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Lurie's Aid Village Clinic Closes
WGN NewsIt was a place where thousands got medical treatment -- for conditions both minor and life threatening. Tonight, we have learned the Aid Village Clinic in Africa, funded by Chicago philanthropist Ann Lurie, has closed. We profiled the clinic last year...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Africa
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Mae M. Teeter
Mae McDaniel Teeter was born Jan. 14, 1925, in South Carolina. She was the fourth of five children born to William and Lemma McDaniel. Her father passed away at a young age, leaving Mae’s mother to raise the family. After graduating from high...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Antarctica, Human Interest, Medical Specialization
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Review: Past, present collide in Wangechi Mutu's 'Nitarudi Ninarudi'
In 1940, Thomas Wolfe published a story about the emotional fallout that results when individuals leave their families and friends for the promise of new lives in far-away places. "You Can’t Go Home Again" became a great American novel because it...
Tags: Immigration
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Varsity Scores: Dec. 11
Boys basketball First Academy 66, Circle Christian 20 Buzz: Hudson Price and Fletcher McGee each had 12 points for First Academy (5-1). Trinity Prep 48, Orangewood 34 Buzz: T.J. Amalbert scored 12 points for Trinity Prep (6-0). Tate Morse...
Tags: Pine Ridge High School, New Smyrna Beach, Ocoee, Windermere, Colleges and Universities
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Your Scene: A hopeful lovebird's nest in Kenya
The straw-colored balls dangling from this acacia tree look like tumbleweed, but they're actually bird nests, built by the aptly named weaver bird. Jack Seifert encountered the nests at the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya during a safari in early...
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Truvada pill urged for AIDS prevention after promising studies
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationweighs approval of a radical new method of AIDS prevention — a prescription pill taken once a day — advocates say the results of experimental trials in sub-Saharan Africa argue strongly for the drug's...Tags: Placebo, Viral Diseases and Infections, Litigation, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Off the trash heap
Upcycled fashion is no longer just for hard-core environmentalists. The idea of wearing items made from cast-off skateboards, inner tubes, plastic trash bags, car seat belts — even wartime bombs and bullets — is no longer considered bizarre...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Apple iPad, England, Conservation, Fashion Trends
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Solutions to poverty, population growth, global warming [Google+ Hangout]
World NowAs experts from three continents convene this week at UC Berkeley to discuss rapid population growth, climate change and other intractable problems, The Times will hold a live online video discussion -- via Google+ Hangout -- Thursday on potential... -
Burbank nurse founds traveling clinic
Seven years ago, Burbank resident Shannon Fernando traveled to the Philippines, working in a slum for six weeks with women trafficked as sex slaves. It wasn't the first international foray for the then-UCLA biology undergraduate. The child of a United...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, United Nations, Health, Travel
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In Kenya, ethnic clash over land kills 52
World NowJOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Men armed with machetes, bows and arrows, spears and guns attacked a rival village in southeastern Kenya on Wednesday in a dispute over land, killing 52 people, according to Kenyan police. Found dead at the scene were 31... -
$5 million prize for former African leader goes to ... no one
World NowMillions of dollars hung in the balance as a committee huddled in London, trying to decide which former African leader was worthy of their hefty cash prize. Monday, they announced which government chief won. Nobody. For the third time in its six years... -
Kenyans allowed to pursue colonial torture case against Britain
World NowA London high court ruled Friday that three Kenyans tortured during a colonial rebellion can proceed with their case against the British government, more than half a century after the abuses. The historic case has bitterly divided the British over how...
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