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EndNotes archive for Oct. 4, 2011

TUESDAY, OCT. 4, 2011

ORG XMIT: NYET743 FILE- This undated file photo shows actors in the TV series "Star Trek," from left, Leonard Nimoy as Commander Spock, William Shatner as Captain Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Doctor McCoy and James Doohan as Commander Scott. (AP Photo/Paramount Television ,File) ** NO SALES ** (Anonymous Anonymous / The Spokesman-Review)

Goodbye Mr. Spock

Leonard Nimoy, who played the emotion-less alien, Mr. Spock, in Star Trek has annouced his retirement from the Star Trek convention circuit. I've been a big "Star Trek" fan since seventh grade when the original series came out, despite my sister telling me a few…

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112 million drunks on the road

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports today that adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010. That's 300,000 incidents of drinking and driving each day. That means, according to CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden that, "nearly…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.