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Book clubs for doctors show human side of medicine (AP)

AP – Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are tapping into their inner Tolstoys to better connect with patients.

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Wright leads Georgetown past top-seeded Syracuse (AP)

AP – Chris Wright scored 27 points and No. 22 Georgetown sailed past No. 3 Syracuse with an impressive second-half surge, beating the top-seeded Orange 91-84 in the quartefinals of the Big East tournament Thursday.

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GOP wants Massa ethics probe reopened (AP)

AP – House Minority Leader John Boehner wants the House ethics panel probe of former Rep. Eric Massa to be reopened.

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69 (AP)

AP – Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69.

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69
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House votes to impeach US judge from Louisiana (AP)

AP – The House has voted to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana. A House Judiciary Committee task force charged District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr.

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Mummy of Egypt’s monotheist pharaoh to return home (AP)

AP – The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt’s enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten’s mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history’s first attempt at monotheism.

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Mummy of Egypt’s monotheist pharaoh to return home
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Bulgarian media launch ‘favourite’ pothole campaigns (AFP)

AFP – Bulgarian media launched a humorous campaign against the country’s potholed streets Thursday, urging a disgruntled public to photograph and name the worst craters they could find.

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Pinera assumes Chile presidency amid strong quakes (AP)

AP – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt aftershocks, including the biggest since last month’s 8.8-magnitude temblor.

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Pinera assumes Chile presidency amid strong quakes
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