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Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking a new look
In this photo from video provided by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., maker of the da Vinci robotic system, doctors are seen using the device to perform a surgery. Surgeons say the advantages of the system include allowing them to operate sitting down, using small robotic hands with no tremor. But critics say a big increase in robot operations nationwide is due to heavy marketing and hype, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into problems and deaths that may be linked with robotic surgery. AP Photo
CHICAGO (AP) — The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier.
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Aurora cracks down on texting-while-driving
AURORA (AP) — Police in Aurora say officers wrote 21 tickets for texting while driving in just four hours during a recent crackdown on distracted driving.
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Illinois issuing $3.4M to fight West Nile virus
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Ninety public health agencies across Illinois will share $3.4 million in West Nile virus grant money from the state Department of Public Health.
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Illinois Guard furloughs to affect 1,300
BELLEVILLE (AP) — A spokesman for the Illinois National Guard and Air National Guard says more than 1,300 of its civilian employees will be taking unpaid furloughs as part of the automatic federal spending cuts that kicked in last month.
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ISU seeing fewer education students
NORMAL (AP) — Illinois State University has seen a nearly 13 percent decline in the number of new teacher education students, statistics show.
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Closer Look: Ill. Measure eyes controls on drones
CHICAGO (AP) — At the start of what could be a new era in police surveillance, an Illinois legislator is proposing a limit on how law enforcement agencies can use drones — highly sophisticated, unmanned aircraft that authorities are eyeing for aerial surveillance.
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