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Blizzard threatens NYC, New England; 2 feet feared
BOSTON (AP) — A blizzard of potentially mammoth proportions threatened to strike the Northeast with a vengeance Friday, with up to 2 feet of snow feared along the densely populated Interstate 95 corridor from the New York City area to Boston and...
Tags: Weather, New York City, National Weather Service, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Snow Storms
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Henry Paulson turns career adviser at U. of C.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson worked as a career coach Friday for University of Chicago MBA students. He started with the rather unhelpful, yet charming, anecdote about setting off for Dartmouth College and...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Defense, Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, University of Chicago, Economy, Business and Finance
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PASSINGS: Cliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond, 75, a character actor who was a regular presence in director Billy Wilder's comedies of the 1960s and '70s and appeared in dozens of TV series into the 1990s, died Dec. 22 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades, said his...
Tags: Walter Matthau, Raul Julia, Entertainment, Pancreatic Cancer, Jack Lemmon
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How dairy producers, other farmers can cope with stress
Dairy producers currently are enduring one of the most serious and protracted economic crises of any segment of agriculture. The recent temporary extension of the current Farm Bill by Congress addresses neither the cyclical stresses that affect dairy...Tags: Suicide, Beverage Industry, Bankruptcy, Agriculture, Substance Abuse
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Defending the world, bankrupting ourselves
The argument for leaving 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is more or less reasonable on its face. The Kabul government is fragile; our gains might be reversed; the Afghan military is not ready to stand on its own. Here's the unreasonable,...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Department of Defense, International Military Interventions, Russia, South Korea
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COLUMN: Unique stretch of college basketball for Saints starts tonight in Grand Forks
The Presentation College men’s basketball team will embark on one of the most interesting stretches of games that I can ever remember. The Saints will take on a NCAA Division I opponent on the road tonight, followed by an Association of Christian...
Tags: Football, Students, College Football, Ice Hockey, College Sports
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Inherited colon cancer risk tied to certain foods
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among people who have a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer, those whose diets are heavy in junk food have an even higher risk, according to a new study. "These patients have this very high risk because of this (genetic)...Tags: Stomach Cancer, Colon Cancer, Mediterranean Diet, Medical Research, Genetic Condition
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Varsity Q&A with Archbishop Spalding swimmer David Harmon
David Harmon,17, has been swimming for eight years for Spy Swimming at the Severna Park Community Center and is in his fourth season on the Archbishop Spalding swim team. In that time he has become a three-time YMCA district champion, a multiple YMCA...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Michael Phelps, Ice Hockey, Science and Technology, Peter Davis
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Presidential Candidates Ignoring Environment
The Hartford CourantAs the presidential election draws near, I've become astonished at how little the environment seems to matter. Based on the three debates it sits in back of the political bus, far behind the seats for national economy, taxes, medical reform, foreign...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Connecticut, Duke University, Government, Elections
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R. Palmer Beasley dies at 76; linked hepatitis B to liver cancer
Dr. R. Palmer Beasley, an epidemiologist whose pivotal research on hepatitis B in Taiwan first linked the virus to liver cancer, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Houston. He was 76. His death was announced by the University of Texas...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Cancer, Harvard University, Medical Research, Preventative Medicine
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Ann M. Klingaman, Baltimore County teacher
Ann M. Klingaman, a retired Baltimore County public school educator whose career spanned more than three decades, died Sunday of complications from a broken hip at Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia.
The former longtime Catonsville resident was 88.
The...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Biology, Students, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Entertainment
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Scientist baffled over Greenland ice melt
What was first captured on satellite, is now capturing the attention of scientists. Extreme melting of Greenland's surface ice cover. The photo above shows the extent of surface melt over Greenland’s ice sheet on July 8 (left) and July 12 (right)....
Tags: Research, Oceans, Greenland, Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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