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Bush Wants Funds to Help Veterans Affairs Dept. Protect Identity Theft Victims

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday asked Congress for $160.5 million in emergency funds to help veterans and military personnel whose personal information was on a laptop computer stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee. In a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Bush said he was asking for the additional …

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Subway Sandwich Franchisees Sue Chain on Ad Funds

NEW YORK – Worldwide franchisees of Subway sandwich shops filed suit against the chain’s founder Fred DeLuca and the franchiser Doctor’s Associates Inc. Monday, claiming that terms of a new franchise agreement disregard existing commitments concerning marketing spending. The lawsuit was filed in Connecticut Superior Court in Ansonia-New Haven by …

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Man Undergoes New Hip Resurfacing Procedure

ST. LOUIS – No way was Rick Jones going to be a couch potato. An athlete and youth coach who works out regularly, Jones dreams of someday hiking the Grand Canyon. A painful, arthritic hip started to slow him down, but at 52, he refused. Then he heard about a …

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