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Mary Novotny Jeffries advocates for amputees
Mary Novotny Jeffries was 11 when she lost her right leg, from the hip down, to bone cancer. When she returned to the home she shared with her parents and eight siblings on Chicago's South Side, everything — and nothing — had changed. "I...
Tags: Nursing, Haiti, Orthopedic Surgery, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Education
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Veteran honored at White House for volunteer work at home
Brian Buhman, a 30-year-old Quakertown resident, was honored at the White House last month for his work as a volunteer state coordinator of Team Rubicon USA, a nonprofit disaster response service comprised of U.S. military veterans. Buhman, who served...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Shaun Donovan, Hurricanes, FEMA
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School helps give hunger relief at home, abroad
Five hundred bags of groceries, and 50,000 prepared meals later, one local school made a dent in world hunger. North Broward Preparatory School sponsored two activities aimed at helping those less fortunate by providing food and other everyday...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Haiti, Students, Education, Broward County
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President George W. Bush quiz: 10 questions on No. 43
It’s been four years since President George W. Bush left the White House, with the former commander in chief reentering the public eye with the dedication of his presidential library in Dallas on Thursday. Bush’s time as a former president...
Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Wars and Interventions, White House
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Amy Wilentz on her book and a passion for Haiti [video]
Before her panel at the L.A. Times Festival of Book, journalist and author Amy Wilentz dropped in at our video booth to talk about how she came to write her latest book, "Farewell, Fred Voodoo." Written after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, this...
Tags: Truman Capote, Haiti, Google+
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Rachel Patron: If you want to be bored, just tune in the news shows
We in the print media, temporarily under siege — will not be castigated in this article. Lets concentrate on the medium watched by most Americans: cable and network news. Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Florida senator Marco Rubio was...Tags: CNN (tv network), NBC (tv network), Immigration, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Politics
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Internet connected loved ones after Boston bombings
With cellular service in Boston jammed in the aftermath of the marathon explosions this week, many people were left scrambling for ways to let loved ones know they were safe and to search for information on family and friends. Social networks and...
Tags: American Red Cross, Relief and Aid Organizations, Apple Inc., Skype, Computer Networking and Internet
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'Girl Rising': Documentary's message obvious and important ★★ 1/2
From Sierra Leone, from Peru, from Nepal and elsewhere, the nine lives at the heart of "Girl Rising" are impossible to ignore. This consciousness-raising documentary from filmmaker Richard E. Robbins risks making the harsh conditions these girls have...
Tags: Kerry Washington, Nepal, Movies, Entertainment
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Our View: 7.2 anniversary reminds us to be ready
April 4 seemed to sneak up on us this year. On that day three years ago many of us were in the midst of Easter Sunday celebrations, or in post-Easter luncheon slumber, when the earth started moving, and then it really shook. Fragile knick-knacks...Tags: House Building, Easter
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Comfort leaves Baltimore for final time
A maritime icon slipped out of Baltimore for the final time Tuesday morning, without speeches or hoopla, brass bands or balloons. Only a small band of well-wishers waved and took pictures as the Navy's 894-foot hospital ship Comfort left Pier 11 in...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Hospitals and Clinics, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Iraq War (2003-2011), Atlantic Ocean
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Sean Penn in Venezuela to mourn 'friend' Hugo Chavez
The mourners lamenting the death of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez included the presidents of Iran and Cuba, a Spanish prince and a man that Chavez himself once floated as a possible American ambassador to Venezuela: Hollywood actor Sean Penn. Penn...Tags: Sean Penn, Human Rights, Venezuela, Politics, Hugo Chavez
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Hugo Chavez: Words that grabbed headlines
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday at age 58, was a flamboyant figure on the world stage, often snagging headlines with his dramatic declarations in speeches and to the media. Here are some of the remarks that garnered international...
Tags: Medical Research, Holidays, George W. Bush, PlayStation, ABC (tv network)
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