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  • AP IMPACT: Losing racehorses killed in Puerto Rico
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    By MICHAEL MELIA

    For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death - losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive. More than 400 horses, many in perfect health, are killed each year by injection at a clinic behind the Hipodromo Camarero racetrack, said chief veterinarian Jose Garcia.
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  • Budget crunch shrinks Ky. colonel certificates

    By ROGER ALFORD

    FRANKFORT, Ky. - Colonel Elvis Presley, Colonel Muhammad Ali and Colonel Pope John Paul II all received ornate certificates to accompany the honorary rank that Kentucky bestows on thousands of people each year, including some of the world's most rich and famous.
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  • She was the queen of gospel music

    By Jennifer Hewlett

    She wrote songs with verses that would make Shakespeare smile, and when she was on a stage, she owned it, her friends said Monday.

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