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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: U.S. Department of State, Easter, Colleges and Universities, Explosions, John Kerry
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Medical advertising hurts health care
You do not have to look far to understand why U.S. health care is so expensive and uneven in quality. A recurrent offender advertises walk-in ultrasound testing of blood vessels and whatever other asymptomatic part you may choose to pay for. Worried older...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Symptoms, Osteoporosis, Health Insurance Cost, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Lois Marie Critchfield, 93, of Somerset
Lois Marie Critchfield, 93, of Somerset passed away peacefully April 6, 2013 at Somerset Hospice House. Born Nov. 10, 1919 in Conyngham, to Roy H. and Katherine (Phillips) Yost. Preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald A. Critchfield; and older...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Somerset County (Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Education
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State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan
Tribune reportersAnne Smedinghoff, the young American diplomat who was killed Saturday while delivering textbooks to children in Afghanistan, left behind a long trail of people she had impressed with her passion, intelligence and poise, both in her career and while she...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Kabul (Afghanistan), Easter, Colon Cancer, Colleges and Universities
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Alice Cohill Marquez, 100
Alice Cohill Marquez, of Stafford Hall, Clear Spring, Md., died Friday, April 5, 2013, at her home. Born July 10, 1912, in Cohill Station near Hancock, Md., she was the eldest daughter of the late Leo Aloysius and Anna Marie Bevans Cohill. Mrs....Tags: College of William and Mary, Towson University, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Arts and Culture, William Shakespeare
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Sinai to research new drug to prevent blood clots, heart attacks in stent patients
A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting....
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceuticals, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Science and Technology, Chemotherapy
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500 Washington County enrollees sought for cancer study
holly.shok@herald-mail.comSeeking 500 Washington County enrollees to participate in a 20- to 30-year study aimed at finding cancer cures, the American Cancer Society on Thursday hosted an enrollment kick off with the plan to start collecting information and local blood samples...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Lung Cancer, Cancer, Tuberculosis
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Justice Department accuses U.S. citizen of being Cuban spy
WASHINGTON — Almost 30 years ago, two young women allegedly obtained fake passports in Europe for a clandestine trip to Cuba. Today, one is in prison serving a 25-year sentence for espionage; the other has taken shelter in Sweden. On Thursday, the...Tags: Cuba, Prosecution, Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System
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Column: Pro-"choice" shows its 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: Education, Family Planning, Russell Feingold, The Washington Post, Abortion
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Word has it Scrabble fundraiser is Saturday in Roland Park
The word was tristeza. It's a disease of citrus trees, but more importantly, for Tobey Roland, it once scored 228 points for him in a game of Scrabble, he said. Roland, 52, of Mount Washington, loves Scrabble and estimates he has played in 120...
Tags: Scrabble (game), Hampden, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Hunt Valley, Cafe Hon
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US diplomat killed in Afghanistan wanted to help
CHICAGO (AP) — A young U.S. diplomat killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan was an up-and-coming public servant who loved working directly with Afghan residents, those who knew her said Sunday. Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, The Washington Post, Afghanistan
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What FDR said about Jews in private
In May 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the White House. It was 17 months after Pearl Harbor and a little more than a year before D-Day. The two Allied leaders reviewed the war effort to date and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, White House, Politics, Nazi Party
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