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Argentina is cautionary tale as U.S. debates debt limit
You know all those warnings about how America's addiction to deficit spending is going to make us look like Greece? Stop worrying. The bigger concern should be that America will look like Argentina. That could happen, theoretically, if the...
Tags: Judges, Money and Monetary Policy, International Court or Tribunal, International Law, Barack Obama
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Obituary: Margaret Thorngren
Margaret Thorngren 1920-2012 LANCASTER — Margaret Gulley Williams Thorngren, 92, of Lancaster and Lexington, Ky., passed away Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington after a brief illness. Born Nov. 1, 1920, in Lancaster,...Tags: Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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'Searching for Zion' details Emily Raboteau's quest for home
If home is a concept a child might visually articulate in, say, six quick lines, by adulthood it's a notion much more diffuse — a shape-shifter, a Rorschach blot. In her frank and expansive new memoir, "Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Judaism, Nelson Algren, Religion and Belief, Social Issues
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Peace Corps volunteers speak about time in Ghana
When Sarah Panzer was in the seventh grade in Lakeville, Minn., a Peace Corps volunteer spoke to her Spanish class. Since then, it was her dream to join the Peace Corps. Now Sarah and her husband, Aberdeen native Jordan Wein, are Peace Corps...
Tags: Africa, Students, Separation of Church and State, Family, Peace Corps
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Teen Dies After Being Pulled From Manchester High School Pool
The Hartford CourantA Manchester High School student died Wednesday after being found at the bottom of the school's pool, police said. The boy was identified by the state medical examiner's office as Malvrick Donkor, 14, a freshman. He was taking part in a swim class...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Students, Teaching and Learning, East Hartford, Luis Gonzalez
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Meat cutters of Kabul hack at carcasses and praise Obama
World NowThe late Illinois poet Carl Sandburg once called President Obama’s town, Chicago, the “hog butcher of the world.” Here in Kabul, the former Midwest capital of slaughterhouses has a kindred spirit in Butcher Street, a small road lined... -
Dozens trapped in Ghana shopping center collapse
World NowDozens of people were trapped and at least three people died when a multi-story shopping mall in the capital of Ghana collapsed shortly before opening Wednesday, according to Ghanaian authorities.... -
Laguna teen tackles AIDS, need for U.N. youth delegate
Every time Taylor Capretz unpacks from her summer trip, it's bittersweet. Not because she'll miss her friends at camp, tubing at the lake or a couple weeks in Cabo San Lucas. Taylor, 17, wishes she could stay longer in the places she visits —...
Tags: Documentary (genre), HIV, Entertainment, AIDS, Nepal
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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine residents head to Ghana
A group from this region is traveling half way around the world to help those in need while also learning. Ten people from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute are heading to Ghana, Africa on...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Malaria
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Georgia Gould back out front among U.S. mountain bikers
If you knew what actually happened to Georgia Gould in 2008 as she regained consciousness on a stretcher in California, IV sticking into her arm, your first question might be a lot like Georgia's. What happened? She knew she'd blacked out on the...
Tags: Roland Park, Physical Conditions, Georgia Gould, Greektown, Awards and Prizes
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John Atta Mills dies at 68; president of Ghana
JOHANNESBURG — Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, who vowed that the nation's oil reserves would be used for the good of the people, died Tuesday shortly after becoming ill, officials said. Mills, who turned 68 on Saturday, had planned to run...Tags: Africa, Western Africa, Politics, Elections
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Ghanaian President John Atta Mills dies suddenly at 68
World NowGhana president, John Atta Mills, died suddenly Tuesday shortly after becoming ill, according to a statement by his office....
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Sep 13, 2012
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