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Preventive mastectomy simply a matter of life and death
Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night. I didn't want to live with that, especially when I knew I could do something about it. Like Angelina Jolie, I have a genetic mutation that increased my...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Family, Angelina Jolie, Breast Reconstruction, Mother's Day
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Washington, DC, Poverty, Healthcare Laws, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Consumers
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N.J. developmental centers brace for huge change
The Philadelphia InquirerWith its imposing, Victorian-era buildings and leafy, college-like campus, the Vineland Developmental Center was in its time a state-of-the-art institution for treating young women with complex mental and emotional disorders. At its peak in the late...Tags: Spina Bifida, Behavioral Conditions, Learning Disability, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cerebral Palsy
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Ohio shaping up to become battleground in gay marriage debate
The Dayton Daily NewsOhio is shaping up to become a possible battleground -- this time over gay marriage -- after Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage last week and voters here could face the issue as early as November. But, Ohio is in a much...Tags: Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, John Kasich, Rob Portman, Voting
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OPINION: Same-sex marriage is a no-brainer for Michigan
Detroit Free PressThe 2014 election offers Michiganders an important do-over on gay marriage, a chance to erase the economic handicap and cultural stain that the 2004 constitutional ban has visited upon our state. And while Gov. Rick Snyder is no fan of judicial...Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Primaries, Parties and Movements
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Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer
Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...
Tags: Pikesville, Baltimore City College, Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore County, Pimlico Race Course
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Morning Call takes first in Sandusky coverage
The Morning Call was recognized by the Associated Press this weekend with a first-place award for its coverage of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse trial in June. The award for general news reporting was presented to The Morning Call staff at the annual...Tags: Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Allentown, Scranton, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)
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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit. Jacobs lost the fight for those reforms — and now she...
Tags: Amway Center, Human Interest, Val Demings, Amusement and Theme Parks, Lawyers
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The Miami Herald Fred Grimm column
Miami HeraldSo you've just finished your workout at a very nice Miami Beach gym. You're in the shower. The curtain is drawn. It's a setting that comes with certain expectations. Like, say, privacy. Like, say, no gun play. You don't expect an armed thug decked out...Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, The Miami Herald, Prosecution, Miami Beach
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Hospitals face anxious period on Medicaid
Richmond Times-DispatchVirginia hospitals face an anxious summer and fall as state lawmakers begin to take a hard look at reforming -- and potentially expanding -- the state's Medicaid program for the poor, elderly and disabled. Next month, a new legislative commission will...Tags: Poverty, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Cases back W.Va. charges
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.COMING SUNDAY: Suspect's, Skylar's friend: 'There has to be more to the story.' Two court cases cited in Rachel Shoaf 's plea agreement outline why her case can be handled in West Virginia, while a court transcript from her plea hearing suggests that...Tags: Murder, Trials, Court Preliminary, Juvenile Delinquency, Judges
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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...Tags: Medicare, Plastic Surgeons, Genetics, Insurance, Mastectomy
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