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Ag deparment to name grocers with tainted meat

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The Agriculture Department plans to tell the public which grocery stores and other retailers have received tainted meat during some recalls.

Agriculture Secretary Edward Schafer announced the new policy Friday. It comes in the wake of the nation’s biggest-ever beef recall – 143 million pounds from a slaughterhouse […]

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Colorado has seventh highest foreclosure rate

Colorado had 4,878 properties in foreclosure last month, which gave the state the seventh highest foreclosure rate in the nation.
Statistics from RealtyTrac also show that the state’s foreclosure rate was down 14.5 percent from June 2007, and down 9.6 percent from May.
Nationwide, foreclosure filings were up 53 percent year over […]

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Penrose named one of America’s best hospitals

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services has been named one of America’s best hospitals in a report published today by U.S. News & World Report.
The 2008 America’s Best Hospitals guide chose 170 medical centers from 5,453 nationwide. This marks the third consecutive year Penrose-St. Francis has been named in the guide.
The hospital was […]

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Board of Health seeking replacement for Bakes-Martin

The El Paso County Board of Health will meet July 16 to consider who will take over for former department director Rosemary Bakes-Martin who died earlier this week after battling cancer.
Deputy director Kandi Buckland has been filling the role during her illness and since her death.
Bakes-Martin was hired as deputy director of […]

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