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Conozca el Castillo de Coral en Homestead
El SentinelMIAMI -- No existe una fórmula mágica para superar una ruptura amorosa, pero Edward Leedskalnin encontró un particular método para mitigar su dolor: esculpió 1,100 toneladas de rocas de coral para construir un castillo y recrear la vida matrimonial que...Tags: Homestead, Florida City, Mountains, Empire State Building, Landforms
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Lake Forest High School adds 3 graduates to wall of fame
Three new faces will join the Alumni Wall of Fame at Lake Forest High School, which contains photographs and plaques celebrating the accomplishments of former students and inspiring current ones. The three unveiled Wednesday were David Crane, Thomas...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, NRG Energy Incorporated, Central Asia, Colleges and Universities, Princeton University
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Nelson Mandela's health improving, South African officials say
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The health of former South African President Nelson Mandela has improved, according to South African officials who said he is in much better shape than he was a week ago when he was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia....
Tags: Heads of State, National Government, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Politics
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Nelson Mandela 'in good spirits' after second night in hospital
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is showing signs of recovery after his second night in a hospital for treatment of a recurring lung infection, President Jacob Zuma said Friday. Mandela was admitted to the hospital in...Tags: Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Jacob Zuma
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Controlling tuberculosis in the jet age
As op-ed commentator Richard E. Chaisson wrote recently, "despite the devastation that TB wreaks, it still is not a global health priority" ("Tuberculosis, the forgotten killer," March 24). Just as it was necessary to eradicate smallpox and combat polio...Tags: AIDS, Polio, Malaria, Smallpox
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Abandoned Henryton hospital slated for demolition
Perched on a wooded bluff in rural southeastern Carroll County, the old Henryton State Hospital bears silent witness to the ravages of decades of neglect and vandalism. First opened in 1923, the 18-building complex that once housed the sick and...
Tags: Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Patapsco, Painting, Fires, Carroll County (Maryland)
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TB, the quiet killer
This is World Tuberculosis Day, the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease that continues to rage around the world, killing 1.4 million people each year. The disease remains a leading...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Montgomery County (Maryland), Malaria, HIV, Epidemics and Plagues
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Nelson Mandela is hospitalized again for lung infection
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Nelson Mandela was readmitted to a hospital after a worrying recurrence of the lung infection he suffered in December, the South African presidency announced Thursday. It was the third time Mandela, known affectionately...Tags: Nelson Mandela, Diseases and Illnesses, South Africa, Johannesburg (South Africa), Pretoria (South Africa)
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Hometown Secrets: Man buried sitting up in his grave in Mishawaka
Our area is home to a lot of interesting history, but perhaps one of the most unusual stories is buried in the historical Mishawaka City Cemetary. There is a man there, buried in 1882, sitting up in his grave. Not only that, but some believe he is...
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Washington cows positive for bovine TB
MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) - Eleven more cows at a Moses Lake, Wash., dairy have tested positive for bovine tuberculosis. State Agriculture Department spokesman Hector Castro told KING the cows have been removed from the herd for more testing. None of 1,... -
Which is worse, isolation or loneliness?
Los Angeles TimesHenry David Thoreau relished isolation but didn't feel lonely. Marilyn Monroe was a social butterfly but died lonely. Their separate fates — Thoreau dead of tuberculosis at 44, Monroe of suicide at 36 — can't tell us much scientifically, but...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Marilyn Monroe
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Tuberculosis outbreak in downtown L.A. sparks federal effort
L.A. NOWPublic health officials have launched a new, coordinated effort to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis in downtown L.A.’s skid row, including searching for more than 4,500 people who may have been exposed to the disease. The Centers for...
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