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    May 3, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  1. Nazareth grad wins $10,000 Fox News College Challenge

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    Nazareth High School graduate Julia Skrobak will appear on "Fox and Friends" at 8:20 a.m. Friday, along with two other students, as winners of the 2013 "Fox News Channel College Challenge." The three women, who currently are all students at......
    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Hofstra student, captor killed in home invasion near university

    NEW YORK -- A Hofstra University student being held hostage during a home invasion was shot dead and her captor was also killed as police arrived at the scene of the break-in early Friday, just two days before commencement ceremonies at the college on Long Island.
    NEW YORK -- A Hofstra University student being held hostage during a home invasion was shot dead and her captor was also killed as police arrived at the scene of the break-in early Friday, just two days before commencement ceremonies at the college on...

    Tags: Rentals, Murder, Nassau County Police, New York City, Nassau County

    3. May 3, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  3. Emmaus grad competes Monday on 'Jeopardy'

    An Emmaus High School graduate will be one of 15 competitors on "Jeopardy! College Champions," which begins Monday. Laura Rigge, 20, will compete against 14 others for $100,000 and the chance to compete in the "Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions" in the...

    Tags: ABC (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network), New York City, Education, Nazareth

    4. May 2, 2013 |Story| SFL

  4. Crime writer Connelly to talk at Museum of Art

    Michael Connelly's novels about LAPD detective Harry Bosch have made him one of the top contemporary mystery writers, and a staple of the best-sellers list. More than 20 years after Connelly's 1992 award-wining debut "The Black Echo," he is still discovering new layers to this now iconic character. His plots, too, are increasingly complex and believable, as he showed in his latest novel, "The Black Box." Connelly has written 25 novels, 19 of them about Bosch.
    Michael Connelly's novels about LAPD detective Harry Bosch have made him one of the top contemporary mystery writers, and a staple of the best-sellers list. More than 20 years after Connelly's 1992 award-wining debut "The Black Echo," he is still...

    Tags: Murder, Broward County, Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Authors, Sunrise (Broward, Florida)

    5. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel

    Ben Pleasants L.A. poet and playwright Ben Pleasants, 72, a Los Angeles poet and playwright who also championed the work of Charles Bukowski and John Fante in literary critiques, died of a heart attack April 18 in Crescent City, his wife, Paula, said....

    Tags: Politics, Heart Attack, Colleges and Universities, University of New Hampshire, Science and Technology

    6. Feb 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Drug may be near for cancer's companion condition cachexia

    Bonnie Addario didn't even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren't bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was limited to her husband's Barcalounger, where she had to recline because she lacked the strength to sit up straight.
    Bonnie Addario didn't even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren't bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was limited to her husband's Barcalounger, where she had to...

    Tags: Science, Medical Specialization, Digestive System, Health, Chemical Industry

    7. Apr 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Remember when nostalgia died?

    I cannot be the only one who gets a little jolt anytime he encounters someone waxing nostalgic over the 1980s or even the 1990s. We just lived the '80s and '90s, like, a moment ago, didn't we? They seem so recent that many of us are working harder at...

    Tags: The Cosby Show (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, DePaul University, Lady Gaga, MTV (tv network)

    8. Oct 7, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Obama's 'Sesame Street' quip: That's l'esprit!

    President Barack Obama got off a smart rejoinder to challenger Mitt Romney's assertion during Wednesday night's presidential debate in Denver that if elected he would defund PBS.
    President Barack Obama got off a smart rejoinder to challenger Mitt Romney's assertion during Wednesday night's presidential debate in Denver that if elected he would defund PBS. "I just want to make sure I got this straight," Obama said archly. "He'll...

    Tags: Mitt Romney, U.S. Elections, Politics, Barack Obama, Lawyers

    9. Feb 17, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  9. COURANT/FRONTLINE INVESTIGATION: Raising Adam Lanza

    Shortly after her move from New Hampshire to Newtown in 1998, Nancy Lanza had good news about her troubled son.
    The Hartford Courant
    Shortly after her move from New Hampshire to Newtown in 1998, Nancy Lanza had good news about her troubled son. "Adam is doing well here, and seems to be enjoying the new school," Lanza wrote to a friend back in Kingston, N.H., in a Feb. 9, 1999, email....

    Tags: Gaming, Morning Sickness, Divorce, Politics, Western Connecticut State University

    10. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Harford Teacher of the Year finalists named

    The top five finalists for the 2013 Harford County Teacher of the Year Award were announced by Harford County Public Schools Monday: Tara N. Buecker, Jarrettsville Elementary School physical education/health teacher; J. Laura Childs, Edgewood High...

    Tags: Loyola University Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Science, Havre de Grace, United Way

    11. Dec 15, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  11. Adam Lanza: A 'Quiet, Odd' Loner Living On The Fringes

    He was a loner, a 20-year-old whom Newtown High School classmates remembered as a skinny, shaggy-haired boy "who never really talked at all" and who stayed tight to the corridor walls when he walked, often clutching his laptop.
    The Hartford Courant
    He was a loner, a 20-year-old whom Newtown High School classmates remembered as a skinny, shaggy-haired boy "who never really talked at all" and who stayed tight to the corridor walls when he walked, often clutching his laptop. There was a common...

    Tags: Labor Day, Criminal Laws, Quinnipiac University, Laws, Law Enforcement

    12. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. College students from Laurel named to dean's list and graduate

    Benjamin Glass, of Laurel, class of 2013, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Tufts University, in Medford, Mass. Amanda Morgan, of Laurel, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, N.Y....

    Tags: Science, Medical Specialization, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning

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