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Baltimore native played key role in Johnson's swearing-in
Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to President John F. Kennedy, stepped into a small cubicle at Parkland Hospital, where Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson nervously waited with his wife and several aides to learn the condition of the president. Kennedy had...Tags: Photography, Arts and Culture, Robert F. Kennedy, George Washington, Colleges and Universities
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Terry Weldon Taylor, political operative
Terry Weldon Taylor, a former public affairs director of a Baltimore health center and veteran political operative, died Wednesday from complications of a stroke at Northwest Hospital. The Windsor Mills resident was 62.
"I got to know him through the...Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Maryland General Assembly, Health, Local Elections, Colleges and Universities
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Polls: Obama, Romney neck and neck six months ahead of election
WASHINGTON -- With six months until election day, the race between President Obama and Mitt Romney has tightened into a statistical dead heat. Two new polls find that although the candidates are tied for overall support, Obama remains the more well-liked...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, David Axelrod, Minority Groups, Polls
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Lawsuit: Dentist's 'negligence' hospitalizes Nicholasville woman for six days
brossi@jessaminejournal.comA Nicholasville woman’s lawsuit accusing her former dentist of negligence when a denture implant screwdriver dropped down her throat has garnered national attention. After a month, the screwdriver, an instrument roughly the size of a thumbnail,...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Winter Park, Abdominal Pain, Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Toxic roulette
By the early 2000s, the flame retardant known as penta had become a villain. Packed by the pound into couches and other furniture, the chemical was turning up in the blood of babies and in breast milk around the world. The European Union voted to ban...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, University of California, Berkeley, Health, Duke University, Colleges and Universities
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George Zimmerman launches new legal-defense fund
SANFORD — A legal-defense fund helped Bill Clinton pay his impeachment-related legal bills. They've been used to help save the whales and protect endangered species. But they are seldom set up to help a murder suspect who doesn't have enough...
Tags: George Zimmerman, PayPal, Inc., Defendants, Bill Clinton, Lawyers
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Maj. Joseph Thomas Forney
Maj. Joseph Thomas Forney, U.S. Army, retired, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away Saturday, April 14, year of our Lord 2012, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born Aug. 7, 1914, in Brunswick, Md., he was the son of the...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland), American Legion
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Laura C. Lawrence, 65
Laura C. Lawrence, 65, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012, at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Born Feb. 19, 1947, in Jugtown near Smithsburg, Md., she was the daughter of the late Albert T. and Sophia...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Charles Colson dies at 80; Watergate felon and prison reformer
WASHINGTON — Watergate felon and prison reformer Charles W. Colson, who died Saturday at age 80 in northern Virginia, was two people.
He was Richard Nixon's "hatchet man," the president's "evil genius," who by his own admission was "ruthless in...Tags: Brown University, The New York Times, Religion and Belief, Health, Prisons
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Spring back into fitness
Think you have what it takes to get in shape? Spring is "gut check" time. And if those abs — or arms or thighs — aren't ready for public display, here are some ways to start a new workout routine: If you are working out but have reached a...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sports, Health Treatments, Entertainment, Health
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Md. state senator touts record in his bid for Congress
andrews@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of profiles about candidates running for election in the 6th Congressional District. State Sen. Robert J. Garagiola said he’ll gladly compare his record to anyone else’s in the 6th...Tags: Roscoe G Bartlett, Republican Party, Religion and Belief, Montgomery County (Maryland), Democratic Party
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Robert J. Garagiola
Date of birth: Sept. 5, 1972 Hometown: Germantown Education: bachelor’s degree in political science from Rutgers University in 1994, law degree from George Washington University Law School in 2001 Occupation: attorney with Stein, Sperling,...Tags: Robert J. Garagiola, Frank Jr Pallone
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