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Dining in the Dark an eye-opening experience
waynesboro@herald-mail.comDonning blindfolds and eating without the sense of sight Sunday opened some diners’ eyes to the challenges experienced by visually impaired individuals. “It gives you a new appreciation for what people who can’t see go through,”...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Lifestyle and Leisure
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In Israel, Obama vows unwavering support for Mideast ally
Associated PressRenewing U.S. support for the difficult "work of generations," President Barack Obama assured Israel on Wednesday that his administration would pursue an elusive Mideast peace that would allow residents of the Jewish state to live in peace and free from...Tags: Politics, Arab Spring, Gaza Strip, Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel
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North Hagerstown High athlete beats the odds and overcomes cancer
bobp@herald-mail.comAaron Miller has three cherished possessions from his junior year at North Hagerstown High School, including a varsity letter for football. He never played a down or snapped on a helmet as the Hubs rolled to a 9-2 record, including a berth in the...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Patrick Brown, Basketball, Chuck Pagano, Skype
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Emmitsburg family helps train service dogs
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA canine member of a Frederick County, Md., family is enjoying puppyhood with treats, walks and massages, but he will someday have a big job as a service dog. The McCauleys brought Gibson, a black Labrador, home about 10 months ago. He is their third...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Frederick County (Maryland)
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Diabetics: Watch your eyes
marieg@herald-mail.comWhen Debra Crawford was in her 20s, she received a life-changing diagnosis. She had diabetes. From that moment on, every day, every hour would require constant, unwavering attention to meals, lifestyle and medication. The Hagerstown woman would...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Diabetes, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), American Diabetes Association
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Business briefs - Nov. 18
Jersey Mike’s Subs Jersey Mike’s Subs of Hagerstown recently was named a finalist for the Small Employer Award in the 2012 Maryland Chamber/Baltimore Business Journal Business Philanthropy Awards. Nominated by the Hagerstown-Washington...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Habitat for Humanity International, March of Dimes Foundation, Human Interest, Relay for Life
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Sisters in arms found their way to war
timr@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: Tim Rowland is a Herald-Mail columnist and the author of “Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War.” A wounded Dutchman lay writhing in a makeshift Washington, D.C., hospital following the Battle of Bull Run, a...Tags: Washington, DC, Battle of Antietam, Fishing, Malaria, Hospitals and Clinics
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Berkeley County settles suit with family of boy shot in eye with stun gun
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comA lawsuit claiming that a Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office deputy was responsible for injuring a boy in 2010 when a dart from an officer’s stun gun pierced the teen’s right eye socket at the boy’s home has been settled for $250,...Tags: Insurance, Photophobia, Justice System, Trials, Injuries and Wounds
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Erik A. Bergman, M.D.
janeth@herald-mail.comErik Bergman was a man who loved his family dearly, a man whose presence will be deeply missed this Father’s Day. When Erik and Sheri Bergman married — they would have celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary June 13, just days after Erik&...Tags: Colleges and Universities, General Practitioners, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Ophthalmology
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Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog with bleach
A seeing-eye dog had bleach squirted in its eyes at a Publix grocery store when a 67-year-old woman intentionally sprayed the animal in an unprovoked attack, a police report says. The 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever appeared uninjured, the report...
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New York breaks militant-linked cigarette smuggling ring
Fifteen men of Palestinian origin have been arrested on charges of running a multimillion-dollar cigarette smuggling ring, and New York authorities who announced the arrests on Thursday said several of the suspects have ties to Hamas and other Islamist...Tags: Trials, Ramadan, Punishment, Prisons, Hamas
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William and Mary's Tutwiler survives 'miracle' ordeal and recovery
WILLIAMSBURG — As Josh Tutwiler plummeted through the fall Missouri air, the sheer rock face racing past and the ledge from which he fell rapidly receding, he felt his conscious mind split in two. On one side, memories and experiences zipped...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, University of Missouri , Physical Therapy, Cell Phones, Health Treatments
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