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School of smarter spending
As we scurry about during the highest of all shopping seasons, our money habits will be on full display. Yet the motivations behind how we spend are often hidden, stemming from our most ancient and fundamental human tendencies. The relatively new...Tags: Science, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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Healthy Monday Tip #51 — Build a strong support system
The Fitness Center - Orlando SentinelThe Healthy Monday Campaign has designated Monday as the day to start and sustain healthy habits. Why Mondays? It’s the January of the week, the perfect time for a fresh start. By setting a day (Monday) every week for people to think about and focus... -
Gerda Lerner dies at 92; pioneered field of women's history
Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison in Vienna and feared that birthday would be her last. Her jailers meant to starve her, but her cellmates — two gentile women imprisoned for their anti-fascist views — shared their rations...
Tags: Judaism, Lobbying, History (tv network), 12 Angry Men (movie), Book
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Stanford becomes 1st school to raise more than $1 billion in a year
The nation’s top fund-raising institution last year, Stanford University, raised $1.03 billion from donors, the first to raise more than $1 billion in a given year. Out of the nation's top 10 fund-raising institutions, two others were in...
Tags: Land Price, New York University, Yale University, Colleges and Universities, Harvard University
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Regular aspirin use tied to age-related vision loss
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking at least one aspirin every week is linked to the development of age-related vision loss, according to a new study. The Australian researchers, however, caution that there's still not enough evidence to say taking the...Tags: Internists, Blindness, Science and Technology, Internal Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals
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The system's missing pieces
In testimony before President Barack Obama's Gun Violence Task Force on Jan. 9, Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a Columbia University professor and former president of the American Psychiatric Association, said that the Newtown, Conn., tragedy, coming so soon after...Tags: Internists, Indiana University, Pharmaceuticals, Human Interest, Health and Medical Professionals
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Sia Nyorkor
Email Sia: snyorkor@kwch.com Like Sia on Facebook: Sia Nyorkor Facebook Follow Sia on Twitter: @SiaKWCH12 Sia joined KWCH in October 2012 as a Multimedia Reporter and is thrilled to be back in the Mighty Midwest! Born and raised in Indianapolis,...
Tags: Radio, Murder, Gainesville, PBS (tv network), Entertainment
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Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race
Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...
Tags: Judaism, Local Elections, Hanukkah, Italy, Eric Garcetti
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Drones: Killing enemies, and creating them [Blowback]
In his Feb. 5 Op-Ed article, "The case for drone strikes," Michael W. Lewis presents a distorted picture of the methodology and conclusions of a report I coauthored, “Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from U.S. Drone...
Tags: Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, State of the Union Address, Pakistan, Journalism
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South Korea tycoon sentenced for embezzling more than $40 million
A South Korean executive was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $40 million from his conglomerate, the third-largest of the massive and powerful chaebols that have long dominated the South Korean economy. SK Group...
Tags: South Korea, Park Geun-hye, Samsung Group, Embezzlement, Corporate Crime
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Reuben Pannor dies at 90; trailblazer for open adoptions
People have an intrinsic right to know their ancestry — at least Reuben Pannor thought so. A Los Angeles social worker and trailblazer for the open-adoption movement, Pannor co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," a 1978 book that served as the...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army, Family, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Climate change could cut Western water runoff by 10%
Another climate change study is projecting declines in runoff in many parts of the West, a scenario that would put more pressure on the region’s water supplies. Using new model simulations, scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth...
Tags: Science and Technology, Ecosystems, Weather, Global Change, Environmental Issues
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