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Orangutan's cancer treatment similar to humans
MIAMI (AP) — Peanut is an 8-year-old orangutan and a star attraction at Miami's Jungle Island. These days she's also got a team of cancer doctors huddling around her, watching as the chemo drip flows into her veins. Peanut, who was diagnosed with...Tags: Health Treatments, Pumpkin, Biotechnology, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Science and Technology
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Pediatrics report details risks from energy drinks
CHICAGO (AP) — Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn't use the popular products. The potential harms, caused mostly by too much caffeine or similar...Tags: Politics, Crimes, Health, High School Sports, Elections
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For graduation parties, an intimate touch
1. When Madison Jacobson receives her Towson High School diploma on June 1, the celebration will just be getting started. Jacobson, who will head to Roanoke College in the fall, will continue the festivities at home the day after...
Tags: Salads, Education, Dining and Drinking, Annapolis, Charleston
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Group helps young artists flourish
Name: Judi Asselta Age: 71 Residence: Highland Beach Birthplace: Jamaica Estates, Queens, N.Y. Family: Late husband, Joseph Asselta; sons, Jason, 42, and Matthew, 39; grandsons, Arturo, 15, and Jacob, 6 Career: Teacher, homemaker, political...Tags: Entertainment, Lynn University, Artists, Arts and Culture, Boynton Beach
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South Florida outdoors calendar
May 26: The Bass-N-Fools has its 34th annual Spring Fling open team bass tournament out of Everglades Holiday Park. Entry fee is $80 and includes the big fish pot. Register at BJ's Bait & Tackle in Plantation. Call Mark Escobar at 954-475-0248. June 1:...Tags: Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Nova Southeastern University, Islamorada, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Port Everglades
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South Florida outdoors notebook
Bass Tournament: The Bass-N-Fools has its 34th annual Spring Fling open team bass tournament May 26 out of Everglades Holiday Park. Entry fee is $80 and includes the big fish pot. Register at BJ's Bait & Tackle in Plantation. Call Mark Escobar at 954-475-...Tags: Ronald McDonald House Charities, Islamorada, Nova Southeastern University, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Port Everglades
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Awards and honors for Lehigh Valley residents
Roger Lehmann was formally installed as president of the Pennsylvania Association of Sewage Enforcement Officers during the organization's annual meeting March 4 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Grantville. In addition to being a Pennsylvania-...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Journalism, Television Industry, Science and Technology
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Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say
When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...
Tags: Artists, UNESCO, The Getty, Arts and Culture, Prosecution
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Hopkins clinician mixes art, science in facial prosthetics
She enters the clinic on a walker, slow yet remarkably steady, and as Pauline Wood hails her host for the day, she gives him a bag of lemon tarts she rose early that morning to bake.
With her white hair and glasses, Wood, 89, is every inch the lovable...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Plastic Surgery, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Personal Service
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Family-Friendly Exhibits
MODERN MEALS: REMAKING AMERICAN FOODS FROM FARM TO KITCHEN
May 17-August 18. Guests will be able to examine how Americans began eating foods that were mass-produced in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibit includes images and artifacts that...Tags: Taipei 101, Art Basel Miami Beach, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Arts and Culture, Miami Beach
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Natural skin care's promises are only skin-deep
Despite your good intentions, buying skin care products labeled "organic" or "natural" doesn't always translate to a healthier body or planet. Many such products still contain the chemicals you're trying to avoid. And even if a product is bursting...
Tags: Consumers, Energy Resources, Cheese Corn, Health and Beauty Products, Physical Conditions
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Students launch teen driver safety website
South Plantation High School students unveiled a website last week that encourages young drivers to avoid distracting behaviors, such as texting, while behind the wheel. The website builds on a 20-page book written by the school's journalism students...Tags: Teaching and Learning, South Plantation High School , Health and Safety at School, Students, Politics
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