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Frandsen succeeds as a reserve
The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA Reinforcements could be on the way soon for the Phillies. Before Monday's game at Citizens Bank Park against the Washington Nationals, Phillies general manger Ruben Amaro Jr. spoke optimistically about the progress of injured catcher Carlos...Tags: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Michael Young, Carlos Ruiz, Spring Training, Cole Hamels
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Germany's Left party launches uncompromising election fight
ReutersDRESDEN (Reuters) - Germany's Left party set an election platform attacking capitalism head on this weekend, avowing old school socialism and making any later coalition pact with the mainstream opposition seem all but impossible. If the Left party and...Tags: Germany, Arts and Culture, Elections, Government, Politics
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Czech PM faces showdown as coalition partners waver
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Some members of the Czech Republic's governing coalition are considering ditching Prime Minister Petr Necas after his closest aide was charged with bribery and ordering illegal surveillance, his deputy said on Sunday. Necas faces a...Tags: Bribery, Petr Necas, Political Corruption, Elections, Justice System
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Jesse Jackson Jr. lawyers fear he won't get mental health care in prison
— Lawyers for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who awaits sentencing July 3, say he needs ongoing mental health treatment for a mood disorder and assert he is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. "It is unlikely that Mr. Jackson will be...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Health Treatments, Punishment, Prosecution, Symptoms
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READER SUBMITTED: Lindsay Smolka Receives Connecticut River Academy Teacher of the Year Award
Greater HartfordSpanish teacher Lindsay Smolka embodies what it means to be a leader and a mentor to the students at the Connecticut River Academy at Goodwin College. "I'm always trying to make things more exciting. A teacher means being supportive and letting...Tags: East Hartford, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Goodwin College, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Showman-Shiver
Abigail Elizabeth Showman and Jonathan Roy Shiver, both of Tallahassee, Fla., are announcing their engagement. Miss Showman is the daughter of Capt. (Ret) Gregory and Beatrice Showman, Melbourne, Fla. Her grandparents are Mrs. Lewis Weaver and the...
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Iran elects centrist Rowhani president to replace contentious Ahmadinejad
McClatchy Foreign StaffTEHRAN, Iran Centrist Hasan Rowhani won an absolute majority in Iran's presidential elections, a surprise outcome that could help raise spirits in a population fed up by the economic distress and international isolation that marked the era of outgoing...Tags: Feminism, Politics, Interior Policy, Civil Rights, Saeed Jalili
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Lawyers fear Jackson Jr. will lack mental care in prison
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — As former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. awaits sentencing on July 3, his lawyers filed a court document today saying that he needs ongoing mental health treatment and is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. “It is...Tags: Health, Bipolar Disorder, Health Treatments, Punishment, Hypomania
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Czech leader clings on after close aide charged with graft
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas was clinging to office on Friday after prosecutors accused a close aide of being at the center of a corrupt web of political favors and secret surveillance. The leader of a junior partner in the...Tags: Bribery, Political Corruption, Organized Crime, Politics, Parliament
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University presses: a view from the academy
The front table in Hyde Park's Seminary Co-op Bookstore has been a must stop for book browsers for book lovers since the early 1970s. It is always brimming with more than 100 newly published scholarly works vying for readers' attention. Most of the titles...
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Linda P. Campbell: Journalism a bad return on investment? Wait a sec
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThere are few things as humbling as being invited into someone's life and home every day through a newspaper. I didn't quite get this at first. That night back in the early 1980s, when I was rushing to finish a high school football story on a Friday...Tags: Insomnia, Arts and Culture, Media Industry, Journalism, Periodicals
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While working for spies, Snowden was secretly prolific online
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - While working for U.S. intelligence agencies, Edward Snowden had another secret identity: an online commentator who anonymously railed against citizen surveillance and corporate greed. Throughout the eight years that Snowden worked...Tags: Edward Snowden, Politics, Bank Robbery, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University
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