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Pharmacies Using New Technology To Deal With Dangerous Criminals

After the horrific and deadly pharmacy massacre in Medford, Long Island store owners are looking for ways to protect their...

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Seen At 11: Could The Next Generation Live To Be 150?

Baby Maxwell Jones' life is just getting started, but if he's lucky, this hours-old infant could live well into the next century.

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9/11 Uniform Helping Doctors Find Source Of Illness

A uniform worn by a member of the NYPD on 9/11 is helping doctors figure out exactly what made fist responders sick and there's...

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Cash-Strapped Passaic, N.J. To Charge Handicapped Residents For Parking Spots

Passaic, like most cities, is faced with serious budgetary problems and is trying to find ways to bring in new revenue. Its...

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NYC To Give Some 9/11 Health Info To Researchers

Some elected officials had called on the city to disclose information sought by Mount Sinai Medical Center ahead of a federal review. Officials will consider whether cancer should be added to the illnesses covered by the Zadroga act.

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Cycle For Survival Kicks Off This Weekend

This weekend across the country, thousands are hopping on an exercise bike to raise money to fight rare cancers.

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Funeral Today For NYC EMS Asst. Chief Who Died Of Tumor Linked To WTC

Retired EMS assistant chief John McFarland was revered within the FDNY, and today he is being laid to rest after dying from a brain tumor linked to his service after the attacks of 9/11.

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Seen At 11: Where To Find Medical Discounts And Coupons Online

Coupon-cutting can save you hundreds of dollars a year on groceries. Now it can also save you on medical care, everything from a check up to a flu shot, teeth cleaning to allergy screening.

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Cardinal-Designate Dolan: Obama Reneging On Birth Control Provision

The president ducked questions about the contraception controversy Thursday. The reason may be the latest attack from Archbishop Dolan, who, sources said, feels he was stabbed in the back by Obama after the two met to discuss the issue.

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Brooklyn Man Hopes Rare Surgery Will Raise Awareness For Common Condition

A port-wine stain, which was left untreated, caused tissue overgrowth on Clint Rami’s face and made him the target of bullies his entire life.

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40 Rider University Students Sickened In Possible Norovirus Outbreak

About 40 students at the Lawrenceville campus were transported to area hospitals or treated at the school after experiencing symptoms of a gastrointestinal illness, according to the University’s website.

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Health Officials: Person Infected With Measles In Indy For Super Bowl

The Indiana Health Department says two cases of measles have been confirmed in the state. Health officials say one of those infected with the disease was in Indianapolis two days before the game and says visitors to Super Bowl village might have been exposed.

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Cardinal-Designate Dolan: President Obama Needs To Stop ‘Intruding Into Internal Life Of A Church’

Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan came to the South Bronx to bless a library, but he had no blessings — just harsh words — for President Barack Obama, who wants Catholic institutions to pay for birth control.

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Flu Season Atypical In New Jersey

In New Jersey, state officials say influenza activity is low in the south and moderate in the north.

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