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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: New York City, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Human Interest, Liver Cancer, Family
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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: Poverty, Mental Illness, Social Sciences, Autism, Learning Disability
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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: Health Treatments, Illinois Governor, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Pat Quinn
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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: Primaries, Politics, Geneva (Kane, Illinois), Elections
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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... -
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: Justice and Rights, Politics, Freedom of Information Act, Dannel P. Malloy , John A Kissel
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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: Medical Specialization, Anglicanism, Behavioral Conditions, Nursing, Dwayne Johnson
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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: Politics, Executive Branch, Prosecution, Health and Safety at Work, Jay Nixon
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Anthony House worthy of financial help from public to keep serving homeless
The quintessential drunk with a graying beard drooling in his sleep on a park bench is still out there. But the face of the homeless in Lake County has taken a dramatic turn. Think: Single dad raising two preschoolers. Or Mom and three kids, ages 7, 6...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Human Interest, Social Issues, Amusement and Theme Parks
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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: Colleges and Universities, Students, Dwayne Johnson, Personal Service, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Angel Smith given human services award
University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg — Angel Smith, of Crab Orchard, was presented the Human Services Award April 22 during the 54th annual Honors Day Program. The award winner in the Department of Human Services is selected based on GPA,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Education, University of North Carolina at Asheville, University of Louisville
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EDITORIAL: Bliss Manor a model of benevolence
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.The well-known African proverb says, "It takes a village to raise a child." The St. Joseph YWCA could adapt this message: It takes a caring community to lift women from the depths of despair. Last winter, the YWCA received a $57,000 Department of...Tags: Abusive Behavior, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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