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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, William E. Lori, Stanford University, United States Naval Academy, Politics
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Orange schools honor 90 "Super Scholars" admitted to top colleges
Sentinel School ZoneOrange County Public Schools has honored 90 "Super Scholars" graduating from 17 high schools. Each of them was accepted to at least one top 20 national or world college, or a U.S. military academy. The district is graduating about 10,000 students this...Tags: Human Interest, Colleges and Universities, Students, U.S. Military, Teaching and Learning
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Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
Tags: Teachers, Nazareth, Literature, Hungary, Book
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WR Chris Taylor commits to Duke
North Broward Prep wide receiver Chris Taylor is going to have to acclimate to two new campuses over the next year. Taylor, the Sun Sentinel's eighth-ranked receiver and No. 32 overall player in Broward County, committed to Duke University Tuesday...
Tags: Davie, Atlantic Coast Conference, Broward County
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IU hiring of diving coach raises degree questions
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University's hiring of a decorated diving coach to help lead its renowned aquatics program is drawing fire from critics who say his bachelor's degree is bogus and that his selection sends the wrong message to...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pakistan, Diving, Employment Opportunities, Big Ten Conference
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LCF seniors win $1,000 scholarships
Eight high school seniors from La Caņada Flintridge were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship last week. The La Caņada Thursday Club lauded Matt Singelyn, Colleen Degnan, Kara Lankey, Sophia Eckerle, Liza Upton, Katharine Henry, Danielle Smith and Colby...
Tags: Soccer, Sports, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, High School Sports, Awards and Prizes
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Business calendar - May 5
Job center orientation/job search basics May 6 — Learn about the center and its services, and tips for how to approach job searches, how to get organized and where to find job leads. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Washington County Job Center, 14 N. Potomac...Tags: John Hamilton, Microsoft Corporation, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Corporate Officers, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: Family, Teachers, Electronics, Literature, Science and Technology
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Antronette Yancey dies at 55; advocate of short bursts of exercise
For Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, a UCLA public health professor, exercise could be fun and done in short bursts in the workplace, schools and even places of worship. Her campaign to urge people to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives led to...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Lung Cancer, Yale University, Northwestern University, Health and Safety at School
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Lemur researcher works to save endangered species
When researcher Erik Patel hiked into the mountainous rain forest of northeast Madagascar in 2001, he was a doctoral student embarking on a quest for basic scientific knowledge about one of the rarest primates in the world: a snow-white lemur called the...Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Wildlife, Television Networks, Cornell University, Science and Technology
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Chemicals in the crib
Three popular brands of baby mattresses that were marketed in recent months to families and day care centers contained toxic flame retardants linked to increased cancer risk, according to laboratory tests conducted for the Chicago Tribune. One member...
Tags: Hazardous Materials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Consumers, American Academy of Pediatrics, Health Organizations
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Chronic Lyme disease: A dubious diagnosis
Dr. Bernard Raxlen arrived at Manhattan's glamorous Gotham Hall on a cool autumn night in 2008 to receive a humanitarian award.
With a lime-green Lyme disease advocacy ribbon pinned to his dapper black suit, Raxlen joined partygoers sipping martinis...Tags: Lyme, Insurance, Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations
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