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One-Third of U.S. Adults Diabetic, Many Unaware of Disease

As many as a third of American adults with type 2 diabetes don’t even know they have the disease, according to alarming new findings from the National Institutes of Health and the CDC. Even more disheartening, one in three adults in the U.S. either has diabetes or a prediabetes condition …

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Candidate's Heart Transplant at Issue in California Assembly Race

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A candidate for the California state Assembly says vote for me, not my rival because the opponent — a heart transplant recipient — could die in office. “Can you imagine the costs to taxpayers for a special election when poor health renders him unable to fulfill the …

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Mother's Day Means Big Business for Small Companies

Two-thirds of small-business owners were expecting Mother’s Day to provide a big boost to the bottom line, according to a new survey. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s NEW Small Business page. Of nearly 500 respondents, 66 percent had high hopes for the holiday, which fell on May 14 this year, …

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Malvo Takes the Stand in Beltway Sniper Trial

ROCKVILLE, Md. – An emotional Lee Boyd Malvo testified Tuesday against his former partner in the 2002 sniper attacks and said John Allen Muhammad told him “we’re going to terrorize these people.” Malvo said Muhammad had outlined a plan for six sniper shootings a day for 30 days several months …

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Rev. Al Sharpton Wants Two Dems Off Alabama Ballot

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” May 23, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Former presidential candidate Al Sharpton is trying to get a couple of his fellow Democrats removed from the ballot in Alabama. One of them denies the …

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Zarqawi's Brother Says Family Expected His Death

AMMAN, Jordan – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s older brother said Thursday that the family had anticipated the death of the notorious Al Qaeda in Iraq leader for some time. “We anticipated that he would be killed for a very long time,” Sayel al-Khalayleh told The Associated Press in a telephone interview …

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Shatner, Brokaw, Philbin to Be Inducted Into TV Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES – William Shatner, Tom Brokaw and Regis Philbin are joining the Academy of Television Art & Sciences Hall of Fame. Director James Burrows (“Will & Grace,” “Cheers”) and former network executive and producer Leonard Goldberg (“Brian’s Song,” “Hart to Hart”) also are among those who will be honored, …

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Dedicated Physics Cards Take Video Gaming to New Levels

DALLAS – Carve a wrong turn in the deep powder of the video game “Stoked Rider: Big Mountain Snowboarding” and you’d better brace for an avalanche of swirling white snow engulfing everything as it crashes down the mountainside. Such games used to be a simple matter of steering downhill and …

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Stocks to Watch, June 19: Kroger Co. and Progress Software

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Kroger Co., J. M. Smucker Co. and Progress Software Corp. • Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Investing page. Actuant Corp. (ATU) is expected to report fiscal third-quarter earnings of 78 cents a …

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Cleveland Police Find Skeletal Mom in Bed at 80-Year-Old's Home

CLEVELAND – Officers who went to a home to serve a search warrant found a skeleton in the bed where an 80-year-old woman said her mother was sleeping. The decomposed body was believed to be that of the woman’s 98-year-old mother, who hadn’t been seen in at least three years. …

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