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PASSINGS: Charles D. 'Chuck' Miller
Charles D. "Chuck" Miller, 83, an Avery Dennison Corp. executive who led the Pasadena-based company's development of self-adhesive postage stamps and other innovative peel-and-stick labels, died Nov. 23 of complications from emphysema at his home in...Tags: Avery Dennison Corporation, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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EPA: Playing in beach sand bigger health risk than ocean itself
L.A. NOWTake warning, beachgoers: That carefully built sand castle could turn out to be a real pain in the gut. Digging and playing in beach sand puts people at higher risk of getting sick than swimming or sunbathing, according to a...... -
Iraqi who executed Saddam Hussein says U.S. Customs 'degraded' him
World NowA former senior Iraqi official who pulled the lever to execute Saddam Hussein and helped improve U.S. relations with the Baghdad government was denied entry to the United States last month after U.S. officials apparently questioned his use of multiple... -
Paul Meier dies at 87; influential statistician
Paul Meier influenced the field of statistics in two major ways: as a proponent of a method that helped eliminate bias in determining the effectiveness of treatments in clinical trials, and by introducing a system used to estimate survival rates for...Tags: University of Chicago, Lehigh University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Crime, Law and Justice
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PASSINGS: Dave Gavitt, Wilma Lee Cooper, James Speed, James N. Rosenau, Yuli Ofer, Kurt Ziebart
Dave Gavitt
Coach led organization
of Big East Conference
Dave Gavitt, 73, one of basketball's most influential leaders in the last three decades, died Friday in a hospital near his hometown of Rumford, R.I., after a long illness, his family said....Tags: Providence College, U.S. Army, The Washington Post, General Motors Corp., Harvard University
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Robotic surgery grows, but so do questions
These days, some surgeons have four arms and are made of metal and plastic. Use of a robotic assistant called the Da Vinci Surgical System has quadrupled in the last four years, and the machine now helps with incisions and sutures in 2,000 hospitals...
Tags: Prostate, Massachusetts General Hospital, Hands, Newspaper and Magazine, Diseases and Illnesses
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Archbishop Pietro Sambi dies at 73; Vatican's ambassador to the U.S.
As papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Pietro Sambi had the formidable job of representing the Vatican at a time of challenge and scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as escorting Pope Benedict XVI on his 2008 American visit. By...Tags: Roger M. Mahony, Timothy M. Dolan, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Benedict XVI
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Bernadine Healy dies at 67; doctor led Red Cross relief efforts after 9/11
Dr. Bernadine Healy, a hard-charging cardiologist and educator who was the first woman to lead the National Institutes of Health and later commanded American Red Cross relief efforts after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, died Saturday at her home in Gates...Tags: Obituaries, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Education, Physical Conditions, John Dingell
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The Unreal World: 'Take Shelter' raises questions about schizophrenia
The premise
Curtis (Michael Shannon) is an Ohio construction worker whose mother, Sarah (Kathy Baker), is a paranoid schizophrenic who had to leave the family when Curtis was still a child. Now Curtis begins to develop a series of nightmares about a...Tags: New York University, Michael Shannon, Schizophrenia, Entertainment, Genes and Chromosomes
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Greening graduation: Recycled diplomas and plastic-bottle-based gowns
GreenspaceIt’s graduation season, which for many schools means that it’s also prime time to show off their dedication to sustainability. In New York, The New School decorated with local and seasonal flowers, while Pace University printed its programs on... -
EGYPT: Authorities detain American law student accused of spying for Israel
Babylon & BeyondEgyptian authorities have arrested an American-born law student, who reportedly is doing an internship at a nonprofit organization in Cairo, on charges of being an Israeli spy. Ilan Chaim Grapel, 27, was detained Sunday in Cairo on “suspicion of... -
Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62; singer and poet 'set the template' for rap music
Gil Scott-Heron, a singer, songwriter, poet and author whose social commentary and combination of spoken words with musical grooves are widely cited as a seminal influence on rap music, died Friday. He was 62.
The Associated Press reported that a friend,...Tags: Music Theater, Poetry, University of the District of Columbia, Behavioral Conditions, South Africa
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