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Pro-'choice' intolerance
WASHINGTON -- We know Johns Hopkins University is devoted to diversity, because it says so. Its "Diversity and Inclusion Statement," a classic of the genre, says the university is "committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion … by...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Rick Santorum, Abortion, Education, Planned Parenthood
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Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb detonated under a bus in Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past week that have left noncombatants dead. The bus was driving from the...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Taliban
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Slain diplomat from River Forest was a girl with an adventurous mind
Before she was a young U.S. foreign service officer stationed in Afghanistan, before she and others were blown up by a bomb, before she was eulogized at Fenwick High School on Tuesday, Anne Smedinghoff was a girl. The temptation now is to see her only...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Students, Teachers, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of State
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Johns Hopkins graduate killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan
Anne Smedinghoff wanted to help the people of Afghanistan, those who knew her say. The 25-year-old Johns Hopkins University graduate was attempting to deliver textbooks to school children there when she and four other Americans were killed in a car bomb...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Colleges and Universities, Christopher Stevens, U.S. Department of State, John Kerry
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Medical advertising hurts health care
You do not have to look far to understand why U.S. health care is so expensive and uneven in quality. A recurrent offender advertises walk-in ultrasound testing of blood vessels and whatever other asymptomatic part you may choose to pay for. Worried older...Tags: Symptoms, High Blood Pressure, Aneurysm, Osteoporosis, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Lois Marie Critchfield, 93, of Somerset
Lois Marie Critchfield, 93, of Somerset passed away peacefully April 6, 2013 at Somerset Hospice House. Born Nov. 10, 1919 in Conyngham, to Roy H. and Katherine (Phillips) Yost. Preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald A. Critchfield; and older...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Entertainment, Music, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan
Tribune reportersAnne Smedinghoff, the young American diplomat who was killed Saturday while delivering textbooks to children in Afghanistan, left behind a long trail of people she had impressed with her passion, intelligence and poise, both in her career and while she...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Travel, Colleges and Universities, Trips and Vacations, U.S. Department of State
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Alice Cohill Marquez, 100
Alice Cohill Marquez, of Stafford Hall, Clear Spring, Md., died Friday, April 5, 2013, at her home. Born July 10, 1912, in Cohill Station near Hancock, Md., she was the eldest daughter of the late Leo Aloysius and Anna Marie Bevans Cohill. Mrs....Tags: College of William and Mary, Colleges and Universities, Christianity, Montgomery County (Virginia), University of Maryland, College Park
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Sinai to research new drug to prevent blood clots, heart attacks in stent patients
A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting....
Tags: Medical Research, Pharmaceuticals, Health Organizations, Research, Diabetes
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Morgan partnership aims to improve Northeast
City leaders assembled on a small side street near Morgan State University in Northeast Baltimore on Friday morning — steps from the sites of three recent car thefts and at least one burglary — and pledged to transform the region with...
Tags: Coppin State University, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, University of Baltimore, Theft
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500 Washington County enrollees sought for cancer study
holly.shok@herald-mail.comSeeking 500 Washington County enrollees to participate in a 20- to 30-year study aimed at finding cancer cures, the American Cancer Society on Thursday hosted an enrollment kick off with the plan to start collecting information and local blood samples...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Medical Research, American Cancer Society, Genetics, Health Organizations
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Justice Department accuses U.S. citizen of being Cuban spy
WASHINGTON — Almost 30 years ago, two young women allegedly obtained fake passports in Europe for a clandestine trip to Cuba. Today, one is in prison serving a 25-year sentence for espionage; the other has taken shelter in Sweden. On Thursday, the...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Prisons, Defense Intelligence Agency
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