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The Year in Brief, Part I
Bennington Banner - MANCHESTER The man tapped by the United Nations to help oversee Iraq's first-ever elections later this month travels each week from Manchester to U.N. headquarters in New York City. Derek Boothby, chairman of the U.N.'s Iraq Operations Group, came

Patient fearful of bone implant
Courier-Post - Anthony J. Vitola went into the hospital for surgery to remove three crushed disks from his neck. He came out with what he fears could be a time bomb ticking inside him. In July, a neurosurgeon implanted bone in Vitola's neck during a procedure at

New on DVD
Biloxi Sun Herald - The Americanization of Japanese horror hits continues, this time with a class-act approach that brings Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly and acclaimed director Walter Salles ("The Motorcycle Diaries") to the package in a restrained, moderately

Mega Movie Guide 2005
Christian Science Monitor - Director: Brian Levant. With Ice Cube, Nia Long, Jay Mohr. (95 min.) You may ask yourself that question as you watch a kid-phobic man take a road trip with the kids of a single mom he wants to woo. Cube is cute and Long is lovely, but the youngsters

The Vaccine Fairy:
Slate - Americans are apt to forget public-health lessons quickly, a tendency that is reflected in two decisions one foolish, the other wise this month. Last week, in the votes approving the omnibus defense appropriations bills, Congress gave sweeping

NPR Health News Briefs: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5
NPR News - Feb. 4, 2005 -- AARP is suing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over a controversial rule on retiree health benefits. The senior group asked a federal judge in Philadelphia to block an EEOC rule that would let employers offer fewer benefits

Worries about killer flu, lack of vaccine dominated medical news
Arizona Daily Sun - We head into 2006 the same way we began 2005: Worried about flu and not enough vaccine. Last year, the concern was ordinary flu because the United States had only half its usual supply of flu shots. Bird flu creeping across Asia was a vague and