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Dispute over Hopkins development heads to court
Local lore has it that Elizabeth Beall Banks once chased developers off her Gaithersburg-area farm with a shotgun when they came around asking questions. But even then, the sprawl opponent knew that the same forces that turned parcels around her into...Tags: The Washington Post, Property, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Yoga helps breast cancer survivors curb fatigue
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About one third of breast cancer survivors experience fatigue that can affect their quality of life, but a small new study finds that doing yoga might help restore some lost vitality. After three months of twice-weekly yoga...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Symptoms, Nursing, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Washington State University
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Bagged greens: To wash or not to wash
The salad chefs I know fall into two camps: Some serve pre-washed bagged leafy greens straight from the bag. The others insist on washing them first, even though the bag label promises that the contents are "triple-washed."
Over the years, I've ignored...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Salmonella Infection, Electrical Appliance, Michael J. Doyle, Lettuce
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Younger Koistinen Wants Day In Court
The Hartford CourantA former Windsor Locks police officer accused of killing a 15-year-old bicyclist while driving in town last year wants to take his case to trial. Michael Koistinen, 25, rejected a plea offer from the state Friday at Superior Court. In a proceeding that...Tags: Court Preliminary, Judges, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Prosecution
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Why we're fat, Part 1: Simple question with many complex answers
What's making Americans so fat?
Many think the answer is that we eat too much and don't exercise enough, but the reasons are more numerous and complex, say obesity researchers. And so are the solutions.
In the early 1970s, 14 percent of the adult...Tags: Bagels, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Hormones and Metabolism, Medical Research
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Joe Paterno dies at 85; transformed Penn State into football power
During a six-decade career, Joe Paterno transformed sleepy Penn State University into a national football power, creating a legacy that no one thought could be beaten — or tarnished.
But the Ivy League-educated coach who demanded that his players...Tags: Yale University, Abusive Behavior, Obituaries, Sports Illustrated, Courtney Brown
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Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens
For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.
Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has...Tags: Salmonella Infection, Consumer Confidence, Michael J. Doyle, Illinois Institute of Technology, Colleges and Universities
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City Employee Fakes Own Daughter's Death To Go on 2-Week Vacation
pix11.comSome are calling it the mother of all scams. An employee at The Manhattan High School of Hospitality Management faked her own daughter's death just to get a two week vacation in Costa Rica. "Wow, that's incredible," Ursula Medina, a parent at the...Tags: Travel, Manhattan (New York City), Health and Safety at School, Trips and Vacations, Costa Rica
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Woman Admits Faking Daughter's Death to Get More Vacation Time
KTLA NewsNEW YORK -- A school employee is accused of faking her own daughter's death in order to get another week of vacation in Costa Rica. At the time, Joan Barnett was a parent coordinator at the Manhattan School of Hospitality Management. Authorities say she...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Heart Attack, Bronx (New York City), Middletown, Health
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State's student homeless population doubles
For a few hours after school, Ryan Johnson is just like most 16-year-olds. He lounges on the couch with his favorite Xbox game or checks his Facebook page.
But then reality sets in. He decamps from his cousins' house for the Howard County cold-weather...Tags: Homelessness, Foreclosures, Rentals, Baltimore County, Social Services
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Long on decline, whooping cough makes a comeback
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.
"Childhood Cough Is Given...Tags: Cook County, Vaccines, Diphtheria , Pharmaceuticals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Tribune watchdog investigations spur changes
Campus sex assaults
A 14-month examination into the handling of sexual assault cases on Midwestern campuses prompted two federal investigations and sweeping changes to how universities and prosecutors respond to reports.
In November, the U.S. Department...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Colleges and Universities, Mexico, Medical Specialization, Sexual Misconduct
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