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Study of brain tumor adds up to better treatment
A Northwestern University professor has come up with a mathematical model that she says accurately predicts the growth of the most aggressive and common type of brain tumor, a breakthrough she says will help doctors combat the tumor more effectively....
Tags: Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lung Cancer, Medical Research, University of Washington
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Before Obama, South Floridians assess state of the country
Jeff and Maria Ruthizer split an extra lean corned beef sandwich at Ben's New York Kosher Delicatessen, then chewed over the state of the country. "The nation is a disaster," Jeff Ruthizer said. "We're very, very worried about America in the next four...
Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, U.S. Congress, Unions, ABC (tv network)
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Pletcher, Caton at Meyersdale Lions Club
Ashley Pletcher and Alex Caton have been chosen to represent Meyersdale Area High School at the February meetings of the Meyersdale Lions Club. Ashley is the daughter of Sanford Pletcher and Mary Jones. Her school activities include National Honor...
Tags: Frostburg State University, Human Interest
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Marching for civil rights
What's remarkable about photojournalist Leonard Freed's book "This Is the Day: The March on Washington" (Getty: $29.95), a photo essay documenting the historic Aug. 28, 1963, civil-rights march, is that it includes only one photograph of Martin Luther...Tags: Demonstration, Civil Rights, Morehouse College, Arts, Washington Monument
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James DePreist dies at 76; artistic advisor to Pasadena Symphony
James DePreist, artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony and Pops and one of the few African American conductors to lead major orchestras in the United States and abroad, died Friday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 76. The cause was...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, The Tonight Show (tv program), Human Interest, Siren (music group)
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What Abraham Lincoln learned from Richard III
Viewed from the American side of the water, the fanfare about the discovery of the bones of the last Plantagenet monarch probably seems a bit quaint. Having determined that the remains found in Leicester, U.K., a few months back are indeed those of...Tags: Literature, W.H. Auden, Authors, Laurence Olivier, Arts and Culture
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Leonard Apt dies; UCLA pediatric ophthalmologist was 90
During the first half of the 20th century, pediatricians generally believed that children's eye problems were largely self-corrective — that a child would grow out of his or her crossed eyes or poor vision. But they were wrong. Unless a vision...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, Physical Conditions, Pediatrics, General Practitioners, Ophthalmology
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For Anne Arundel's acting county executive, a winding road to seat of power
When he was a young city councilman in Annapolis in 1982, John R. Hammond surprised family and friends by putting his hat in the ring for the job of Anne Arundel county executive. He lost decisively to O. James Lighthizer, a Democrat who went on to...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Local Elections, Glen Burnie, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Setting an online example in educating women
The United States is leading a revolution in higher education. With the advent of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, U.S. universities will be increasingly exporting hundreds of college-level classes every year to the rest of the world. The...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Education, Culture, Science, Arts and Culture
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Dr. John M. Dennis, UM medical school dean
Dr. John M. Dennis, a nationally known radiologist and former dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where his career spanned nearly half a century, died Thursday of respiratory failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 89....
Tags: Research, Langley Air Force Base, Medical Research, Awards and Prizes, Science
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Daniel Pink says we're all salesmen in 'To Sell Is Human'
One in nine of us works in sales, according to the U.S. government. The other eight in nine of us work in... sales, according to Daniel Pink. We just don't sell it as such. "They're not stalking customers in a furniture showroom, but they — make...
Tags: Jeff Bezos, Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, David Mamet, Science
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