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Chicago architect designs a beacon for health care in Haiti
MIREBALAIS, HAITI — Under a blinding Caribbean sun, far from the sleek Chicago residences she usually designs, architect Ann Clark saw well-laid plans turn to improvisation, yet again.
Overhead, a 2,850-pound ventilation system dangled from a...Tags: Chicago, Melissa Harris, Air Transportation Delays, Chicago Tribune Columnists, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Joshua A. Barbati, teacher
Joshua A. Barbati, a retired Baltimore County public school educator and longtime Loch Raven resident, died May 11 of melanoma at Levine & Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville, N.C.
He was 79.
The son of Italian immigrants, Mr. Barbati was born in...Tags: Atlanta Braves, Charlotte, Public Schools, Ball State University, Science and Technology
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Orange honors 97 seniors admitted to top colleges
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — nearly 100 students admitted to top colleges from amongst about 10,000 high school graduates this year. The district's traditional high schools provided the names of their... -
China's Bo Xilai scandal revs up news media run by exiles
BEIJING — "Beijing power struggle heralds end of China Communist Party," screams one headline. More sensational headlines purport to reveal how the wife of recently sacked Politburo member Bo Xilai poisoned an Englishman, who may have been her...
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W.Va. pastor to retire after 42 years of service
The Rev. Richard A. Kroll, lead pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Charles Town, has announced his retirement after 42 years of service to the United Methodist Church. Kroll is a 1964 graduate of Fork Union Military Academy and a 1968...Tags: Methodist, Religion and Belief, Carroll County (Maryland), Christianity
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Understand realities of a part-time program
You get several advantages from earning your MBA through a part-time program. You can hang on to your job while you get your degree. You earn a salary even as you study. And since you take fewer classes at a time, you're not paying as much tuition all...Tags: Colleges and Universities, New Products, Teaching and Learning, Students, College Sports
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Claremont McKenna College president to retire in 2013
L.A. NOWPamela B. Gann, who has been president of Claremont McKenna College since 1999, announced Tuesday that she will step down from that post in about a year.... -
The Rev. Mary-Marguerite Kohn, Episcopal co-rector
Mary-Marguerite Kohn, the popular co-rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church who was an outspoken advocate for social justice, died Saturday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center of gunshot wounds she suffered Thursday in a double shooting at her Ellicott City...Tags: Catonsville, Christianity, Anglicanism, Shootings, Gainesville
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Family, friends, colleagues remember slain Ellicott City priest
They remembered Mary-Marguerite Kohn's enthusiasm and service, even her style — one mourner recalled "a large, bright yellow brimmed hat, terrific dangling earrings." There was hardly an empty seat Tuesday inside the Cathedral of the Incarnation in...
Tags: Religion and Belief, AIDS, Christianity, Anglicanism, Shootings
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A New Tool To Treat Stroke
The Hartford CourantWhen Linda Ortega came home a couple of weeks ago and saw her husband slumped over in the kitchen and slurring his words, she had a good idea that he was suffering a stroke. She and her daughter put his shoes on and took him to Hartford Hospital. There,...Tags: Stroke, Brain, Physical Conditions, Yale School of Medicine, Health
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Does too much hospital growth hurt consumers?
As hospitals across Central Florida spring up, expand and get renovated, consumers watching health-care costs skyrocket wonder whether the money could be better spent.
"It's a legitimate question and warrants community discussion," said Shannon Elswick,...Tags: Health Insurance, Consumers, Health, Justice System, Technology
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New Voices: Tuition tied to certain majors just a tax by another name
Faced with rising budget deficits, skyrocketing operating costs and ever-growing competition for the state's "best and brightest," the presidents of the University of Florida and Florida State University made a final plea to Gov. Rick Scott recently for a...Tags: University of Florida, Colleges and Universities, Rick Scott, Teaching and Learning, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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