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Friends Evening Book Discussion Group
The group has been meeting at the Mount Prospect Public Library since January 1990 and has been featured in "The Book Group Book" edited by Ellen Slezak. Recently we read Helen Simonson's "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" and had a very good discussion....Tags: William Faulkner, Agatha Christie
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First Amendment - Part 3 - What does this mean?
Pastor Berachah Baptist ChurchCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. First let's look at what this statement clearly does not say. It does not say Christians or anyone with religious beliefs are forbidden to be...Tags: Danbury, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Church and State Relations, Religion and Belief
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Doctor campaigning for 6th Congressional District seat
andrews@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is one in an occasional series of profiles about candidates running for election in the 6th Congressional District. When Dr. Milad L. Pooran ran for a Prince George's County school board seat in 2006, his campaign was cut short...Tags: David R Brinkley, Colleges and Universities, Iraq War (2003-2011), University of Maryland, College Park, Internists
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FEMA to help rebuild Louisa County High School
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $19 million to help rebuild Louisa County High School, which was damaged during the Aug. 23 earthquake. A news release from Gov. Bob McDonnell's office Thursday said rebuilding...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Relief and Aid Organizations, FEMA, Renovation, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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Hopkins' medical students learn to use their stethoscopes
The stethoscope may be an icon of the medical profession to most patients. But it's more of a relic to many doctors.
The device used to listen to the heart, lungs and other body parts — invented nearly 200 years ago — has been overtaken by...Tags: Cardiologists, Music, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Miami
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FEMA money helps Louisa County but Gloucester suffers
To show how important it was to get a disaster declaration designation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the April 16 tornado in Gloucester, look no further than Thursday's announcement. Gob. Bob McDonnell announced in a press release with a...Tags: Tornadoes, Schools, Natural Disasters, FEMA, Renovation
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PA is overdue for its second president as Santorum surges
How can it be that Pennsylvania, the state with the most precious historical legacy of all, has produced only one president?
This is the land of Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington crossing the Delaware,...Tags: Republican Party, Health Treatments, Religion and Belief, Thomas Paine, John F. Kennedy
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President Parasiliti: Mom would be so proud
bobp@herald-mail.comChildhood dreams are the earliest rites of passage. There isn’t a kid out there who doesn’t have some private fantasy about what they want to be when they grow up. Some want to be a professional baseball player. Others set early sights on...Tags: Washington Nationals, White House, Cleveland Indians, Baseball, Abraham Lincoln
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Judges' pay in Maryland ranks near the bottom nationally
The independent Judicial Compensation Commission recently reported its findings to the Maryland General Assembly, which presented them to the Senate and House of Delegates in the form of Joint Resolutions. Our state's judges have not received a raise...Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Maryland General Assembly, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Mr. Santorum's misapprehension
Rick Santorum, who appears to have taken this week's lead in the race for the Republican nomination for the presidency, accused President Obama the other day of following a "phony theology," elevating earth above humankind. On Face the Nation yesterday,...Tags: Christianity, Hinduism, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama, Rick Santorum
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Rachel Maddow and my lesson in civility
When one writes about moral convictions, it's probably a good idea to consistently live up to them. That way people can still disagree with your convictions, but they have a difficult time accusing you of hypocrisy.
Last week at the Conservative...Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Health Treatments, USA Today, Birth Control, Family Planning
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10 things you might not know about salt
Every winter, widespread chemical dumping leaves Chicago streets covered in sodium chloride. Here are 10 facts you don't have to take with a grain of salt:
1. Salt has seasoned English in many ways. Because Romans put salt or brine on their vegetables,...Tags: Grover Cleveland, Leonardo da Vinci, Slang, Iodine (dietary supplement), Michael Jordan
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