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Can't we all just get along?
The federal debt crisis has pitted President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as archenemies, but they have a lot in common.
Surname-challenged
Obama: Many people, including TV commentators, have accidentally referred to him as "Osama"...Tags: Politics, Elections, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Minority Groups
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'Posing Beauty in African American Culture' show at USC
Los Angeles TimesA fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture" at USC's Fisher...Tags: Fine Arts, Arts and Culture, Beauty Contests, Otis Redding, Miss America Pageant
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Court rules family of boy arrested on dirt bike got fair civil trial
A family that unsuccessfully sued Baltimore police officers who arrested a 7-year-old boy for illegally riding a dirt bike in 2007 received a fair civil trial in Howard County, the state's second-highest court has ruled. The family had hoped to collect...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Judges, Justice System, Police Arrests, Trials
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Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors
That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
Babies aren't supposed to be blue.
What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...Tags: Physical Conditions, Sickle Cell Disease, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Social Issues
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Sondheim Prize finalists engage senses, issues
Every year at this time, the Baltimore Museum of Art showcases the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The exhibits invariably reveal "energy, imagination and engagement with the significant issues of our time," says BMA director...Tags: Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Animation (genre), Libraries, Washington (U.S. state)
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Hairston talks about Baltimore County schools' successes
Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joe A. Hairston formally announced Friday that he will leave his post this June, saying he has a record of success. Speaking at a news conference, Hairston pointed to improved academic achievement of African-...Tags: Knees, Knee Replacement, Human Body, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Joe A. Hairston
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Maryland group to tackle health disparities
The state has assembled a work group of top health professionals to come up with ways to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic groups, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown announced Thursday. The seven-member panel, to be headed by Dr. E. Albert Reece,...Tags: Physical Conditions, Medical Services, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Heart Disease
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Why I became Muslim
For Ramadan, the Islamic holy month that falls in August this year, we asked a few people in South Florida why they became Muslim and what it has meant to them. Here are the last two.
Patricia Salahuddin
Patricia Salahuddin teaches at the Design and...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Holidays, Ramadan, Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad
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MLB transcript of Ken Griffey Jr. Commissioner's Award presentation
This is the transcript, as provided by Major League Baseball, of the press conference Sunday in which Ken Griffey Jr. was given the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award in Arlington, Texas, before Game 4 of the World Series. Harold Reynolds, who was...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Ken Griffey Jr., Rickey Henderson, Seattle Mariners, Football
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Understanding the new prostate cancer screening recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent advisory panel, recently recommended that healthy men not be given PSA blood tests to detect prostate cancer. But that won't mean the end of diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the most common...Tags: Men's Health, Human Body, Urinary Incontinence, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Prostate
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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, Liver Disease, HIV, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Week of Father's Day puts spotlight on men's health
It's Men's Health Week, and public health officials are encouraging men to pay more attention to their bodies. Not only should they be paying more attention to little changes that don't seem right, they should be getting annual checkups. Diseases common...Tags: Physical Conditions, Prostate, Health, Colon, Medical Procedures and Tests
Jul 27, 2011
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Aug 15, 2011
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