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Haiti: Resources and how to help
From Staff and Wire reports.indentMe { padding-left:20px; } In the wake of the utter devastation inflicted by the earthquake in Haiti, the efforts and contributions of people everywhere are crucial. If you're looking for ways to help, try these organizations: The U.S. State...Tags: Judaism, Christianity, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), The Salvation Army
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Edgar Wayburn dies at 103; longtime Sierra Club president helped double U.S. parkland
Edgar Wayburn, a San Francisco physician and longtime president of the Sierra Club who was credited with protecting more parks and wilderness areas than any other American, has died. He was 103.
Wayburn died Friday at his home in San Francisco of natural...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Justice System, Defense, Social Issues, Stanford University
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Abortion isn't a religious issue
What makes opposition to abortion the issue it is for each of the GOP presidential candidates is the fact that it is the ultimate "wedge issue" -- it is nonnegotiable. The right-to-life people hold that it is as strong a point of religion as any can be....Tags: Judaism, Christianity, Karl Rove, Brain, Crime, Law and Justice
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American military cemeteries in Europe honor fallen heroes in both world wars
On Veterans Day, Americans are asked to do something for the country besides voting and paying taxes: We are enjoined to think of those who fought in faraway places -- the Philippines, North Africa, Europe, Vietnam and Iraq. Most of them came home,...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Germany, Veterans Affairs, Clermont, Defense
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Conor Cruise O'Brien dies at 91; Irish author became a prominent diplomat
Conor Cruise O'Brien, a leading Irish author, politician and diplomat who rose to international prominence while leading a United Nations mission in the troubled Congo and remained an independent, often contrarian thinker amid religious strife of his...Tags: Christianity, Dublin (Ireland), Television, Philosophy, Congo
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Rhena Schweitzer Miller dies at 90; child of Nobel prize winner continued his work in West Africa
Rhena Schweitzer Miller, the only child of Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer, who carried on his medical missionary work in the West African country of Gabon after his death in 1965, has died. She was 90.
Miller died of natural...Tags: Gabon, Children, Social Issues, Philosophy, Awards and Prizes
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Getting doctors to practice what they preach
It's ironic that the year we, both new medical students, moved across the street from the nation's best hospital and began learning how to manage the health of others is the same year we stopped taking care of our own. It was a year of ups and downs....Tags: Cancer, Michael Bloomberg, Diets and Dieting, Overweight, Nobel Prize Awards
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Who the hell is that? Greene Vardiman Black
Lincoln ParkLast time, we focused on the trail-blazing explorer René-Robert Cavelier de la Salle, and this time we will be looking at a dentist. That's right, a dentist.... -
Make calories count healthy challenge begins in S.D.
Want to improve the food choices you make? The Make Calories Count Healthy Challenge helps you do that. Jan. 15-Feb. 15 and is open to all South Dakotans. Participants can earn one point per day for each of the behavior on the list of "100 Ways to...Tags: Human Interest, Nobel Prize Awards, Healthy Diet, Physical Conditions, Health
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Rick Scottâs really Albert Schweitzer
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelRepublican House Speaker-designate Dean Cannon's embrace yesterday of Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott qualifies as Exhibit A for why voters don't trust politicians. During the primary, Cannon helped&#... -
Thanking, Giving and Forgiving in the Time of Scarcity
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelCall me cynical but one of my favorite books last year was a sobering tome by Barbara Ehrenreich called, Bright-Sided, How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. Our nation's obsession with positive thinking practically... -
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