ST. GEORGE - With a clank of metal on metal, Mont Lewis, 82, Pocatello, Idaho, lands one of his horseshoes around the peg. After he and his opponent, Jerry Harper, 76, Ivins, finish throwing their shoes, the two walk up to look at where the horseshoes have landed.
"Ringer three," Lewis hollers out to Don Ebey of Seattle, Wash., who is keeping score for the two.
As week two of the Hu...
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ST. LOUIS - Mike Martz has been ailing for weeks, feeling well enough to lead the St. Louis Rams from the sideline but not well enough to live up to his own expectations. On Monday, Martz decided he'd had enough.
The 54-year-old coach announced he's taking an indefinite leave of absence, hoping to recover from an apparent heart...
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President George Bush pins the Purple Heart on Travis Barton at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Barton will soon return to the hospital for surgery.
Travis Barton has no regrets about the Iraq War - or losing his hand because of it.
"I'd do it again in a heartbeat," said the soldier, who lost all but one of his fingers when an Iraqi rocket-propelled grenade slam...
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Martz was told by a specialist on Monday that his condition, which kept him out of two practices last week, had worsened. While an exact diagnosis hasn't been made public, Martz had been tested for endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the lining of the heart or a heart valve.
Rams president John Shaw said Monday that Martz will be hospitalized four to 12 days but would not speculate on...
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The £20m cash injection may double the number of PET scanners - particularly effective for treating lung and bowel cancer.
It is hoped the money will relieve the postcode lottery in access and go some way to meeting the expected quadrupling in demand for scans by 2008.
But cancer charities said even more scanners were needed.
While PET (positron emission tomography) scans are ...
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A look at the best-of-seven National League championship series between the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals:
(All times Eastern) Game 1, Wednesday, at S...