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Can't we all just get along?
The federal debt crisis has pitted President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as archenemies, but they have a lot in common.
Surname-challenged
Obama: Many people, including TV commentators, have accidentally referred to him as "Osama"...Tags: John Boehner, Barack Obama, High School Sports, Elections, Minority Groups
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'Posing Beauty in African American Culture' show at USC
![A fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture" at USC's Fisher Museum of Art through Dec. 3.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64969976-23175255.jpg "A fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture\" at USC's Fisher Museum of Art through Dec. 3.")
Los Angeles TimesA fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture" at USC's Fisher...Tags: Fashion Shows, Fine Arts, Culture, Social Issues, Beauty Contests
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Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors
That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
Babies aren't supposed to be blue.
What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...Tags: Human Interest, Social Issues, Human Body, Physical Conditions, Orlando
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Sondheim Prize finalists engage senses, issues
![Every year at this time, the <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/baltimore-city/art/art/baltimore-museum-of-art-baltimore-museum">Baltimore Museum of Art</a> showcases the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The exhibits invariably reveal "energy, imagination and engagement with the significant issues of our time," says BMA director Doreen Bolger.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62748344-24152633.jpg "Every year at this time, the <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/baltimore-city/art/art/baltimore-museum-of-art-baltimore-museum\">Baltimore Museum of Art</a> showcases the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The exhibits invariably reveal \"energy, imagination and engagement with the significant issues of our time,\" says BMA director Doreen Bolger.")
Every year at this time, the Baltimore Museum of Art showcases the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The exhibits invariably reveal "energy, imagination and engagement with the significant issues of our time," says BMA director...Tags: Spain, Human Interest, Sculpture, Libraries, Washington (U.S. state)
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Hairston talks about Baltimore County schools' successes
Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joe A. Hairston formally announced Friday that he will leave his post this June, saying he has a record of success. Speaking at a news conference, Hairston pointed to improved academic achievement of African-...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Knee Replacement, Political Corruption, Teaching and Learning, Examinations
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Why I became Muslim
For Ramadan, the Islamic holy month that falls in August this year, we asked a few people in South Florida why they became Muslim and what it has meant to them. Here are the last two.
Patricia Salahuddin
Patricia Salahuddin teaches at the Design and...Tags: Protestantism, Christianity, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious Festivals, Islam
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Maryland group to tackle health disparities
The state has assembled a work group of top health professionals to come up with ways to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic groups, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown announced Thursday. The seven-member panel, to be headed by Dr. E. Albert Reece,...Tags: Asthma, Minority Groups, Physical Conditions, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure
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Baltimore's Theatre Project is still radical at 40
![The headline on a 1972 article in The Baltimore Sun neatly summed up the recently formed <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/mount-vernon/performing-arts/solo-performer/baltimore-theatre-project-baltimore-venue">Theatre Project</a>: "New and radical — and free."](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65421277-14141803.jpg "The headline on a 1972 article in The Baltimore Sun neatly summed up the recently formed <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/mount-vernon/performing-arts/solo-performer/baltimore-theatre-project-baltimore-venue\">Theatre Project</a>: \"New and radical — and free.\"")
The headline on a 1972 article in The Baltimore Sun neatly summed up the recently formed Theatre Project: "New and radical — and free."
Today, the intimate venue on Preston Street still offers plenty of theatrical experiences that qualify as new...Tags: Fine Arts, Artists, Documentary (genre), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Companies and Corporations
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Understanding the new prostate cancer screening recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent advisory panel, recently recommended that healthy men not be given PSA blood tests to detect prostate cancer. But that won't mean the end of diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the most common...Tags: Radiation Therapy, Men's Health, Human Body, Minority Groups, James Wright
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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: HIV, Human Body, Liver, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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Week of Father's Day puts spotlight on men's health
It's Men's Health Week, and public health officials are encouraging men to pay more attention to their bodies. Not only should they be paying more attention to little changes that don't seem right, they should be getting annual checkups. Diseases common...Tags: Human Interest, Human Body, Colon, Physical Conditions, Testosterone
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Democrats oppose new congressional map
A chorus of Democratic officials concerned about minority voters in the Washington suburbs said Tuesday that they oppose the new congressional districts proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley's redistricting commission, setting up a key battle as the General...Tags: Political Corruption, Catherine E. Pugh, Local Elections, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Social Issues
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