Her death from a seizure earlier this year felt as if someone ripped a branch from our family tree, and the loss still hurts.

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John's played without point guard Jamal Branch who sprained an MCL in his knee in the loss to Georgetown.

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It's a big to-do list for a man who initially seemed at best half-hearted about his portfolio and clearly mourned the loss of his former economic-affairs brief at the European Commission, the EU's executive branch.

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