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Smith lobbies to keep county funding for two nonprofits
The Frederick News-Post, Md.This year's proposed Frederick County budget is the next-to-final stop in zeroing out a funding category for nonprofits, but Commissioner Paul Smith said he's hoping to preserve financial support for two organizations. Smith said that at today's...Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Religion and Belief, Budgets and Budgeting, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Local employers launch national effort to fight depression in workplace
The Akron Beacon JournalA locally based coalition of employers has launched a national effort to combat depression in the workplace. Employers Health joined with the American Psychiatric Foundation's Partnership for Workplace Mental Health for an initiative to help companies...Tags: Environmental Issues, Productivity, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Conservation, Employment Opportunities
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Vigil spreads mental health awareness
Centre Daily TimesTears, laughs and success stories were shared Wednesday night at a vigil to commemorate mental health awareness. Skills of Central Pennsylvania held its eighth annual vigil at the Match Factory in Bellefonte, where Centre County Commissioner Chris...Tags: Centre County, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Depression
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Cumberland County Dept. of Transportation losing $4 per bus trip
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.The Cumberland County Department of Transportation is losing $4 per trip on the agency's Share-A-Ride service, Planning Department Director Kirk Stoner told Cumberland County commissioners Wednesday. The loss equals nearly 25 percent of the county's...Tags: Finance, Trips and Vacations, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance Cost
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EDITORIAL: Drug-ruined lives
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.We've never understood why so many, many younger West Virginians are compelled to wreck their lives and their futures through dope. It's pointless, futile, self-destructive -- almost a death wish. Police seized 288 meth labs in the state last year,...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Methamphetamine (drug), Addiction, OxyContin (drug), Richard Burton
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Dalai Lama, other leading thinkers say emotional health key to solving world's problems
The Wisconsin State JournalSeveral of the world's big thinkers convened Wednesday on a living room-like stage at Madison's Overture Center to talk global climate change, the nature of happiness and other weighty topics, all in the presence of a keenly interested Tenzin Gyatso,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Diabetes, Behavioral Conditions, Arianna Huffington, Buddhism
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Congress shows 'guts' in rejecting background checks
April 17 was a proud day to be an American. Our Congress defied overwhelming public opinion and the caterwauling of big media to defeat the ill-advised background checks bill. The bill was wrong for three reasons. One: By infringing Second Amendment...Tags: U.S. Congress, Health Insurance Cost
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Expansion of local veterans clinic hinges on central office approval: Official: 'We are hoping for new construction'
The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C.The hunt is on for additional, short-term clinical space to serve Orangeburg County veterans, but where and when such space may become available is not known, an official of the Dorn VA Medical Center said Monday. "We are wide open for different things,...Tags: Nursing, Prescription Drugs, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Palliative Care
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READER SUBMITTED: NAMI Connecticut To Hold Its 10th Anniversary Annual NAMIWalk
StatewideThe Connecticut Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Connecticut) is pleased to announce that it will hold its 10th Annual Walk Fundraiser on Saturday, May 18th, 9-11:30 a.m. at Bushnell Park in Hartford. The free event will feature...Tags: Glastonbury, Behavioral Conditions, East Hartford, Bushnell Park, Mental Illness
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Is Allentown man charged with killing his mom fit for trial?
Two mental health experts disagreed in court Wednesday over the competency of an Allentown man charged with stabbing his mother to death two days before Mother's Day last year. Public defender Carol Marciano requested the hearing in an attempt to show...
Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Schizophrenia
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New research says pedophiles are born that way
Reporter and PhotographerNew research says pedophiles may be born with the urge to have sex with children, and it's already controversial. Wednesday, in a special report, we hear from people who believe it and those who don't. Some of this new theory about pedophilia...Tags: Sex Crimes, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Research, Family
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Titus Young's destructive saga is no laughing matter
The joke started with the radio show host asking "think you've had an awful week?" The popular morning host of a nationally syndicated show then outlined Titus Young's summer, which includes the former Detroit Lions' second-round pick being released...
Tags: Miami Dolphins, Football, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Titus Young
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