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Barbara Piper, Hopkins employee
Barbara "Babs" Piper, a former administrative assistant at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Wednesday of complications from acute bipolar disorder at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 63. Born Barbara Ann Jensen in Baltimore, she was...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Christianity, Washington, DC, Roman Catholicism, Memorial Stadium
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Is Big Data turning government into 'Big Brother'?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials. The...
Tags: AOL LLC, Acxiom Corporation, FBI, Yahoo! Inc., Media Industry
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Grads turn to community colleges to boost job hopes
In 2010, Jessica Underwood graduated from Carthage College in Kenosha with a stellar academic record, a can-do attitude and a newly minted business degree. But it's been a rough entry into the real world. Like many of her peers, the 24-year-old has...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Teaching and Learning, Roosevelt University, Graduation, Marquette University
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Top students in the Class of 2013
South Bend TribuneEdwardsburg High School Valedictorians Andrew Gnott is the son of Edward and Lori Gnott. He was a member of National Honor Society and SADD, played varsity soccer and participated in Science Olympiad. He plans to attend the University of Notre Dame....Tags: Theater, High Schools, Entertainment Events, Purdue University, Indiana State University
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Outlook changing for PSA screening
For nearly a quarter-century, doctors have ordered annual PSA tests for men of a certain age to screen for prostate cancer, despite a lack of evidence that its benefits outweigh the risks — especially when tiny, slow-growing tumors were detected....
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Oncology, Internal Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals, Erectile Dysfunction
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Pakistani Taliban vows revenge for deputy chief's death
McClatchy Foreign StaffISLAMABAD The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Thursday that its deputy chief had been killed by a drone strike and vowed revenge against the government for allegedly providing the terrorist chief's coordinates to the CIA. Ahsanullah Ahsan, the spokesman of...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, NATO, New York University, U.S. Congress, Government
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Examining which cancer screenings you may not need
Early detection of cancer is the best chance of cure, right? Maybe not. A growing body of counterintuitive evidence suggests that some cancer-screening tests — including those for breast, prostate, colon, lung and cervical cancer — may be...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Sigmoidoscopy, Healthcare Provider, Human papillomavirus, Lung Cancer
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Graduating Into A Sunnier Job Market
The Hartford CourantFor nearly 6,900 students who graduated Sunday at colleges around the state, the natural question is: What's next? Happily, this year's graduates have more reason to be optimistic than those who graduated two or three years ago, although the market...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Engineering, Technology, Aetna Inc., Unemployment
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Demand for college ag grads is strong this spring
For months, Matt Green has been hearing from companies that are interested in hiring him. It just doesn't let up, the University of Minnesota-Crookston senior says of employer interest. Green and many other college students majoring in agriculture...Tags: Employment Opportunities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Graduation, Energy Resources, Agricultural Research and Technology
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New chancellor named at Penn State Mont Alto
Francis K. Achampong, currently the chancellor at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, has been named the next chancellor of Penn State Mont Alto, effective Aug. 1. Achampong succeeds David Gnage, who announced last fall that he would retire at the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Norfolk State University, Teachers, The Pennsylvania State University
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College Lines
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH BRADFORD: Emily Angel of Stewartstown, Pa, was expected to graduate Sunday, April 28, from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Meredith Riddle, D.O.,...Tags: Lebanon, High Schools, Drugs and Medicines, Engineering, Entertainment
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Mark D. Sokolik, corporate attorney, formerly of Hunt Valley
Mark D. Sokolik, a corporate lawyer remembered as a fitness and music enthusiast, died last week after complications from a fall. He was 30. A former Hunt Valley resident who attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Mr. Sokolik went on to graduate from the...
Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Hunt Valley, Justice System, Graduation, Religion and Belief
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