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Florida should stop putting its youths in solitary confinement
The time is now to end solitary confinement of Florida's youth. Several years ago, I taught English as a second language to students from all over the world. Two young students, newly arrived and excited to see the United States, decided to do some...Tags: Criminal Laws, Teaching and Learning, FBI, Human Rights, Tampa
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Concussion, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research
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Review: 'Free the Mind' documentary finds hope in meditation
There's something healing about simply watching "Free the Mind," Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo's gentle, compassionate documentary spotlighting the use of such drug-free options as meditation and mindfulness to treat anxiety and trauma. Writer-director...
Tags: Movies, Culture, Entertainment, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture
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Judge: Texts can be used in Jerome murder trial
Daily American Staff WriterA Somerset County judge will allow text messages between homicide suspect Erin Nicole Everett and her co-defendant, William Stanley Nair, to be used at trial. In April President Judge John M. Cascio heard arguments both for and against the use of the...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Shootings, Prosecution
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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Section 8 (housing)
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Judge to decide fate of US soldier who killed servicemen in Iraq
ReutersBy Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE, May 16 (Reuters) - A military judge is expected to rule on Thursday whether a U.S. soldier who faces a likely life sentence for killing five fellow servicemen in a 2009 shooting spree in Iraq will ever be eligible for parole....Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Justice, Behavioral Conditions, Suicidal Behavior
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Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema
— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...Tags: France, The Artist (movie), Italy, Festive Events, Dining and Drinking
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Veterans Administration Secretary Faults Delays In Processing Claims
The Hartford CourantKevin Burke walked into the veterans hospital about 18 months ago with advanced diabetes and kidney and liver disease. A subsequent mental health screening revealed that the 51-year-old Navy veteran is also an alcoholic and suffers from post-traumatic...Tags: National Government, Eric Shinseki, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Government
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Ozarks woman sexually assaulted in military is encouraged by calls for change
lrussell@ky3.comMARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The shocking numbers released this week of sexual assaults in U.S. military services come as no surprise to one woman here. She is one of the thousands of sexual assult victims. It happened to Carrie Watkins 30 years ago, but she...Tags: Assault, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, U.S. Military
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2 moms divided by murder trial
The two mothers passed in the hallway every morning. They never spoke, and they avoided eye contact, but each was keenly aware of the other. Both dutifully took their places in the two front rows of Courtroom 202, behind a wall of tinted windows...
Tags: Bud Billiken Parade, Derrion Albert, Juvenile Delinquency, Fenger High School, Cook County Government
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Cheshire's Jonny Orsini To Receive Dorothy Loudon Award
Hartford CourantCheshire’s Jonny Orsini, who is featured opposite Nathan Lane in Broadway’s “The Nance,” won TheaterWorld’s Dorothy Loudon Award for excellence in the theater on or off-Broadway. TheaterWorld annually honors debut...Tags: Religion and Belief, Music Box Theatre, TheaterWorks, Cheshire, Entertainment
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