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Westboro Baptist Church defector struggles with her past
TOPEKA, Kan. — The house was empty, just as Libby Phelps had planned. Slipping inside that afternoon four years ago, she felt as if her heart would burst through her chest. She peeked through the curtains, terrified that her aunt and uncle ...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Academy Awards, Baptist, Jenna Bush Hager
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Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana
Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...
Tags: Marijuana Use, Recreational Substance Use, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, National Government
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HBO sees the light in Liberace biopic 'Behind the Candelabra'
NEW YORK — When the news broke in 1987 that Liberace, the famously flamboyant pianist, was dead at age 67 with what his manager had claimed was anemia brought on by a watermelon diet but was, in fact, AIDS, it made front-page headlines around the...
Tags: Jerry Weintraub, Plastic Surgeons, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Film Festivals, Cannes Film Festival
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Vaccines, Pneumonia, Preventative Medicine, Disease Prevention, Epidemics and Plagues
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An administrative law judge ruled that JPL unfairly disciplined scientists over emails sent at work
A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge to rescind disciplinary actions against five scientists who shared emails at work about a Supreme Court decision on background security...Tags: Science, George W. Bush, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Interior designer knows stars' homes inside out
The gig: Interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard is in demand among Hollywood celebrities: Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are among his clients. His inviting and eclectic interiors have graced the pages of Architectural...
Tags: Celebrities, Christina Aguilera, Cheryl Tiegs, Capitol Records, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Jonathan Groff to star in Ryan Murphy's 'The Normal Heart' film
Stage and screen star Jonathan Groff has joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's "The Normal Heart," an HBO film about the early days of the AIDS epidemic in New York City. Groff, who recently appeared in the Mark Taper Forum's production of "Red," will play...
Tags: Ryan Murphy, Julia Roberts, Zachary Quinto, Mark Ruffalo, Glee (tv program)
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An artisanal Bible: A handwritten copy, four years in the making
A man in upstate New York has just about finished a task that was common enough until the invention of the printing press: Over the past four years, he has copied the King James Bible by hand, the Associated Press reports. Phillip Patterson, a 63-year-...
Tags: Bible, Religion and Belief, Religious Texts
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Man sues Boy Scouts over alleged abuse from 1970s
A Pennsylvania man on Friday sued the Boy Scouts of America, alleging that the youth organization failed to protect him from sexual abuse by a Scoutmaster nearly 37 ago and then covered it up. Carl Maxwell Jr. was one of five boys, ages 13 and 14, who...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Boy Scouts of America, Philadelphia County, Laws
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Federal panel says everyone 15 to 65 should have HIV test
Citing recent evidence that HIV infections are best managed when treated early, an influential panel of medical experts has finalized its recommendation that all people ages 15 to 65 be screened for the virus that causes AIDS. The recommendation from...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Symptoms, Internists, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses
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At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony
DALLAS — The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and...
Tags: Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Hillary Clinton, Philosophy, John Cornyn
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HIV vaccine trial shut down
In another major setback for efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, federal researchers have shut down a key clinical trial after an independent panel of safety experts determined that volunteers who got an experimental vaccine appeared to be slightly more...Tags: Vaccines, Allergies, Genentech Inc., Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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