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Tissue from Indiana mothers to aid Boston survivors
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — Wound-healing tissues donated by women who recently gave birth in northwestern Indiana are headed to Boston to help victims from Monday's deadly bombings recover from their injuries. The Times of Munster reported (http://...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Diabetes, Hospitals and Clinics, Leukemia, Human Interest
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Griner, Delle Donne and Diggins dealt with bullies
NEW YORK (AP) — Before they were college basketball stars and the future of the WNBA, Brittney Griner, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne had something else in common: They were all bullied when they were kids. The top three picks in the WNBA...
Tags: Women's National Basketball Association
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Rare form of macular degeneration dims man's sight but not his work ethic
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Driving to his company's Granger office one day, Niel Makielski noticed the telephone poles along the road seemed to be warping as he passed them. The chief of his company's small maintenance department and a "fix-it" guy all his life,...Tags: Blindness, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Retraining, Macular Degeneration, Hospitals and Clinics
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Freelancer Naomi Spigle remembered for passion for writing
South Bend TribuneNaomi Spigle once wrote in a column for The South Bend Tribune of her nervousness, compounded by overwhelming grief, about living alone for the first time after her husband's death. She married Harry Spigle when she was 22, a college graduate living at...Tags: Poetry, Chicago Tribune
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Relocated Katrina survivors rely on help from a loyal friend
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Raymond Compton Sr. chuckles when he tells the story of how his wife jumped at a stranger's offer to whisk them away from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The Comptons -- Raymond, his wife, Jacqueline, and their four young children --...Tags: Rentals, Asthma, Condos and Houses, Human Interest, High Blood Pressure
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Frustration over power outage; I&M official responds
Nearly 71,000 Indiana Michigan Power customers in Indiana are still without electricity, but less than 400 St. Joseph County families are affected. For I&M outage map, click here Most of the repairs that still need to be made following that big...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Companies and Corporations, Natural Resources
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Concert For a Cause helps Niles girl
MISHAWAKA -- At the 4th annual Concert For a Cause at the Mishawaka FOP Saturday night the community rallied around a Niles family to help a special little girl who has been battling major health issues her entire life.
The Concert For A Cause was...Tags: Music, Respiratory Disease, Music, Concerts, Immune System
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UPDATE: Two killed and one critically injured in Benton Township fire, explosion
BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Fire officials in Berrien County say an oxygen tank was responsible for a deadly explosion that erupted late Saturday night. Officials are still investigating what caused the fire that ultimately ignited the tank.
Two...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Euclid
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Ohio mom charged in death of 28-pound teen girl
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman and three others have been charged in the death of her 14-year-old daughter, who had cerebral palsy and weighed 28 pounds when she died. The Montgomery County coroner's office ruled that the girl died March 1...Tags: Murder
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Steinberg: Athletes Speak might help find solution to concussion problem
A new health epidemic looms on the horizon like a ticking time bomb. It is the spectre of cumulative brain damage suffered from repetitive sub-concussive hits to the head in football and other sports. A concussion does not necessitate being knocked...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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Osprey Lodge assisted-living facility produces video 'The Faces of Parkinson's'
TAVARES — A sobering poem written by a man reflecting on his Parkinson's diagnosis is at the heart of a new music video entered in a world-wide competition about the progressive disease. "The Faces of Parkinson's," shot at Osprey Lodge, an...Tags: Music, Stetson University, Princeton University, Poetry, Health and Medical Professionals
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Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Television Industry, Dancing With the Stars (tv program)
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