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Alaska state lawmaker returns to Seattle to lobby against TSA pat-downs
Alaska state Rep. Sharon Cissna, D-Anchorage, returned to Seattle Saturday to kick off her nationwide campaign against TSA pat-downs. In February, TSA agents called for a pat-down of Cissna because they spotted something unusual in the body scan....Tags: Alaska, Politics, Health, Sharon Cissna, Transportation Security Administration
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In Jewish Times bankruptcy, longtime collaborators become foes
Their great-grandfathers each founded Baltimore companies, a publisher and a printer, and their families have built close ties working together since the 1950s to produce the venerable Baltimore Jewish Times.
But Andrew Alter Buerger and Charles M....Tags: Bankruptcy, Baltimore County, Justice System, Judges, Economy, Business and Finance
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A death from cancer, and a search for answers
Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen.
When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment,...Tags: Richard Nixon, Bioterrorism, Politics, Cancer, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971)
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Al Davis dies at 82; Oakland Raiders owner transformed team
Al Davis, the tough-minded owner of the Oakland Raiders who transformed a failing team into a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most successful franchises in professional football only to preside over its dramatic decline in recent years, died...Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Employers, Justice System, Public Employees, Hue Jackson
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Donald George Swanson
“Always leave a place better than you found it” is how he lived every day of his life.
On Tuesday, October 11, 2011, Donald George Swanson, 69, was ushered from this world after a short duel with pancreatic cancer. “Swanny” was...Tags: Cancer, Human Interest, Diseases and Illnesses
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Families Raise Awareness About Rett Syndrome
Staff reporterImagine you have thoughts, hopes, and dreams but no way to actually express them. It's a rare disorder called Rett Syndrome that affects young girls. Worldwide, 20 girls are born every day with the disorder. Dr. Sasha Djukic says the disorder doesn't...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), New York City, Diseases and Illnesses
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A ticking time bomb? Lyme disease can wreak havoc
Tribune Staff WriterSue and John Gibbons suffered for years from various physical ailments, ranging from body aches and headaches to fatigue and confusion. They describe seeking out a parade of medical specialists and thousands of dollars' worth of tests that never provided...Tags: Wisconsin, Headaches, Documentary (genre), Robert Hunt, Fatigue
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Should the growing weight of the nation be put in government's hands?
Tribune reporterAmerica undoubtedly has a big obesity problem. With two-thirds of all U.S. adults classified as obese or overweight, public health officials warn that much of the population is at dangerously high risk of diabetes, heart disease and other chronic and...Tags: Human Rights, Auto Trends, Health Organizations, Politics, Diets and Dieting
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Ken Graydon dies at 77; poet and storyteller
For Ken Graydon, repairing cars was a living.
But writing poetry and song lyrics and tall tales to be told and sung around a campfire was his passion.
For anyone who thinks of poets as smallish, shy, intellectual fellows who look inward, Graydon was a...Tags: Alaska, Walt Whitman, Health, Poetry, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Woman Mauled by Chimp Shows New Face in First Photo
ReutersCharla Nash, who months ago underwent a full face transplant after being mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009, revealed her new face in the first post-surgery photo released on Thursday. The 57-year-old Connecticut woman, photographed in her hospital bed at...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Health, Harvard Medical School, Charla Nash, Surgery
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Owner of landmark South Baltimore restaurant dies
Vincent Mario "Vince" Rallo, a former banker who in retirement took over Rallo's Restaurant, a Locust Point landmark since 1941, died Thursday morning of lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The longtime Homeland resident was 79.
Rallo's, in...Tags: Catonsville, William H. Cole IV, Politics, Employees, Restaurants
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Caring Hands offers hope to cancer patients
Daily American Staff WriterA group of Meyersdale residents is reaching out to cancer patients through a newly formed organization. Aaron Schafer, Erin Byer and Laura Schardt are the faces of Caring Hands for Cancer, a group dedicated to helping cancer patients stabilize their...Tags: Facebook, Cancer, Health, Happiness (state of mind), Human Interest
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