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Woman testifies in suit against Trump Tower
Her family too poor to care for her, Jacqueline Goldberg was placed in a children's home at age 10. Seven decades later, Goldberg had the kind of money that allowed her in 2006 to put cash deposits down on two condos in Donald Trump's luxury...
Tags: Roosevelt University, Chicago Hotels, Whoopi Goldberg, Realty, Condos and Houses
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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996:...Tags: Macular Degeneration, Medical Research, Chemical Industry, Genetics, Animals
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Seven seek district judge seat held by David Harding since 1989
A decision by David B. Harding not to seek re-election after almost 24 years as district judge in Center Valley has led to a flood of candidates in the May primary. The seven hopefuls includes lawyers, a police chief, a police officer, a constable and an...Tags: Center Valley, Judges, Criminals, Emmaus, Separation of Church and State
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LCF seniors win $1,000 scholarships
Eight high school seniors from La Cañada Flintridge were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship last week. The La Cañada Thursday Club lauded Matt Singelyn, Colleen Degnan, Kara Lankey, Sophia Eckerle, Liza Upton, Katharine Henry, Danielle Smith and Colby...
Tags: High Schools, Soccer, Duke University, University of Michigan, Schools
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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...Tags: Terry Bradshaw, Science and Technology, Dialysis, Tuskegee Airmen, Philosophy
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A better way to track a bomber
The mayhem in Boston the week of April 15 was a reminder of how an American city can be paralyzed by a homemade bomb. The same kinds of improvised explosive devices that menaced U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan can easily be deployed by freelance...
Tags: Science and Technology, Bombings, Judges, U.S. Congress, National Rifle Association of America
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Northwestern junior competes for $100,000 on 'Jeopardy!'
For RedEyeNorthwestern University junior Daniel Donohue may or may not have won $100,000 in the "Jeopardy!" College Championship. You'll have to watch the two-week tournament starting Monday to find out for sure. Donohue was selected to compete on the show against...Tags: Northwestern University, Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teaching and Learning, Georgetown
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There's a better way to track a bomber
Los Angeles TimesThe mayhem in Boston the week of April 15 was a reminder of how an American city can be paralyzed by a homemade bomb. The same kinds of improvised explosive devices that menaced U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan can easily be deployed by freelance...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Science and Technology, Bombings, U.S. Congress, Lobbying
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Everyone on Earth is related to everyone else, DNA shows
The history of Europe is written in its people's DNA. The Huns and the Slavs made incursions into Eastern Europe about 1,500 years ago. Migrants moved from Ireland to England in recent centuries. Populations in Italy and Spain have been comparatively...
Tags: University of California, Davis, Science and Technology, Italy, Medical Research, Chemical Industry
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IUSB employees urge purchase of former natatorium
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Some Indiana University South Bend employees are urging Chancellor Una Mae Reck to seek the purchase of the city's former natatorium, which houses IUSB's Civil Rights Heritage Center. The university currently leases the historic building at...Tags: Northwestern University, Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Justice and Rights, Heritage Foundation
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Fred Reimann, 1928-2013
Fred Reimann had just started his career as an elementary school teacher in Mount Prospect in 1955 when the opportunity to purchase Trump Lake Lodge, a private camp for boys in Wabeno, Wis., presented itself. It was an easy decision for Mr. Reimann, who...
Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Goodwill Industries International, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Mount Prospect, Alzheimer's Disease
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A Bronzeville charter school makes its mark in robotics
If their robot was ever going to fling Frisbees well enough to win a world championship, the students at Perspectives/IIT Math & Science Academy had work to do. Joe Michaelis, head coach of the Bronzeville school's robotics team, ran through the...
Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Education, Science and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Engineering
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