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Ruth Stone dies at 96; American poet
Ruth Stone, a leading American poet whose career was halted, then inspired by tragedy as her sharp insights into love, death and nature brought her widespread acclaim in later years, has died. She was 96.
Stone, who won the National Book Award at 87...Tags: Suicide, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, England
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Frederick A. Fay dies at 66; advocate for rights of the disabled
When he was in high school, Frederick A. Fay would shoot baskets for hours in his Bethesda, Md., backyard. Then, before heading inside, he might execute a routine of flips on a trapeze.
That was his intention one day toward the end of his junior year...Tags: IBM, Activism, File Sharing, White House, Medical Specialization
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Michael Stern Hart dies at 64; e-book pioneer
Michael Stern Hart, a burly rebel whose vision of a literate society led him to pioneer the electronic book decades before the spread of the Internet, has died. He was 64.
The founder of the online library Project Gutenberg, Hart had been in poor...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Computer Networking and Internet, Book, Human Interest, Censorship
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PASSINGS: Robert C. Pierpoint, Aron Kupperman, Begum Nusrat Bhutto
ROBERT C. PIERPOINT CBS News correspondent covered six presidents Robert C. Pierpoint, 86, a CBS News correspondent who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis in a career that spanned more than...Tags: Benazir Bhutto, U.S. Department of State, Technology, Heart Failure, Judy Garland
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Scouting Notebook: Scout around and read this book on Alex Pompez
The Fabulous ForumA few weeks ago, I was sitting at Dodger Stadium doing research for another book, when Dodger coach Manny Mota came over to say hello to my interview subject. I told Mota I had just finished reading a new book...... -
Rosalyn Yalow dies at 89; Nobel winner helped revolutionize medical diagnostics
Physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow, who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of a medical diagnostic test that revolutionized patient care and led to a new understanding of diabetes and a host of other diseases, died May 30 in...Tags: Applied Physics, Blood, Awards and Prizes, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology
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Corwin Hansch dies at 92; scientist whose advances led to new drugs and chemicals
Chemist Corwin Hansch, who pioneered the field of relating a molecule's chemical structure to its biological activity, an approach widely used in developing new drugs and other commercial chemicals, died in Claremont on May 8. He was 92 and had suffered...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Dan O'Leary, New York University, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Maurice Goldhaber dies at 100; noted nuclear and particle physicist
Maurice Goldhaber, one of the pioneers of modern physics whose experiments helped create the current understanding of how the world works, died May 11 at his home on Long Island, N.Y., after a short illness. He had celebrated his 100th birthday less...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Hartland, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Physics
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Allan R. Sandage dies at 84; cosmologist focused on the age of the universe
Astronomer Allan R. Sandage of Pasadena's Carnegie Observatories, one of the most prominent cosmologists of the 20th century who spent the better part of his lifetime trying to determine the precise age of the universe, died Saturday at his home in San...Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Awards and Prizes, Diseases and Illnesses
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Most Americans have regrets about romance, study finds
Tribune staff reporterRegrets? Had a few? Strains of "My Way" notwithstanding, Americans do have more than a few regrets -- and they are primarily about love. Family relations, education and career followed for the what-could-have-been crowd, a new study says. Researchers...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Education
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Antidepressants linked to major personality changes
Antidepressant medications taken by roughly 7% of American adults cause profound personality changes in many patients with depression, far beyond simply lifting the veil of sadness, a study has found.
Researchers saw strong drops in neuroticism and...Tags: Medical Research, Colleges and Universities, Depression, Psychiatry, Symptoms
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PASSINGS: James McLure, Joseph Flom, Harry Fogle, Tommy Bell, John Robinson
James McLure
Playwright who wrote 'Lone Star'
James McLure, 59, a playwright and actor best known for his two one-act plays that reached Broadway, died Feb. 17 from cancer at his home in Marina del Rey, said his sister, Jenny Schroeder.
McLure's...Tags: Technology, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Obituaries, Manufacturing and Engineering
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