Barbaro's surgeon has empty feeling
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For the last eight months, one of Dean Richardson's first stops on his morning rounds was Barbaro's ICU stall. Richardson looked into the colt's bright eyes, made sure he was comfortable and formed an emotional bond with the Kentucky Derby winner that maybe only owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson equaled. One day after Barbaro was euthanized, the morning rounds felt terribly empty.
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Maybe the long overseas flight will take something out of him. Perhaps the bland food will leave him feeling less than his best. There&#39;s always the chance that a leprechaun could emerge from the Irish woods to distract him.
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It may not be fun anywhere but visiting the dentist in Cuba is a still unhappier prospect marked by a lack of dentists, technicians, materials and even reclining chairs, an official newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Brad Boyes had become like a surgeon who can't quite figure out what that scalpel is doing in his hand.
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The Cuban government has provided no details on Fidel Castro's health and released no pictures of the leader since it announced Monday night that he was having surgery and handing power to his brother.
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Giorgio Armani has an almost disquieting calm about him.
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Pubs' prospects appear uncertain as new era begins with an empty bar.
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Barbaro had another good night in the intensive care unit, and the Kentucky Derby winner&#039;s assistant trainer said Sunday the colt &quot;is in a good frame of mind.&quot;
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Braving queasy stomachs, a team of French doctors took to the skies Wednesday for the first operation on a human being in zero-gravity conditions, removing a cyst from the arm of a man as the aircraft soared and dived to create weightlessness.
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For some Americans, weary of war  in Iraq and uncertain about the future, the race horse  Barbaro's fight for life was a welcome tale of hope in the face  of adversity.
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A year after emergency surgery forced Fidel Castro to hand over power for the first time since his 1959 revolution, he has become a prolific writer on world affairs but shows no sign of returning to lead Cuba.
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Al Jefferson returned to action last night , two weeks after undergoing an appendectomy, wearing protective padding around his midsection. Although Jefferson was pleased with his quick return, he expects to feel fatigued in his first couple games back. He had 6 points and 8 rebounds last night in 19 minutes against the Bobcats.
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Few were happier to see the end of the Olympics than Carmelo Anthony. The Denver Nuggets star said being demoted to the bench for the bronze medal-winning US basketball team left him feeling
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KENNETT SQUARE, Pennsylvania  - Life is, quite literally, a series of small steps for Barbaro.
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There was no decisive moment, no seismic shift, no ceremony when James Gandolfini put "The Sopranos" behind him. But he has. Comfortably.
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The surgery has never been attempted and no anesthetic exists to ward off the searing pain of all that cutting. Yet Ephraim McDowell decides to go ahead.
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Cubans worried about political turmoil expressed relief on Wednesday that ailing leader Fidel Castro was apparently recovering from intestinal surgery that forced him to hand over power to his brother six months ago.