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READER SUBMITTED: Conard's Maggie George Named 2013 Gates Millennium Scholar
West HartfordConard High senior Margaret George knew she wanted to be a Gates Millennium Scholar (GMS) when her neighbor and longtime friend Jennifer Huynh (Conard 2012) achieved the status last Spring. "The buzz surrounding Jen's accomplishment was so exciting! That'...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes, Science, Science and Technology, JC Penney Company Inc.
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READER SUBMITTED: Wethersfield Native Liz O'Connor To Be Inducted Into The New England Basketball Hall Of Fame
WethersfieldElizabeth "Liz" O'Connor has been named to the 2013 New England Basketball Hall of Fame. On Saturday, June 22, Liz O'Connor will join other honorees representing a variety of categories including coaches, players, teams and special contributors at a major...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Basketball, College Sports, Sports
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READER SUBMITTED: Connecticut Children's Medical Center Welcomes Four New Physicians
HartfordConnecticut Children's Medical Center is pleased to announce the recent appointment of four new physicians to its Divisions of Otolaryngology, Endocrinology and Emergency Medicine. Valerie Cote, MD, FRCSC, has joined the Division of Otolaryngology at...Tags: University of Connecticut, Colleges and Universities, Ear, Nose, and Throat, Human Body, Pediatrics
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Politics, personalities drive the decision on who will be pope
It remains to be decided when the Catholic world’s cardinals will lock themselves away in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. But the undeclared candidates to succeed retiring Pope Benedict XVI are already campaigning in the gilded salons...Tags: Rome (Italy), Odilo Pedro Scherer, Benedict XVI, Colleges and Universities, Elections
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Pope's resignation, 'a generous act,' could transform Vatican
Pleading exhaustion, Pope Benedict XVI broke a 600-year taboo this week in announcing that he would resign as leader of the Roman Catholic Church and live out the rest of his life in prayer and contemplation. It could change the profile of the papacy...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Trips and Vacations, Colleges and Universities, The Pope, Lent
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New Cornell Museum director implements free admission
It didn't take Ena Heller long to make a statement. Just a few months into her tenure as director of Rollins College's Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Heller announced admission would be free. To everyone. For all of 2013, the museum's 35th-anniversary year....
Tags: Colleges and Universities, New York University, Arts, New York City, Museums
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Dr. Joseph Murray dies at 93; Nobel winner performed first kidney transplant
Since ancient times, surgeons have dreamed of transplanting healthy organs into patients disabled by disease and injury, but the human body's powerful immune system stymied all such attempts, leading many observers to conclude that the procedure was...Tags: Cosmetic Procedures, Colleges and Universities, Immune System, Stroke, Harvard Medical School
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Powerball estimated jackpot rises to $500M; does it boost economy?
Millions of Americans are buying tickets for Wednesday's $500 million Powerball lottery, and you'd think that would mean a big economic boost for the 43 states participating. That's not a sure bet. Americans spent $65.5 billion on lottery tickets in...
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Robert J. Cotter, Johns Hopkins medical school professor
Robert James Cotter, a Johns Hopkins scientist and professor whose work in mass spectrometry has contributed to discoveries in health and science, died last Monday of heart failure at his home at HarborView in Baltimore. He was 69. His work, which earned...
Tags: Arts, Immune System, Arts and Culture, University of Maryland, College Park, Science and Technology
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Gov. appoints Petoskey lawyer as district court judge
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder today, Wednesday, announced the appointment of James Erhart, of Harbor Springs, to the 90th District Court covering Emmet and Charlevoix counties. His appointment fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Richard...
Tags: Politics, Rick Snyder, Executive Branch, Government, Judges
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PASSINGS: James E. Burke, Barbara Ann Scott, Stephen Frankfurt
James E. Burke Johnson & Johnson CEO during Tylenol poisoning James E. Burke, the former Johnson & Johnson chief executive whose leadership during the Tylenol poisoning scare of the 1980s became a model for corporate crisis management, died Friday in...
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Whale Preseason Schedule Announced
The NHL may be locked in a labor dispute, but we know we'll see hockey in Hartford this winter. The Whale's preseason schedule was announced Thursday and the first game is Oct. 3, when Connecticut hosts the Albany Devils in Cromwell. Here's the...Tags: American Hockey League, National Hockey League, Worcester Sharks, XL Center, Ken Gernander
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