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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: Medical Specialization, Medical Research, American Cancer Society, Tuberculosis, Biology
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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: Defense Intelligence Agency, Prosecution, Cuba, Crime, Law and Justice, Sweden
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Madeline L. Healey, assistant to Md. first ladies
Madeline L. Healey, a homemaker who was an executive secretary to two Maryland first ladies, died of an intestinal blockage April 5 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The former Annapolis resident lived in Cockeysville and was 92. The daughter of Alva...
Tags: Timonium, Government, Towson, Hospitals and Clinics, Havre de Grace
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Hopkins' Nobel winner Riess to speak at Baltimore synagogue Sunday
Adam Riess, the Nobel Prize-winning astronomy professor at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss the expansion of the universe and its mysteries in an event at Bolton Street Synagogue on Sunday. Riess will present and lead a discussion titled...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Adam Riess, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Maryland Science Center
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Both Towson and Hopkins are on the wrong track
Both Towson University and Johns Hopkins University — via their administrations and student government associations — are on the wrong side of the inclusion and diversity issues once again, and for the very same reasons, too: intolerance of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, Towson University, Politics
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Should seniors qualify as living donors?
Robert Brown was healthy, willing and a good match: So why not give a kidney to his wife, who otherwise would need dialysis? There was just one potential obstacle: Brown was 74, an age once unthinkable for a kidney donor. For this retired psychologist...
Tags: Genetic Condition, Renal Failure, Dialysis, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Ben Carson steps down as Hopkins commencement speaker
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson stepped down Wednesday as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after complaints from students about controversial comments concerning same-sex marriage. The withdrawal came less than a week after...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Marriage, Family, Teaching and Learning, Same-Sex Marriage
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Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioners hire assistant county administrator
The Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioners have announced the hiring of Carrie Gray for the position of Franklin County assistant county administrator. Gray has been employed with the county for four years as the county’s director of grants and...Tags: Court Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Education, Towson University, Justice System
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Gut bugs are implicated in heart attacks and stroke
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the search for the mystery culprits has turned up some surprising...Tags: Heart Attack, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Conditions, Cleveland Clinic, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Suspect in fatal City Hall crash released without charges
A car hurtled off the highway, fatally struck a pedestrian and overturned in front of City Hall and scores of downtown witnesses. A day later, police said the driver had walked free without charges. Despite anger and outrage from those who knew Matt...
Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Ellicott City, Witnesses, Howard County, Prosecution
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Preparing tomorrow's cyber defenders
We live in a world where almost everything we need to accomplish can be done online. Mobile phones and tablets allow us to work and play on the go. We shop online. We bank online. We store some of our most important personal details online. The other...
Tags: Computer Crime, Employment Opportunities, Science and Technology
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Governments should use zoning to limit liquor stores, Hopkins researchers say
Zoning laws have become a powerful way to reduce the number of liquor stores in cities, but too few government officials use them, Johns Hopkins University public health researchers said in a new report. Researchers from the Center on Alcohol Marketing...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Marketing
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