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Officers train for dealing with the mentally ill
The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.Law enforcement officers frequently are thrust into crisis situations involving people affected by mental disorders. This week in Fairview Heights, area law enforcement officers received 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team training by a group led by two of...Tags: Gaming, Entertainment, Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Health
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EDITORIAL: Thumbs Up for Bike Around Bay
Erie Times-News, Pa.Advertisement Pedal power: Today is Environment Erie's annual Bike Around the Bay. You can still register from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Pilot House, the new home for the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, behind the Intermodal Transportation Center....Tags: Robert J. Lopez, New York City, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Medical Research, Family
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Latest Missouri news, sports, business and entertainment
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE-SESSION ENDS Mo. Legislature wraps up work for 2013 session JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's 2013 legislative session has come to an end. The House and Senate each wrapped up their work Friday shortly after 6 p.m. &#...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Regional Authority, Republican Party, Awards and Prizes, Parties and Movements
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Arundel House of Hope launches program for recovering addicts
The Capital, Annapolis, Md.For Carolyn Heim and Suzanne Steiner, every Tuesday is cookie time. Starting at 10:30 a.m., the volunteers bring a batch of cookies and milk for a talk at the Arundel House of Hope. This week's topic: Getting a 14-year-old boy to shower. "I don't...Tags: Poverty, Personal Income, Glen Burnie, Behavioral Conditions, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Social Sciences, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Procedures and Tests, Learning Disability
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Former police lieutenant announces bid for Kane County sheriff job
Former police Lt. Don Kramer is aiming to follow in his father's footsteps as Kane County Sheriff next year. Kramer, 55, of Geneva, recently announced his candidacy for sheriff in the 2014 election. He's the first to come forward, and will run as a...
Tags: Geneva (Kane, Illinois), Primaries, Politics, Elections
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The supervised after-prom party: Now with cars, iPads and other goodies
ReutersSometime on Sunday morning, a Pennsylvania high school student will be presented with the keys to a black Honda Civic just for going to a party after the school's annual prom dance. In Roanoke, Virginia, one student will drive away next month with a...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Computer Hardware, Colleges and Universities
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LETTER: Trying To Force Frats Coed A Mistake
I am a fraternity man from North Carolina. As soon as I heard that the Tinity College board of trustees wanted to force fraternities and sororities to go coed, I knew that heads would roll. Trinity President James F. Jones Jr. should resign after... -
Michelle Obama wants Bowie State graduates to promote education
Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday to live up to the legacy of their university's founders and the leaders of the civil rights movement by promoting the importance of education in the black community. "Just...
Tags: Graduation, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Comcast Center (arena), Teaching and Learning, Bowie State University
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State Shouldn't Make Pardons Process Secret
The latest attempt to draw the curtain of secrecy around state government would exempt pardon applications from the Freedom of Information Act. It is baneful. Like so many similar proposals introduced in the General Assembly this year, it amounts to...Tags: Bob Godfrey, Justice and Rights, Freedom of Information Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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Community Calendar: May 18, 2013
TODAY — Devary Reunion, 10 a.m. at the Coon Club on Pine Ridge Road. Pot luck dinner will start at 1 p.m. For more information, call David Devary at 745-8644. — Conceal/carry weapons training from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information...
Tags: American Red Cross, Christianity, Nursing, Behavioral Conditions, Long Term Care
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Medical marijuana at last?
Illinois can't be accused of rushing to embrace medical marijuana: The first state to allow it did so in 1996, and the General Assembly is only now getting around to approving the idea. Whether it will become law is not clear: It now goes to Gov. Pat...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Health Treatments, Drugs and Medicines, Illinois Governor, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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