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Former Panamanian dictator Noriega hospitalized (AP)

FILE - This  Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, shows Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega gesturing while being carried in a wheelchair by a police officer inside El Renacer prison, on the outskirts of Panama City. A police statement issued Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 says Noriega was taken from the El Renacer prison to Santo Tomas hospital after he had high blood pressure and apparently a brain hemorrhage. Noriega returned to Panama on Dec. 11 and is serving three 20-year sentences for the killings of political opponents in the 1980s.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP – Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug running, was transferred from prison to a hospital on Sunday because of extreme hypertension, health officials said.


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Some former Komen supporters can’t forgive, forget (AP)

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 file photo, some of an estimated 45,000 people participate in the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure in Little Rock, Ark. After watching The Susan G. Komen for the Cure announce plans to cut funding to Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, then abandon those plans days later amid a public furor, many longtime Komen supporters were feeling conflicted at week's end. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson)AP – The decisions by The Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, then reverse itself, have left many Komen supporters conflicted.


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Former Pat: NE won’t look for Giant revenge

The Patriots spent the last two weeks claiming they won’t be driven by revenge on Sunday. But one former Patriot who recalls the Super Bowl XLII loss said that won’t be the case. “It’s crap. It’s crap,” said former Pats safety Rodney Harrison. “Of course it is. If you played on that 2007 team, you had an opportunity to go 16-0 and and do something that no one has ever been done in the National Football League and an opportunity to go 19-0. Of course, you’re devastated.”

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Paula Deen’s former publicist speaks out

Nancy Assuncao, who resigned as Deen’s spokeswoman and head marketer in December because she disagreed with her client’s decision to market the diabetes drug Victoza, says she harbors “no hard feelings.

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Former dentist pleads guilty in Mass. to using unsafe materials, scamming Medicare

A disgraced former dentist has pleaded guilty to drilling patients with unsafe materials and illegally extracting hundreds of thousands from Medicaid, authorities said.

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Gingrich’s former company releases contract (AP)

AP – Under pressure, Newt Gingrich arranged the release of a contract Monday night showing the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. paid his consulting firm a $25,000 monthly retainer fee in 2006, for a total of $300,000.

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Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11 (AP)

An unidentified person enters Kodak Headquarters in Rochester, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Eastman Kodak Co. said early Thursday Jan. 19, 2012 it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as it seeks to boost its cash position and stay in business. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP – Is Kodak’s moment past?


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