However, Killie's Donovan Simmonds almost made the breakthrough in the 27th minute when he controlled Allan Russell's knock-down on the edge of the box, turned and volleyed inches over the bar.

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And in Mr Shaw's Fort Lauderdale seat, the charges that Mrs Bloom had been on the board of a drug company later investigated for price-fixing has turned that race from a battle over Medicare into a contest of business ethics, giving Mr Shaw the edge again.

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