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Book donations honor woman killed in Afghanistan bombing
The Baltimore SunThe Books For Kids Day event has a touching twist this year: It's being dedicated to Anne Smedinghoff, the 25-year-old Johns Hopkins University alum who was killed in a bombing while delivering textbooks to school children in Afghanistan. Smedinghoff,...Tags: Anne Smedinghoff, U.S. Department of State, Human Interest
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, Biology, Government, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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NSU vocal standout to study in Colorado
Northern State University senior Megan Rose Case is no stranger to honors on campus — and now her talents are being recognized by prestigious schools around the country. Case, who will graduate in honoribus from NSU on Saturday, has been...
Tags: Music, Concerts, New York City, Awards and Prizes, Scranton
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Norman W. Meekins, businessman
Norman W. Meekins, founder of a Baltimore County paving company who was also a World War II veteran, died Thursday from complications of an infection at Carroll Hospital Center. The Sykesville resident was 94. Born in Stevenson, Mr. Meekins moved in...
Tags: Sykesville, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mark Bradley, Stevensville
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Less testing on animals, better science
Many Americans would be surprised to learn that chimpanzees are still being used in biomedical research and that millions of other animals are utilized in consumer product and toxicity testing. Others may find a sense of security in knowing that this...Tags: European Union, Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Science
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Anne's adventures in compassion
—A lazy Sunday morning. Arising later than usual. A long week of work in the books, a promising week ahead. Now living in Armenia, I correspond regularly with colleagues, friends and family back home in the States. Birds chirp as I check some emails...
Tags: Social Media, American Cancer Society, Christopher Stevens, Armenia, Afghanistan
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Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor
Human nature frequently disproves theories. Conventional wisdom, for example, says that open office space plans with workers grouped like cattle encourage creativity and collaboration. But study after study shows that people are more inventive, productive...Tags: Politics, Public Housing, Rentals, Interior Policy, Rental Service
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Slain diplomat in Afghanistan 'felt she was making a difference'
CHICAGO — Members of Anne Smedinghoff's family consoled themselves Sunday with the thought that the young U.S. diplomat died in the service of a cause that mattered deeply to her. "She was doing what she loved," her father said, "and she was doing...Tags: U.S. Foreign Service, Unrest, Conflicts and War, River Forest, Turkey, NATO
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Pro-'choice' intolerance
WASHINGTON -- We know Johns Hopkins University is devoted to diversity, because it says so. Its "Diversity and Inclusion Statement," a classic of the genre, says the university is "committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion … by...
Tags: Rick Santorum, Russell Feingold, Education, Planned Parenthood, Abortion
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Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb detonated under a bus in Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past week that have left noncombatants dead. The bus was driving from the...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, Politics, Taliban
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Slain diplomat from River Forest was a girl with an adventurous mind
Before she was a young U.S. foreign service officer stationed in Afghanistan, before she and others were blown up by a bomb, before she was eulogized at Fenwick High School on Tuesday, Anne Smedinghoff was a girl. The temptation now is to see her only...
Tags: Anne Smedinghoff, Teaching and Learning, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Teachers, Explosions
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Johns Hopkins graduate killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan
Anne Smedinghoff wanted to help the people of Afghanistan, those who knew her say. The 25-year-old Johns Hopkins University graduate was attempting to deliver textbooks to school children there when she and four other Americans were killed in a car bomb...
Tags: Easter, River Forest, Explosions, U.S. Department of State, Chicago Tribune
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