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Veteran suicide: growing numbers, intensified outreach
— Sleep was dangerous for me. I couldn't handle the nightmares. I thought I was psychotic. I diagnosed myself with anything other than PTSD. I came up with a plan to end the pain, end the nightmares and keep the people I loved from being hurt. I...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Suicide, Afghanistan, Mental Health, Mental Illness
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A rose garden to remember dad
South Bend TribuneA rose garden for dad. Christine Sopczyn-ski, of South Bend, has been elated about her rose garden on Westmoor Street, near Kennedy School. Chris said the garden was started by her father, Ben, in the mid-1940s. Her father was an accomplished rosarian and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Lincoln Center, Human Interest, Veterans Affairs
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Military doctors urged to refuse force-feeding at Guantanamo
ReutersGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. military doctors should refuse orders to force-feed hunger strikers at the Guantanamo detention camp because it violates their ethical obligations, two doctors and a medical ethics professor wrote in...Tags: Suicide, Cuba, Ethics, Wars and Interventions, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Easing the trauma of rape: Therapy used for PTSD also helps women in Congo
The Seattle TimesSEATTLE A type of talk therapy that has helped many American veterans overcome post-traumatic stress disorder can help rape victims in the developing world overcome the shame, depression and fear brought on by sexual assault, according to a study from the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Depression, Mental Health, International Rescue Committee, Wars and Interventions
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'Ride of the Valkyries' rouses Caltech students for finals
The courtyard at Blacker House at Caltech was quiet at 6:59 a.m. Wednesday, the empty concrete space littered with several splintered wooden pallets, three large tires, a crowbar and sledgehammer. A minute later, the crescendo of Wagner's "Ride of the...
Tags: Music, Science and Technology, NASA, Entertainment, University of California, Los Angeles
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U.S. proposes new protections for captive chimps
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday proposed extending tough new protections for chimpanzees in captivity, a shift that would place strict limits on primates' role as human surrogates in biomedical research. In reclassifying chimps as...
Tags: Wildlife, National Government, Medical Research, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Lincoln Park Zoo
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South Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing Board denied Dorney Park nightly fireworks displays
After listening to nearly seven hours of testimony over two days, the South Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing Board unanimously denied an appeal on Monday to give Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom permission to have a fireworks display every night during...
Tags: Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Holidays, Labor Day, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Memorial Day
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Student pleads guilty to stabbing Muslim cabbie in New York
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - A film student pleaded guilty to attempted murder as a hate crime on Tuesday for stabbing a New York City taxi driver in what prosecutors said was an anti-Muslim attack. Michael Enright, 24, faces 9-1/2...Tags: Islam, Lawyers, Justice System, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jury decides gang member should be executed for killing 4 people
Jurors decided Monday that a gang member should be executed for the slaying of four people, including a 10-year-old boy gunned down from close range as he rode his bicycle along a quiet South Los Angeles street. Charles Ray Smith, 44, stared straight...
Tags: Gang Activity, Shootings, Prisons, Cocaine, Lawyers
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Achievement First Pledges To Do Better With Disabled Students
The Hartford CourantA new federal civil rights agreement aims to get better and more appropriate services for children with disabilities who have been continually suspended or excluded from class at Achievement First Hartford Academy Middle School for disciplinary reasons....Tags: Civil Rights, Autism, U.S. Department of Education, Human Interest, Schools
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Verdict reached in 49th Street Massacre death penalty trial
Jurors have reached a verdict on whether a gang member convicted of killing four people -- including a 10-year-old boy -- should be executed or serve the rest of his life in prison, authorities said. The verdict is expected to be read in a downtown...
Tags: Gang Activity, Shootings, Cocaine, Prisons, Murder
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Jurors call for death of 49th Street Massacre gunman
A jury on Monday decided that a gang member convicted of killing four people -- including a 10-year-old boy -- should be executed, authorities said. A prosecutor argued last week that Charles Ray Smith, 44, deserved to die after a previous jury found...
Tags: Gang Activity, Shootings, Cocaine, Lawyers, Murder
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