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Griner: Baylor coach told her to keep sexuality a secret
ReutersFormer Baylor women's basketball star Brittney Griner told ESPN the Magazine on Friday that coach Kim Mulkey told players not to openly discuss their sexuality because it would hurt the school's image. Griner, who was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft...Tags: Basketball, Women's National Basketball Association, Texas Longhorns, ESPN (tv network), Students
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UCF Medical School graduated its first class Friday
And they're doctors. The first class of medical students to come out of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine graduated Friday morning during a ceremony on the UCF campus. The charter class of 36 graduates also was the first class of...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, Mayo Clinic, Awards and Prizes, Students
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Press Box: Jenkins back to Arizona, Beckham may buy MLS team
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Press Box: Jenkins back to Arizona, Beckham may buy MLS team COLLEGE FOOTBALL When he announced in December that he would transfer to Washington State, Arizona running back Daniel Jenkins said he would always be a Wildcat at heart....Tags: Football, Women's National Basketball Association, Texas Longhorns, Awards and Prizes, Soccer
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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...Tags: Football, Obituaries, Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tuskegee Airmen
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Flood helps unearth treasure in Oak Park
While floods can wipe out family treasures, they sometimes can reveal long lost ones. Kevin McCarey was working outside his house on Lyman Avenue in Oak Park, preparing a raised garden bed, shortly after the late April rain had soaked his yard. As he...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Dominican University
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Father-daughter action plan
Hey, dad, want to get closer to your daughter? Find something to do together. A new study by Baylor University researchers puts participation in shared activities at the top of the list of pivotal moments in the father-daughter relationship. The...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Marriage, Human Interest, Family
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Obama praises Texas blast responders at memorial for the dead
WACO, Texas — With the flag-draped coffins of 12 first-responders before him, President Obama lauded the courage of the volunteer firefighters who rushed toward the scene of a massive fertilizer plant explosion and gave their lives trying to help...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), George W. Bush, Fertilizer, Times Square
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Prayer and waiting in Texas town rocked by blast
WEST, Texas (AP) — The First Baptist Church in the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant exploded is still off-limits, so the Rev. John Crowder put folding chairs in a hay pasture and improvised a pulpit on a truck flatbed. At the elementary...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Fertilizer, Explosions, Chemical Industry
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Mavis S. 'Sherry' Sheedy, art teacher
Mavis S. "Sherry" Sheedy, a retired Baltimore public schools art teacher and longtime museum docent, died April 4 of congestive heart failure at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. The Reisterstown resident was 74. The daughter of a civil engineer...
Tags: Dyslexia, Baltimore Museum of Art, Museums, Verizon Communications, Teaching and Learning
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Coal tar industry fights bans on sealants
When officials in suburban Des Plaines read about the hazards of spreading cancer-causing coal tar on playgrounds, parking lots and driveways, they moved to join other communities across the nation that have banned pavement sealants made with the...
Tags: Government, Public Officials, Politics, Exponent Incorporated, Research
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Garrett Turner
Garrett Turner joined the Channel 2 News family in January of 2013 with previous print, radio and on-air experience, as well as a Masters in Broadcast Journalism. Garrett assumes the role of Reporter/Multi-Media Journalist & fill-in Anchor at KTUU....
Tags: Television Industry, Entertainment, Radio, Iowa Caucus
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David George
David joins the KTUU “Morning Edition” team with 30 years of Broadcast Meteorology experience. He has previously covered a broad variety of weather events with meteorology stints in Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, Minnesota and most recently,...
Tags: University of Oklahoma, Weather, Weather Reports, Pacific Ocean, Science
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