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Shirley Fout Miller
janeth@herald-mail.comShirley Fout Miller was a walking medical miracle. She contracted tuberculosis at age 12 from her mother, about seven years after Shirley’s younger sister and only sibling, Joan, died of diphtheria at age 5 in 1931. Shirley was not expected to...Tags: Williamsburg (Bronx, New York), Breast Cancer, Long Term Care, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Tuberculosis
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Williamsport student inducted into fellowship at Washington College
Washington College announced that Brittany Weaver, daughter of Curtis and Dawn Weaver of Williamsport, was recently inducted into the Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows. Weaver is majoring in political science and minoring in history. She is...Tags: College Sports, Colleges and Universities, Relay for Life, Education
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Comma causing commotion
timr@herald-mail.comThe outrage is palpable. With the force of a thousand sticky notes, it pounds through the halls of college English departments, newsrooms and publishing houses. Or should I say “college English departments, newsrooms, and publishing houses?”...Tags: George Lucas, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Janis Joplin, Television
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Allan Powell: Can poets enhance the findings of scientists?
Richard Dawkins might properly be ranked as the most prolific, gifted and colorful writer in explaining the workings of science to the reading public. In “Unweaving The Rainbow,” Dawkins is at his best educating the public about the nature...Tags: Philosophy, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Biology, Science
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Conspiracy theory diagnosed
Jonathan Kay, managing editor of Canada’s National Post, has made a major contribution to the understanding of the conspiratorial mindset in his recent publication, “Among The Truthers.” By reaching back into the history of well-...Tags: History, Philosophy, John F. Kennedy, Human Interest, Education
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J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Fall of Arthur' and the path to Middle-Earth
The books go ever on and on. Forty years after his death at 81, works by J.R.R. Tolkien continue to appear. The latest, "The Fall of Arthur," lists nine works published during his lifetime ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy appears as a single title) and 24...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Poetry, Folklore and Mythology, Petroleum Industry
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: National Security, Crime, Law and Justice, White House, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of Justice
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Wind blasts on Neptune, Uranus may shed light on exoplanet weather
Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft -- and...
Tags: University of Arizona, Science and Technology, NASA, Science, NASA Voyager Program
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Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
Tags: Book, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Hungary, Separation of Church and State
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Bringing drones out of the shadows
The use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists, a practice that has dramatically escalated during the Obama administration, is receiving fresh and welcome scrutiny in Congress and elsewhere even as the number of drone strikes seems to be on the...
Tags: Murder, U.S. Department of State, Crime, Law and Justice, Yemen, Politics
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Daley gets medal from Catholic U.
SOUTH BEND -- The Rev. Brian E. Daley, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, received the Johannes Quasten Medal of Excellence in Scholarship and Leadership in Religious Studies last week from Catholic University's School of Theology and...Tags: Fordham University, University of Notre Dame, Awards and Prizes, Colleges and Universities, Religion and Belief
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Education gets a boost from lawmakers
Florida lawmakers took on an ambitious education agenda in their session that ended Friday, voting to beef up school budgets, provide raises to teachers, revamp high-school graduation requirements and more. Here are some of the key items, most of...
Tags: Academic Progress, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Students
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