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Embattled NCAA president urges campus leaders to advocate for inclusive policies
AP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One day after NBA player Jason Collins announced he was gay, NCAA President Mark Emmert urged university leaders to make their campus policies more inclusive. He did not provide specific plans. Emmert gave the opening remarks...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Mark Emmert, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports
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South Florida Jews help unearth clues to genetic diseases
South Florida has one of the world's largest populations of Ashkenazis — Jews of Central and Eastern European descent — making it home to some potentially groundbreaking medical research. In Boca Raton, the Parkinson's Disease and Movement...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Hysterectomy, Medical Specialization, Parkinson's Disease, Research
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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: Miami Hurricanes, George Washington, France, Catonsville, Lawyers
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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Artists, Arts, Political Fundraising, Values
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Boxing helps Parkinson's patients fight back
"Right uppercut! Harder, harder, harder!" At T3 Health and Fitness in Cooper City, physical therapist Craig Marks barks instructions as he spars with William Defreitas, who swings wildly and charges forward with more jabs. There's an invisible...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health Treatments, Cooper City, Broward County, Pembroke Pines
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FAU, UM at Quidditch World Cup this weekend
Brooms up, South Florida! Students from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami are in Kissimmee this weekend for the sixth annual Quidditch World Cup, after months of training like wizards. Quidditch is the broom-wielding sport made...
Tags: Florida Atlantic University, Fiction, Sports, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Uninsured health-care workers push for Medicaid expansion
It's an expensive irony: Health care workers who can't afford health insurance, but in Florida that is the plight of some full-time employees of local nursing homes and other smaller or independent health-industry players. As the number of employers...
Tags: Finance, Government Health Care, Healthcare Policies, Medical Specialization, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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'Autism is not disability'
April is National Autism Awareness Month, which naturally raises the question: awareness of what? As a parent of a 19-year old son with autism, if you had asked me that question years ago, I would have said things like, "Be aware that kids with autism...
Tags: Ellicott City, Towson University, Behavioral Conditions, Autism
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St. Pete Catholic OT Reilly Gibbons commits to Miami
For the last ten months St. Petereburg Catholic’s Reilly Gibbons has been accumulating offers while making the transition from tight end to offensive tackle. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound prospect decided to end the recruiting process Monday committing...
Tags: Football, Sports, Florida State University, Sun Life Stadium, ESPN (tv network)
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Change needed at the top for both Rutgers and NCAA
Once upon a time — actually this week — in a land not too far away, two kings stood defiant as adversity swirled around them. Both held court in front of hordes of media members, who came armed with only questions and were seeking nothing...
Tags: Miami Hurricanes, Sports, Social Media, Google Inc., Mark Emmert
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Miramar High School Plans NFL Draft Celebration in Anticipation of Making History in South Florida with former Star Athletes
MIRAMAR, April 19, 2013 – As former Miramar High School Patriot star quarterback Geno Smith is projected to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night, Miramar High School is preparing to make South Florida history. It would be...
Tags: West Virginia University, Geno Smith, University of Central Florida, Sports, Students
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Report cites health risks of 'cinnamon challenge'
The cough-inducing effects of taking the "cinnamon challenge," in which thrill-seekers try to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon without water in less than a minute, can be seen all over the Internet. Some health experts have voiced concerns over the dare...
Tags: Education, Coughing, Colleges and Universities, Inflammation, Medical Specialization
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