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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: Animals, Radiation Therapy, Science and Technology, Oncology, Biotechnology
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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: Science and Technology, Crimes, American Academy of Pediatrics, Food and Drug Administration, Cardiac Arrhythmia
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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: Laws, Archaeology, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Theft, University of California, Los Angeles
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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: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Google Inc., Social Media, Health and Safety at School, South Plantation High School
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Local student to talk weight loss on 'The View'
Kaci DeWitt-Rickards remembers being a chunky kid with a steady diet of Burger King chicken tenders, vanilla milkshakes and Papa John's pizza. By her sophomore year in college at the University of Miami, her adolescent pudge had ballooned into a...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Treatments, Education, Weight, University of Maryland, College Park
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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: Everglades, Burj Khalifa, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Taipei 101
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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: Science and Technology, Cheese Corn, Health and Beauty Products, Personal Service, Physical Conditions
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South Florida outdoors calendar
May 17-18: Fishing hours are 7 a.m.-4 p.m. on the first day of the Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo. Weigh-in is 2-6 p.m. at the Alsdorf Boat Ramp Park on 14th Street in Pompano Beach. Fishing May 18 is 7 a.m.-noon followed by the weigh-in from noon-2 and...Tags: Fishing, Wildlife, Islamorada, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Nova Southeastern University
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Florida's largest corporate incentives since 1995
Florida's largest corporate incentives since 1995 ++++++++++++++++++++ || || Name || Year || County || Incentives (millions) || Jobs || || 1 || Scripps Research Institute || 2003 || Palm Beach || $550 || 545 || || 2 || Sanford-Burnham Institute ||...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Jabil Circuit Incorporated, Vaccines
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Bourbon tasting at Steak 954 for UM neurology department fundraiser sells $1,000 tickets
If you've been waiting for a chance to sip on the nearly unattainable 23-year-aged bourbon made by Pappy Van Winkle, Steak 954 at the W Fort Lauderdale will offer it to you on May 23, but it will cost you a stack. The tasting lineup is filled with old...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Steaks, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Credit O'Leary for UCF's successful NCAA appeal
Running off at the typewriter … Let's give it up for UCF football coach George O'Leary, who recorded his biggest victory four months after last football season ended. UCF won its NCAA appeal on Friday to have its postseason ban overturned and will...
Tags: San Antonio Spurs, Florida Gators, Cleveland Cavaliers, Tiger Woods, Andrew Bynum
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Joseph A. Miklasz, attorney
Joseph A. Miklasz, a trial attorney who practiced in Glen Burnie and was a wine collector, died of cancer Sunday at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 71 and lived in Crownsville. Born in Baltimore, he was raised in Severn and in East Baltimore, where he...
Tags: Peace Corps, Annapolis, Christianity, Human Interest, Glen Burnie
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