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NOAA's "Hurricane Hunter" on display May 3
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Need a break next week? How about taking a mental health day May 3 and driving down to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station for a look at NOAA’s “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft. The agency is offering public......Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Disasters, Behavioral Conditions, Disasters and Accidents, Disasters
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More on gun bills: Should government meddle in doctor-patient relations?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs expected, I got a lot of feedback on my Sunday column about proposed gun bills in the upcoming legislative session. Most of the comments centered on the "open-carry" bill, which would allow licensed gun owners to openly display their......Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Republican Party, Health, Health and Medical Professionals
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Trice: A more holistic approach to health care for LGBT community
Keith Green knows that physicians read books and take classes on how to provide the best health care for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. But Green, chairman of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, also knows that too many...
Tags: Obesity, Hepatitis A , AIDS, Sexual Health, Health and Safety at School
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Chicago's black legal community meets to stem youth violence
Herschella Conyers is an attorney who, along with several judges, recently invited a bunch of people to the University of Chicago to talk about violence and the growing number of teens getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Typically, these...
Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Housing and Urban Planning
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'Silver Linings Playbook': Humanity in high-maintenance characters ★★★ 1/2
Hollywood movies, and even off-Hollywood independent films, have long encouraged us to empathize with unstable or psychologically troubled characters only if they're "kooky" for a little while, as a prelude to more palatable, normalized levels of...
Tags: Paul Thomas Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Movies, Bradley Cooper, The Master (movie)
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Grown-ups failed accused Perry Hall shooter
Meet the parents. Bonnie Gladden, the mother of the 15-year-old charged with shooting a fellow student at Perry Hall High on the first day of the new school year, has a ninth-grade education and was 19 years old and four months pregnant with a daughter...
Tags: Perry Hall, Depression, Prosecution, Students, Perry Hall High School
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Gym members sweat their dilemma
Dear Amy: Some friends and I are members of a pretty no-nonsense gym. The majority of members are hard-core athletes who train for upcoming marathons, while the rest of us are more "well-upholstered" Midwesterners trying to get fit. There is a problem...
Tags: Family, Behavioral Conditions, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Mental Illness, Eating Disorders
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Speak up if you want gratitude
Interpersonal EdgeQ. No one seems to be noticing all the good work I have done. I am very good at my job, tackle the hard projects, and even help out when my coworkers are swamped. Do I just work for an unusually ungrateful organization? A. No, unless you make coworkers...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Health, Health and Safety at Work, Daneen Skube
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Shame on you
Every so often a shame punishment will make the headlines. The most recent case involved an Ohio woman who was ordered to wear a sign that read, "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus." While this punishment may prevent someone from...
Tags: Punishment, Psychology, Psychologists, Health and Medical Professionals
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Beauty and the beast
WASHINGTON -- The recent kerfuffle over a secret recording of Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign strategy meeting, which focused on opposition research about a likely opponent, actress Ashley Judd, has divided observers into two groups. One consists of...
Tags: Suicide, Human Interest
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Future bride says "I don't" to Pastor-Dad
Dear Amy: I am getting married next summer to a wonderful man. During the planning it has come to my attention that my fiance would very much like his father, a minister, to officiate our wedding. I am opposed to this because I would like his father to be...
Tags: Family, Weddings, Peru, Behavioral Conditions, Services and Shopping
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Reckoning With Emotions' Powerful Political Pull
The Hartford CourantDuring Wednesday's debate on new gun laws, Sen. John Kissel rose and began a lengthy set of remarks with two anecdotes. First, the Enfield Republican spoke movingly of hugging his youngest son, Tristan, on the day of the Newtown massacre, one day before...Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Ronald Reagan
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