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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College student honored
A Blue Ridge Community and Technical College student was among 50 community college students across the nation, Canada and Micronesia to be named 2013 New Century Scholars, the college announced Friday. Judy Jeffares was the only student from West...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Awards and Prizes, Students, Coca-Cola Co.
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'Survivor' Recap: Little Miss Perfect
WDBJ7 BloggerIt is night 22. We just experienced one of the craziest tribal councils in Survivor history. Lisa’s plan to blindside Malcolm failed. But, it helped Mike stay in the game. Skupin is feeling pretty good. The vote was between Pete and Jeff. They are...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Voting, Elections
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U.S. Coast Guard rescues men who'd been adrift for 33 days
Nation NowJust another day on the job for the U.S. Coast Guard: The Coast Guard has rescued two men who were adrift in the ocean for 33 days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; the men made their way to an atoll, where they were spotted and saved.... -
Florida Cruise Guide: Princess Cruise Line Pacific Princess ship itinerary
World Cruise Ft. Lauderdale to Rome 107 Days 2010 Departure Date: Jan. 27 Cruise Ports: Fort Lauderdale, FL; Aruba; Cartagena, Colombia; Panama Canal, Panama; Puntarenas Quetzal, Guatemala; Acapulco, Mexico; Ixtapa (Zihuantanejo), Mexico; Topolobampo,...Tags: Italy, Brazil, Singapore, Princess Cruises, Muscat (Oman)
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Where to buy prison art
Special to The Los Amgeles TimesWHERE TO SHOP One of my favorite prisons for shopping is in Palau in Micronesia. Using native hard woods, inmates carve intricate "story boards" that often depict rich local legends. The shop at the Koror Jail, in the center of Koror, is open to the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Prisons
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Robert Gumbiner dies at 85; HMO pioneer founded Museum of Latin American Art
Robert Gumbiner, a physician and HMO pioneer who built the managed-care giant FHP and then used his fortune to found the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, has died. He was 85. Gumbiner died of prostate cancer Tuesday at his Long Beach home,...Tags: Indiana University, Korean War (1950-1953), Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Utah, Death
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D. Carleton Gajdusek dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner identified exotic disease, was unrepentant pedophile
Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek, the brilliant yet deeply flawed pediatrician, virologist and anthropologist who won the 1976 Nobel Prize in medicine for his identification and description of kuru, the exotic disease of a remote tribe in New Guinea that was...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Papua New Guinea, Awards and Prizes, Sex, Tehran (Iran)
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Dancing cheek to cheek in Yap
YOUR SCENE editor's choice YOUR SCENE editor's choice There are moments in nature that are so fleeting that few are privileged to witness them. Jeff Smith of San Pedro had one such sighting in January when he watched the mating dance of mandarin...Tags: Federated States of Micronesia
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Money, migration and U.S. missiles
A detailed proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor to regulate the traffic in indentured workers from Micronesia and the Marshall Islands was shunted aside in recent talks to extend the Compact of Free Association, after the chief U.S. negotiator ignored...Tags: Medical Services, National Government, Nursing, Companies and Corporations, Marshall Islands
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U.S., islands probe abuses in labor recruiting
Sun StaffA week after disclosures that "body brokers" were collecting up to $5,500 for each Pacific islander they deliver under contract to American nursing homes and amusement parks, officials of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands say they are investigating...Tags: Nursing, National Government, Heads of State, U.S. Military, Marshall Islands
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Chasing Down The Source
Courant Staff WriterA global epidemic of diabetes might be averted if we could rid ourselves of a passion for Twinkies and television remotes. Fat chance, say scientists searching for a cure for the complex and misunderstood disease. "Diet is always the first therapy...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Entertainment, Biology, Television, Plastic Surgeons
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Trapped in servitude far from their homes
After journeying across an ocean and a continent - from the tiny Pacific isle of Chuuk to rural Ashburn, Ga. - Gloria Likiche was surprised to find herself working the graveyard shift at a nursing home, emptying bedpans for $5.50 an hour and eating so...Tags: North Carolina, Lawyers, Companies and Corporations, Social Issues, U.S. Department of the Interior
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