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Beverly Brownstein, an enterprising entrepreneur
The Philadelphia InquirerBeverly B. Brownstein, 75, who helped her husband build an ad agency and later ran her own businesses, died May 13 at her Bala Cynwyd home after battling breast cancer for several years. Born in South Philadelphia, Mrs. Brownstein was 19 when she...Tags: Chocolate Cake, Religion and Belief, Mount Airy, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Judaism
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Lower Nazareth church celebrates 250 years
The elegant Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is in its 250th year, older than the nation. It's been serving a certain segment of the Christian community in and around Lower Nazareth Township for all that time, and the people in charge there today...
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Campaign makes push for organ donations
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRon Gooden, 56, considers his birthday to be Nov. 22, 2011. That's the day the Hampton resident received a heart transplant. "I just thank God every day for the donor family's decision -- unselfish decision -- to make this donation, because without...Tags: Elections, Human Interest, Dwayne Johnson, Pittsburgh, Heart Transplants
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Milton N. Kitei, 94, a retired family physician
The Philadelphia InquirerMilton N. Kitei, 94, a retired family physician, died Friday, May 17, of heart failure at his home in Lafayette Hill. Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Kitei graduated from Central High School, where he won oratory contests. He earned his undergraduate degree...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners, Heart Failure, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Dodd Calls for Less Vilification of Hollywood in Law School Address
ReutersMay 13 (TheWrap.com) - Suggesting that "The Hurt Locker's" box-office receipts were deeply hurt by piracy, MPAA Chairman-CEO Chris Dodd on Monday called for less vilification of the movie industry and greater efforts to work together to retain financial...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Academy Awards, Education, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Crime, Law and Justice
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Leonard L. Ross, medical researcher and administrator.
Philadelphia Daily NewsL ROSS STEIN has a cherished photo of her father, Leonard Ross, and her son, Harry Ross Stein, at the Rodin Museum in Paris in June 2011. They are seated on a bench and her father is pointing at Rodin's "Gates of Hell" and very seriously explaining...Tags: Religion and Belief, Biology, Queens (New York City), Medical Research, Milan (Italy)
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Shale made Penn State professor a star
The Philadelphia InquirerPennsylvania State University geoscientist Terry Engelder spent most of his career toiling in obscurity, studying fracture behavior of rocks known as black shales. Even among geologists, he says, it was kind of a boring topic, and he was often slotted...Tags: Education, Technology, Heads of State, Energy Resources, Teachers
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Robert R. Moser, 86, aerospace engineer
The Philadelphia Inquirerert Raymond Moser, 86, an aerospace engineer for General Electric, died Thursday, May 2, of pneumonia at the nursing skilled facility at Shannondell in Audubon. Mr. Moser's first job was as a design engineer for Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. in the mid-...Tags: Pneumonia, Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Technology, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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As ADL turns 100, Philly has a Walk Against Hate
Philadelphia Daily NewsIN OCTOBER 1913, Chicago's monthly B'nai B'rith News announced the formation of a group seeking "to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience, and if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people." The fledgling group, organized...Tags: Religion and Belief, Hospitals and Clinics, Ku Klux Klan, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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EDITORIAL: CARD GAMES: Pa.'s dealing the green kind to foreign investors in a fundraising scheme
Philadelphia Daily NewsIT'S complicated. That describes a lot in life, but when it describes government schemes to get money, especially for public works like roads, we get nervous. And a new scheme being pursued by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission that will award green...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Immigration, Accounting and Auditing, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Interior Policy
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$1M in shale money coming to Phila. region
The Philadelphia InquirerAbout $1 million in Marcellus Shale money will make its way to the Philadelphia area to subsidize the purchase of natural-gas-fueled school buses and trucks. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded a total of $6.7 million in...Tags: Delaware County, Services and Shopping, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Energy Resources, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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'Shmack attack': The buzz on campus buzz
The Philadelphia InquirerLower Merion High School graduate Jeffrie "Yofray" Ray and friend Arya Toufanian posted their first YouTube video under the I'm Shmacked label in September 2011. With a stated goal of offering a window into modern college life, the 31/2-minute clip...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State University, Health and Safety at School, Students, New York University
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