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Dr. William Allan Dear Jr., head of nuclear medicine at Mercy
Dr. William Allan Dear Jr., an internist and former head of the division of nuclear medicine at Mercy Medical Center who also was a practicing magician, died July 20 of heart disease at Union Memorial Hospital.
The longtime Guilford resident was 80.
"He...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Home Improvement, Harry Houdini, University of Maryland Medical School, Religion and Belief
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Marine gets rare spinal surgery to stop pain in his arm
A foot and half separated Marc Burleson from the buried bomb he was trying to defuse last December in a narrow alleyway of a small Afghanistan village.
The bomb exploded, mutilating the Marine's face, ripping off part of his right arm, paralyzing his...Tags: Cancer, Seizures, Iraq War (2003-2011), Explosions, Spine
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Federal security contractor to lay off 93 in Maryland
A Florida-based federal security contractor warned that it would lay off nearly 100 people at two government facilities in Maryland by the end of September as a result of Army contracts that are not being renewed. G4S Government Solutions Inc., which...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Wounded warriors travel with Bealefeld to New York City
The bus carrying Cody Stanton and other wounded soldiers breezed up Interstate 95 on Tuesday to the site of the former World Trade Center in New York, with an escort arranged by Baltimore's police commissioner. The side door opened, and Stanton, who lost...
Tags: Jimmy Fallon, The Pentagon, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Gala to raise funds for homes away from home for family of wounded military
Dale I. Beatty vividly remembers his first glimpse of a Fisher House, a home away from home for wounded troops and their families.
The former North Carolina Army National Guard staff sergeant had lost both legs in an explosion in Iraq in 2004 and was...Tags: Health, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Army National Guard
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Wheaton soldier ‘fought all the way to the end’
TribLocal - Wheaton » NewsEven as a freshman entering Wheaton North High School, Samuel Watts had his heart set on joining the military. “He just wanted to serve,” his …... -
3 teens killed in crash were recent high school grads
The three recent high school graduates, in a Chrysler Sebring sedan, were coming home from a birthday party. The 55-year-old warehouse manager, driving a black BMW convertible, was returning from dinner and cards at a friend's house.
Their vehicles...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Accidental Death, Chrysler Group LLC, Health and Safety at School, Medical Specialization
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Dr. Sherman Robinson
Dr. Sherman Samuel Robinson, a retired pediatrician who had been the athletics physician for Severna Park High School, died of cancer Monday at his Edgewater home. He was 79.
Born in Pittsfield, Mass., and raised on Staten Island, N.Y., he earned a...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Cancer, Washington Redskins, Ocean City, Medical Specialization
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Hunts heal wounded warriors
The outdoors is known to have therapeutic values. The values are magnified tremendously when wounded warriors are the recipients. Outdoorsman, writer and television personality Jim Zumbo of Cody, Wyo., coordinates hunting and fishing trips for Purple...Tags: Fishing, Concerts, Hunting, Health Treatments, Amputation
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Obama honors NASCAR drivers at White House
President Barack Obama says NASCAR and the presidency are alike: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong at some point during the season. Obama commented at the White House Wednesday as he welcomed Jimmie Johnson and seven other drivers from last year's...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, White House, September 11, 2001 Attacks, NASCAR
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Last Vietnam draftee retiring from military
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) — A homemade wind chime with the word "Whining" under a red slash is made from metal parts put in his leg after a parachute accident. Every Sunday he trims his crew cut. He didn't join the Army willingly, but as Command Sgt....Tags: Human Interest, White House, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Bombings, Defense
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After more than a century, Walter Reed to close
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century.
Hundreds of thousands of the nation's war wounded from World War I to today have received...Tags: Native Americans, John Pierce, Tom Brady, U.S. Department of Defense, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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