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Mary Novotny Jeffries advocates for amputees
Mary Novotny Jeffries was 11 when she lost her right leg, from the hip down, to bone cancer. When she returned to the home she shared with her parents and eight siblings on Chicago's South Side, everything — and nothing — had changed. "I...
Tags: Orthopedic Surgery, Education, Nursing, Environmental Issues, Northwestern University
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President George W. Bush quiz: 10 questions on No. 43
It’s been four years since President George W. Bush left the White House, with the former commander in chief reentering the public eye with the dedication of his presidential library in Dallas on Thursday. Bush’s time as a former president...
Tags: George W. Bush, White House, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Amy Wilentz on her book and a passion for Haiti [video]
Before her panel at the L.A. Times Festival of Book, journalist and author Amy Wilentz dropped in at our video booth to talk about how she came to write her latest book, "Farewell, Fred Voodoo." Written after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, this...
Tags: Google+, Truman Capote, Haiti
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Head: Oakland Park students head to White House to showcase invention to President Obama
Two students from Oakland Park’s Northeast High traveled to the third annual White House Science Fair on Monday to showcase their Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam project to President Obama. According to a news release, the students were among...
Tags: University of Florida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science, Barack Obama, Intel Corp.
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Rachel Patron: If you want to be bored, just tune in the news shows
We in the print media, temporarily under siege — will not be castigated in this article. Lets concentrate on the medium watched by most Americans: cable and network news. Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Florida senator Marco Rubio was...Tags: ABC (tv network), CBS Corp., Television Industry, Animal Planet (tv network), Ambien (drug)
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'Girl Rising': Documentary's message obvious and important ★★ 1/2
From Sierra Leone, from Peru, from Nepal and elsewhere, the nine lives at the heart of "Girl Rising" are impossible to ignore. This consciousness-raising documentary from filmmaker Richard E. Robbins risks making the harsh conditions these girls have...
Tags: Kerry Washington, Movies, Nepal, Entertainment
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Our View: 7.2 anniversary reminds us to be ready
April 4 seemed to sneak up on us this year. On that day three years ago many of us were in the midst of Easter Sunday celebrations, or in post-Easter luncheon slumber, when the earth started moving, and then it really shook. Fragile knick-knacks...Tags: Easter, House Building
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South Windsor Haiti School
South Windsor High SchoolHaiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2010, about 88% of their rural population was at poverty level after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck. Hundreds of thousands were killed and, as a result of the tragedy, people from all over the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Natural Disasters, French Literature
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Comfort leaves Baltimore for final time
A maritime icon slipped out of Baltimore for the final time Tuesday morning, without speeches or hoopla, brass bands or balloons. Only a small band of well-wishers waved and took pictures as the Navy's 894-foot hospital ship Comfort left Pier 11 in...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Iraq War (2003-2011), Hurricane Katrina (2005), Atlantic Ocean, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Sean Penn in Venezuela to mourn 'friend' Hugo Chavez
The mourners lamenting the death of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez included the presidents of Iran and Cuba, a Spanish prince and a man that Chavez himself once floated as a possible American ambassador to Venezuela: Hollywood actor Sean Penn. Penn...Tags: The Huffington Post, Venezuela, The Hollywood Reporter, Politics, Sean Penn
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Hugo Chavez: Words that grabbed headlines
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday at age 58, was a flamboyant figure on the world stage, often snagging headlines with his dramatic declarations in speeches and to the media. Here are some of the remarks that garnered international...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Sony Corp., Natural Disasters, PlayStation, George W. Bush
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Celebrities party for a good cause
Celebrity presence has always been an essential part of the game at Los Angeles charity events, but this fall organizers may have outdone themselves. Consider: George Clooney will be honored at the Carousel of Hope Ball. Leonardo DiCaprio is co-chairing...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Robert Downey Jr., Diabetes, Elizabeth Taylor, Gucci Group NV
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