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Visionary New York Times publisher Sulzberger dead at 86
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the fourth publisher of the New York Times, who made history with his decision to publish the Pentagon Papers and revived the "Good Gray Lady" of print journalism with a radical redesign that set a new standard for newspapers in...
Tags: Heart Attack, News Media, White House, Crime, Law and Justice, Auto Racing
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Education blame game leaves kids behind
The film's plot is predictable: One engaged parent and a dedicated teacher are the beloved heroes, while the teachers' union and an apathetic school board are rendered useless, and at times rogue. "Won't Back Down," in theaters starting Friday, tells...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment, Conservation
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Under a literary spell
As Lucy Kobbs turned the final page of the seventh and last book in the "Harry Potter" series, she took a pencil to the wall beside her bed and memorialized the end of an era: 7/22/07, 3:20 a.m. "It's one of those books that will stick with me for life,"...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Book, Crime, Law and Justice, J.K. Rowling
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Esther 'Penny' Love, city guidance counselor
Esther "Penny" Love, a Baltimore public school guidance counselor for nearly 40 years who was an outspoken advocate for emotionally challenged and dyslexic students, died Monday of lung cancer at Sinai Hospital. She was 89.
Esther Shulman, whose...Tags: American Red Cross, Teaching and Learning, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Philosophy, Human Interest
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Reading clinic helping students improve
knguyen@aberdeennews.comTimothy Houge, professor of elementary and special education at Northern State University, believes it's a gift to be able to pick up a book and read it. That's what makes the reading clinic at Northern so unique and important, he said. The clinic,...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Hospitals and Clinics, Students
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Ballard High student overcomes cancer and more to be valedictorian
Q13 FOX News anchorWhile most high school kids are gearing up for finals and thinking about summer plans, one local teenager has been fighting for his life. But following a cancer diagnosis and other challenges, Ballard High School senior Mikael Perla is defying the odds....Tags: Diabetes, Leukemia, Cancer, Graduation, Chemotherapy
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The Crowd: Joyce Bulifant to have one-woman show at Balboa Bay Club
The year was 1975. Mary Tyler Moore was starring in one of America's most watched situation comedies. After a year of knocking on doors in Hollywood and trying to land any kind of job, I was hired at CBS-Television City and sent into a windowless...
Tags: Learning Disability, Betty White, Autism, Music Industry, Helen Hayes
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Lancaster County family fights to allow dyslexic son to play football
Multi-Media JournalistA Warwick Township family is at odds with the school district. It's all over their son's eligibility play football for the district, while attending a special private school for his dyslexia. About two years ago, after years of struggling in school,...Tags: Sports, High School Sports, Football
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Wilson overcomes dyslexia to become IndyCar driver
Dyslexia slowed driver Justin Wilson in his pursuit of an education and his auto racing career, but it also was part of the reason he initially spent as much time as he could with the sport and it prepared him for his future. Auto racing provided...
Tags: IndyCar Series, Open-Wheel Racing, Dale Coyne Racing, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Auto Racing
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Justin McLeod's Blog
August 15
Goodbye
They say all good things must come to an end. With that, I'm leaving WDBJ and the news business. I've accepted a position as the community relations coordinator for Roanoke City Schools. There are several reasons why I'm switching...Tags: News Media, Pornography, Entertainment, Vie, Talk Shows (genre)
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Rustic, complex and delicious
San Francisco chef Chris Cosentino is perhaps best known for his passion for offal — he could be called the poster child of the "nose-to-tail" cooking movement. But his new (and his first) cookbook, "Beginnings: My Way to Start a Meal," barely...Tags: Top Chef Masters (tv program), French Toast, Restaurants, Book, Dining and Drinking
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70-year-old man rides bike from LA to Boston
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA 70 year-old bicyclist takes on a 3,000 mile bike ride to raise money for a special education program. Bicyclist Larry Emigh will be riding from Los Angeles to Boston, and made a stop in Abilene today. Emigh's goal is to raise $250,000 for a program...Tags: Atlantic Ocean
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