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    Alfred Morris, Robert Griffin spur Redskins to first NFC East title since 1999

    Rookie running back Alfred Morris ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns as the Washington Redskins closed out the 2012 NFL regular season with a 28-18 win over the Dallas Cowboys to clinch their first NFC East title since 1999. The 10-6 Redskins won seven straight games to close out the regular...
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    Peyton Manning, stifling defense spur Broncos to 34-14 win over the Saints

    That Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was able to return from multiple neck surgeries just to play this season figures to make him a popular, if not unanimous choice for the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year. Manning's on-field performance has him squarely in the discussion for the NFL...
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    Could Russell Armstrong's Apparent Suicide Spur Even More Deaths?

    Given that celebrity deaths come in threes, and that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Russell Armstrong has tragically committed suicide, will more star suicides follow? ...
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    The BBC would like examples of inspiring poetry to spur on our national

    sporting teams? I suppose, for example, Funeral Blues by W H Auden for the England football team but can you think of anything for the BBC, if so I'm sure you could find a link for Today, BBC Radio 4 (I guess you could cc [email protected]) comments, views and suggestions here:
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    Should my Spur thighed tortoise already be in hibernation?

    He's 5 years old, he hibernated last year in about September. I've just been looking around websites that have been saying if you leave it till September its too late. He doesn't seem ready yet he has been sleeping more, but today he ate a load of lettuce, so im gonna have to wait another month...
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    Broadening Partnerships To Spur Medical Advances For War Injuries

    Ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched the resources available for preventing and treating many of the visible and invisible wounds facing today's service members. Expanded research and options in the fields of regenerative medicine and behavioral health care services have...
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    Abortion Provision In Defense Bill Could Spur Election-Year Battle

    An election-year fight could ensue over an amendment to the Senate defense authorization bill (S 3280) that would allow military servicewomen to obtain abortion care at military hospitals if they use private funds, Stars and Stripes reports (Shane, Stars and Stripes, 6/8). The amendment, by Sen...
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    Director Of D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration Resigns; Helped Spur Epidemiological Studies

    Shannon Hader -- director of the Washington, D.C., HIV/AIDS administration -- "abruptly" announced Tuesday that she will resign on July 15, a few days after she is scheduled to return from personal leave, the Washington Post reports. Hader has held the position for three years, making her the...
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    Comparative Effectiveness Funds Spur Changes, But Not Without Critics

    The new health law will infuse $3 billion into health research that compares treatments to gauge which are most effective, building on an earlier federal investment of $1.1 billion from the stimulus package, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports. In response to the recent wave of interest in so-called...
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