

| Winslet and Mendes separate |

LONDON, March 15 (UPI) -- Representatives for British celebrity couple Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes say the actress and director have separated.
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| Iraqi leader denies assassination attempt |

BAGHDAD, March 15 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared on television but did not address rumors he had been assassinated, speaking instead about overall violence in Iraq.
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| Blacks highest cancer risk, don't know it |

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 15 (UPI) -- Blacks say they are at less risk of getting cancer -- even though they have the highest cancer incidence and mortality of all groups, U.S. researchers said.
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| Funds awarded to expand medical IT use |

WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- An additional $162 million in economic stimulus funds will help push broad use of health information technology, the Health and Human Service Department said.
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| Crime sweeps made across Europe |

LONDON, March 15 (UPI) -- Organized crime sweeps across Europe have yielded arrests of dozens of people accused of drug and arms trafficking, money laundering and extortion, police say.
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| Millions of older ER patients got wrong Rx |

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 15 (UPI) -- Many elderly people treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms are given one or more potentially inappropriate medications, researchers estimate.
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