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Travel letters: Impressions of Alabama
I am a graduating senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I'm not your typical Alabama college student and Birmingham isn't your typical Alabama city. I wanted to say thanks for the story ["Moving Ever Forward," by Alice Short, April 14] on our...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Cuba, Hotels and Accommodations
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Geography is covering new ground for travelers
Forget about learning the state capitals, at least, as the sum total of your knowledge of geography. "Geography is about meaning, not knowing place names and memorizing lists — that was school geography," said Daniel Edelson, vice president for...
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Gene Bartow dies at 81; former UCLA basketball coach
Gene Bartow, the successor to John Wooden as UCLA basketball coach who became the architect of a new and successful athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, died Tuesday evening. He was 81.
Bartow, who was diagnosed with stomach...Tags: College Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Memphis Grizzlies, Basketball, University of Alabama
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Grigsby-Wood
Katherine C. Grigsby and M. Brett Wood were married April 27 at the farm of the bride’s grandparents, Bob and Kathy Allen, in Danville. The bride is the daughter of Michael and Amy Lewis of Orlando, Fla. She is a graduate of Orangewood Christian...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Marriage, Orthodontics, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Tour civil rights sites around the South
ATLANTA - Key events in 1963, from organized protests in Alabama to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, galvanized the civil rights movement that eventually toppled Jim Crow laws in the South. The 50th anniversary of those events is a...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Personal Service
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People In Business
Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.Brandon Zimmerman, a Shelter Insurance Co. agent at Barling, has been honored as one of Shelter's highest-achieving sales representatives, based on overall 2012 agency operations. The Champion designation recognizes members of a select group of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Finance
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LAMP shines: Montgomery magnet named best in U.S.
The Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery's first magnet school now has been named the nation's best. Loveless Academic Magnet Program High was ranked the No. 1 magnet school as well as the No. 7 high school in the nation in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report. It was...Tags: George Washington Carver, Teaching and Learning, Marketing, University of Alabama, Education
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Duke researchers tried to warn of risk to infants in oxygen trial, apologize for any misunderstanding
The News & ObserverA Duke University researcher involved in a national clinical trial facing criticism for its handling of informed consent says his team made every effort to alert parents to the potential risks of oxygen therapy for premature infants. If some parents...Tags: Science and Technology, Trials, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research, Health and Safety at School
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In research and administration, new UNC chancellor accustomed to problems
The News & ObserverCarol Folt, the scientist, has tackled some of the most tangled ecological problems on Earth. As a graduate student in California, her question was how to improve fisheries in Lake Tahoe. At Dartmouth, Folt spurred one of her students to do a 20-year...Tags: Ellis Island, Environmental Issues, Teaching and Learning, Feta Cheese, Medical Research
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Magic teaches important life skills
Joshua Leonard, a junior at Aberdeen Central High School, got in front of his classmates Monday and told them a story about a leprechaun, a rainbow and his pot of gold while he made paperclips leap into the air. The occurence wasn't all that random;...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Students, Arts
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Surgeon General to speak at HU commencement in May
The U.S. Surgeon General will give the commencement address at Hampton University's graduation ceremony May 12. Dr. Regina Benjamin will be the university's 143rd commencement speaker and will receive an honorary doctor of science degree at the...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hampton University, Regina Benjamin, Colleges and Universities, Morehouse School of Medicine
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Two Former UK Hoops Players Chosen for WBCA`So You Want To Be A Coach' Class
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two former University of Kentucky women’s basketball players Crystal Riley and Amber Smith, have been chosen to participate in the 11th annual Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s “So You Want To Be A...Tags: College Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Pennsylvania State University, College Sports
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