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Pa. girl's double-lung transplant deemed success
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the girl's family said. Sarah Murnaghan, who...Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Lung Transplants
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New learning standards spur debate in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Educational goals being implemented in Michigan schools have sparked a contentious debate in Lansing, pitting Republican Gov. Rick Snyder against the Republican-led Legislature that is taking steps to halt the standards. In...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Government, Politics, Rick Snyder, Regional Authority
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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Metro-North Railroad, Grand Central Terminal, Connecticut Department of Transportation, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Accidents
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"Wicked" has positive impact on the Morris, local businesses
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND-- "Wicked" is the most successful show to hit the stage at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. The musical's 2-week run is the longest show to ever play at the theater but it won't be the last. "Wicked" is good for the Morris...Tags: Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sales, Arts and Culture, Wicked (musical)
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Bea Arthur topless painting fetches $1.9M in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled "Bea Arthur Naked." It sold at Christie's auction of postwar and contemporary art on...
Tags: Painting, Maude (tv program), The Golden Girls (tv program), Arts and Culture, Arts
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RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...
Tags: Harry of Wales, John F. Kennedy, Diana, Princess of Wales, Joe Biden, Washington, DC
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Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...
Tags: Trials, Abortion, Lobbying, Kermit Gosnell, Murder
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At least 24 men wrongly convicted or arrested on bite evidence exonerated
At least 24 men convicted or arrested based largely on murky bite-mark evidence have been exonerated by DNA testing, had charges dropped or otherwise been proved not guilty. Many spent more than a decade in prison, and one man was behind bars for more...
Tags: Syracuse, Trials, Laws, Punishment, Biotechnology Industry
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South Bend councilwoman wants to see no animals euthanized
South Bend euthanized more than 60 percent of the animals it took in last year. A South Bend Common Council member has a plan to drastically lower that number, and she says it wouldn’t cost taxpayer dollars. In 2011, South Bend Animal Care and...
Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Euthanasia, Environmental Issues
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Officials approve study for South Shore line growth
CHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) — Expanding the capacity of the South Shore rail commuter line is the key to a plan aimed at improving the Chicago commute from northern Indiana. The Post-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/14kWaW8 ) the Northern Indiana Commuter...
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Buttigieg, Freeman-Wilson appear in gun-control ad
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson appear in a new public service announcement urging Congress to toughen gun laws. The ad is sponsored by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a gun control group founded by New York City Mayor...
Tags: Politics, Gun Control, Local Government, Personal Weapon Control, Mayors Against Illegal Guns
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TV ads set against review of Ind. school standards
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An advocacy group that supports Indiana's charter schools program says it's starting an advertising campaign to fight efforts to end the state's use of national reading and math standards. Stand for Children said its television...Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Charter Schools, Politics, Michael Bloomberg
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