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Inside Sandy Hook School: Learning To Heal
The Hartford CourantOn those nights when Amy DeLoughy's children can't sleep, haunted by memories of the massacre at their elementary school, or on those mornings when they can't face the daily routine, she calls in the ducks. Doctor ducks, military ducks, postal worker...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health, Stanley Cup Playoffs, The Institute of Living, Psychologists
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Flourish boutique defies market odds
More than 50 percent of new small businesses fail within the first five years of operation, according to the Small Business Association.Some owners run out of cash; others run out of steam doing everything themselves. Some businesses fail because of a...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Father's Day, Layoffs and Downsizing, Media Industry, Small Businesses
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Le Corbusier as a force for nature?
NEW YORK — It's easy to imagine that "Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes," a vast, dense and beautifully installed new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, began as a kind of parlor game. You can almost picture the curators, Jean-Louis...Tags: Le Corbusier, Museum of Modern Art, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Alvar Aalto
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Carmakers quibble over the obvious: Hands-free is not risk-free
It's always amazing that we need academic studies to state the obvious, such as the one in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology a few years ago finding that people are happier during weekends. No less amazing, though, is the knee-jerk...
Tags: Media Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Road Transportation, Vehicles, Consumer Goods Industries
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Jailed China dissident's wife decries injustice in letter to Xi
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has written an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, protesting against her house arrest and her brother's jailing, which activists have called official retribution on the...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Nobel Prize Awards, Justice and Rights, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Remarkable weekend ahead for Ravens defender Arthur Jones and his athletic family
The Baltimore SunArthur Jones III could easily take his answer in a somber direction. The Ravens defensive end has just been asked to imagine how his mother, blind from diabetes the last three years, will experience Sunday's game against the New England Patriots....Tags: Wrestling, Jake Locker, Football, Bill Belichick, Heart Surgery
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A 'Tempest' easy on the eyes, if not the heart or ears
![THEATER REVIEW: "The Feast: An Intimate Tempest" ★★½ ... Imagine that William Shakespeare's masterpiece,"The Tempest," contained no tropical island, no shipwreck, no storm, no living, breathing Miranda.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-01/67632311-25225020.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "The Feast: An Intimate Tempest\" ★★½ ... Imagine that William Shakespeare's masterpiece,\"The Tempest,\" contained no tropical island, no shipwreck, no storm, no living, breathing Miranda.")
Imagine that William Shakespeare's masterpiece,"The Tempest," contained no tropical island, no shipwreck, no storm, no living, breathing Miranda. A sly old sorcerer, a prototypical Wizard of Oz, just made 'em all up from his big book of grand illusions....Tags: Celebrities, Arts and Culture, William Shakespeare, The Tempest (movie), Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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Fort Hood shooting suspect's defense strategy could slow trial
ReutersFORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - The military trial of accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan hit a snag on Tuesday when lawyers ordered to help him told the judge he was making requests they could not ethically satisfy. Hasan, who faces 13 charges of...Tags: Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Afghanistan, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Fort Hood suspect expected to argue shooting was in defense of Taliban
ReutersSAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan is expected to tell a military judge on Tuesday how he plans to argue he was protecting the Taliban when he opened fire on dozens of people at the facility in 2009. The Army...Tags: Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Afghanistan, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Army, Fort Hood (military base)
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Farewell to the Palms, a bar — and a home — in West Hollywood
I remember the first time I walked into the Palms. It was late and packed; there were women everywhere, and the music was blaring. Through the haze of smoke, I could just make out the DJ booth in the back as the crowd moved to the beat of the music....Tags: Entertainment, Social Issues, Minority Groups, AIDS, Gays and Lesbians
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Campaign aims to help blind La Grange children see
Patrick and Mirielle St. Arnaud play on soccer teams, practice songs on the piano and violin for their upcoming recitals and talk excitedly about their first-ever visit to Disney World this fall. The energetic brother and sister from La Grange Highlands,...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Research, Amusement and Theme Parks, Physical Conditions, Medical Research
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Profiles Of Unified Sports: Tevin McKnight and Angel Ramirez
Tevin McKnight and Angel Ramirez have been Windsor High Unified Sports basketball teammates for three years. McKnight, a senior athlete, and Ramirez, a junior partner, consider each other family. "Angel is a little brother to me and all of us," McKnight...
Tags: Basketball, Sports, Martin Luther King Day
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