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Congresswoman hit by car, breaks ribs, vertebrae

Oct 14, 2008
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U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio suffered broken ribs and vertebrae when she was struck by a car while jogging last week, but the damage wasn't discovered until after she fainted from pain on an overseas trip, her spokesman said Monday. The Republican congresswoman was heading to a weekend fact-finding visit to Afghanistan when severe pain caused her to pass out while the plane was landing at a U.S. Air Force Base in Germany. A hospital examination then found the breaks in two ribs and... [read full story]                    

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