
No longer an accessory, shoes move center stage
NEW YORK — Shoes are having a 21st century moment as they’ve pushed from mere accessory to the center of the fashion stage. Sexuality, social status, fashion IQ: The reasons for our shoe obsessi...
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Northern lights offer big year
JUNEAU, Alaska — Bill Carter had been planning his bucket-list winter vacation to Alaska for 30 years, and he couldn’t have picked a better time to take it. The retired chemist from Jesup, Ga., ...
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(AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) Dennis and Sharon Fitzgerald, of Elmwood, Ill., work through their exercise routine, side-by-side on treadmills at Proctor Hospital's Burklund Cardiac Rehabilitation Center in Peoria, Ill. Twice a week, the couple takes part in a cardiac rehab exercise class after Sharon had triple-bypass surgery two years ago.
Couple endures all, even cardiac rehab
PEORIA, Ill. — The hearts of Dennis and Sharon Fitzgerald have been through it all since the couple met in 1961 — from the flutter of love at first sight, he says, to the trauma of her triple bypas...
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