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Hospital deaths and readmissions not linked: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A measure used by Medicare to penalize hospitals for poor performance is not linked to how many patients die after being admitted, suggests a new study. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...Tags: Medicare, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice, Heart Attack, Medical Research
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We the People event
I am the district coordinator for the "We the People" program, the purpose of which is to promote the teaching of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in our area school systems. I was responsible for organizing a Regional Simulated Hearing for "We...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, University of Pittsburgh
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Angry at the NRA? That Won't Reduce Gun Violence
Support for stricter U.S. gun laws hasn't jumped as fast or as far in recent weeks as many liberals had hoped and expected. If you're wondering why, maybe the reason is the shakiness of the public's trust in government itself. After the horrific murders...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Parties and Movements
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Put a healthy spin on comfort food
Premium Health News ServiceAs winter has tightened its grip, it's natural to crave meals that bring comfort to both body and soul. In fact, research shows that eating certain foods that remind us of good times trigger happy thoughts and feelings of safety, love, homecoming and...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Salads, Ice Cream, Soups, Human Interest
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Childhood Friends Come Full Circle To The Altar
The Hartford CourantROCK CLIMBERS LEAVE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB FARM EQUIPMENT Andy Billipp moved to Colorado for the rocks. "My plan was to be a climbing bum and live out of my car. To live the dream." Haley Fox was one of two people Andy knew in Colorado. She was...Tags: Newington, Colleges and Universities
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Dr. William Blake, UM School of Medicine professor
Dr. William Dewey Blake, a retired University of Maryland School of Medicine professor who was chairman of the department of physiology, died of cancer Sunday at his Bath, Maine, home. The former Bolton Hill resident was 94.
Born in Summit, N.J., and...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, Research, Dartmouth College, Harbor
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What Abraham Lincoln learned from Richard III
Viewed from the American side of the water, the fanfare about the discovery of the bones of the last Plantagenet monarch probably seems a bit quaint. Having determined that the remains found in Leicester, U.K., a few months back are indeed those of...
Tags: Literature, Elizabeth II, Arts and Culture, England, Mahmoud Abbas
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MarksJarvis: 'Just trust me' allure of hedge funds gives way to 'buyer beware'
The magic is gone … the infatuation over. Wealthy investors who thought a few years ago that brainy hedge fund managers would show them the money have shed their rose-colored glasses. Individuals are no longer enamored with the funds, and for...
Tags: Morningstar Incorporated, Mutual Funds, Finance, Stock Market, Economy, Business and Finance
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William D. Waxter III, securities analyst
William Deal Waxter III, a retired securities analyst and World War II veteran, died of a stroke Feb. 11 at Broadmead Retirement Community. The former Roland Park resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Lombardy Place, he spent his summers at...Tags: Arts and Culture, Ocean City, Roland Park, Labor Legislation, Electronics
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Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander
In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...
Tags: New York University, Literature, Walters Art Museum, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Arts and Culture
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Carl Woese dies at 84; evolutionary biologist
Before Carl R. Woese, science divided the living world into two types of organisms: bacteria and everything else. But the University of Illinois professor and colleagues in the 1970s discovered that microbes now called archaea look like bacteria but...
Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Nobel Prize Awards, Biology, Applied Physics
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A crucial step toward retirement security for the working class
It's amazing, and depressing, when political compromise functions only to throw obstacles in the way of ideas that bring the greatest good to the greatest number of people. Today's example: the long, tortuous road to bringing more retirement security to...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Research, Finance, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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