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'The Bridge' straddles U.S., Mexico border
FX's new summer drama "The Bridge" has many common elements of contemporary thrillers: a sadistic serial killer, mismatched detectives and a desperate race against time. But "The Bridge" is distinguished by a hot-button issue that brings an edgy...
Tags: Farewell, My Queen (movie), Inglourious Basterds (movie), Matthew Lillard, Homeland (tv program), Diane Kruger
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Graduates thank teachers, other school personnel, bosses, and families
julieg@herald-mail.comTeachers and graduates exchanged hugs, high-fives and smiles on-stage Wednesday morning as more than 200 people celebrated the graduation of students from the Washington County Job Development Program and Marshall Street School. As each graduate was...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Disability, Graduation, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Students
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Hook, line and sinker
Deliver the Dream, a South Florida-based nonprofit that organizes retreats for families experiencing a serious illness or crisis, will be hosting its third annual "Fishing for the Dream" family fishing tournament. The event is set for May 31 and June 1...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Lighthouse Point, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, City National Corporation
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From foster parent to full-on mom
When the two young brothers came to live with Cedra Watson in 2007, all three of them had been through a lot. Joshua was about a year old and had already been placed in three foster homes. So had Jeremiah, who was just three months old. The brothers had...
Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease
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Boca, West Boca Memorial Day events salute vets
Add three concerts, a ballet performance and a new party for an autism group to the traditional Memorial Day salutes to veterans in the city and county. Organizers are counting on families sticking around for the long weekend instead of getting out of...Tags: Entertainment, Memorial Day, Arts and Culture, Rentals, Human Interest
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KidsPeace files for bankruptcy
Carrying $240 million in debt, Orefield-based KidsPeace filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. The move comes after years of struggles in which the organization that gives treatment to troubled and autistic children laid off workers and missed debt payments....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Layoffs and Downsizing, Orefield
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Learning Disability, Mental Illness, Family, Ellicott City, Health
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Group serving disabled raises $550,000
An Orange County organization serving children with disabilities netted more than half a million dollars at its annual fundraiser in Newport Beach this month. United Cerebral Palsy of Orange County celebrated its 60th anniversary and the raising of $550,...Tags: Cerebral Palsy, Apple iPad
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Brevard County, Government, Rick Scott, Executive Branch, Linda Chapin
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Lehigh Valley health events include Pat Ytsma ride, kids yoga and Zumba
YOGA FOR KIDS AND A GOOD CAUSE Bring your children to learn useful stretching techniques Saturday at the West End Yoga Center in Allentown and help save the lives of defenseless animals. Take a yoga class with your child and learn techniques that...Tags: Breinigsville, Allentown, Human Interest, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Animals
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2 children die, 4 hospitalized in Indianapolis fire
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis-area mother was less than two months from breaking ground on a new home designed to accommodate her three autistic children when a fire swept through the family's apartment Monday, killing two of her children....
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Tiger Woods, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Health and Medical Professionals, Culture
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