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WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- Dr. Michael DeBakey, 99-year-old pioneer of the life-saving heart bypass surgery, was saluted in an elaborate ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
U.S. President Bush and congressional leaders Wednesday bestowed Congress' highest civilian award on the renowned Houston doctor, the Congressional Gold Medal, for a lifetime of achievement in medicine, including his cardiac surgery advances, the Houston Chronicle said.
DeBakey, who helped create the military's Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals and invented many medical devices and procedures, thanked them for the honors then launched into his campaign to overhaul Medicare and Medicaid systems using the Veterans Administration's medical system as a model.
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DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
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