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Earl Rose dies at 85; Dallas medical examiner on JFK case
Dr. Earl Rose, the medical examiner in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, died Tuesday at a retirement community in Iowa City, Iowa. He was 85. Rose's wife, Marilyn, said he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and then...Tags: Assassinations, Alzheimer's Disease, Jack Ruby, Health, Lee Harvey Oswald
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BET founder plans Web distribution firm for eclectic programming
Robert Johnson, the nation's first African American billionaire, has invested in professional basketball teams, real estate, mortgage-backed securities and midsize hotels. Now he is returning to his old stamping grounds: media. The founder of BET, the...
Tags: Viacom Inc., Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Netflix Inc.
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Harry McPherson Jr. dies at 82; LBJ's top speechwriter
Harry C. McPherson Jr., who served as special counsel and chief speechwriter for President Lyndon Johnson from 1966 to '69 and was a valued advisor to the president on civil rights, the Vietnam War and other policy issues, has died. He was 82.
McPherson,...Tags: Politics, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness
Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother,...Tags: Education, Immune System, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Stress, Columbia University
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Many homeowners decide remodeling is wiser than moving
Do you fit any of these descriptions?
•You came through the housing bust and recession far more debt-averse than you were before.
•You've been reluctant to consider selling your house because you don't believe you'll get what it's really...Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Services and Shopping, Real Estate Buyers, Property, Realty
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Boys' basketball: Loyola is enjoying the snow and basketball
Varsity Times InsiderUnbeaten Los Angeles Loyola (10-0) is thriving in the snow in Bethesda, Md., advancing to the championship game of the Jesuit Christmas Classic after a 64-43 victory over Florida Jesuit. Julian Harrell led a balanced attack with 11 points. "We...... -
Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope
All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.
The...Tags: Salt, Genes and Chromosomes, Pancreas, Lungs and Airways, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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Air Force issues potential $7.4 billion contract for F-22 upgrade
Money & CompanyThe Pentagon announced that it awarded a contract worth up to $7.4 billion to aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp. to upgrade the U.S. Air Force's fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets.... -
Mark O. Hatfield dies at 89; longtime Oregon senator was bedrock of moderate Republicanism
Mark O. Hatfield, whose 35 years as Oregon's U.S. senator illuminated his conviction that Republicans could be God-fearing conservatives and also passionate advocates for ending wars and racial discrimination, has died. He was 89.
Hatfield died Sunday in...Tags: Spiro Agnew, Parties and Movements, Forestry and Timber, Science and Technology, Obituaries
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Profile of ADHD sharpens in each school year
In many households, the start of a new school year is a cause for excitement. There are new books to read, friends to be made, pencils to sharpen. But in the Gigliotti household in Benicia, Calif., the anticipation is mixed with apprehension. The family'...Tags: Education, Brain, Elementary Schools, Science and Technology, ADHD
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Clair E. George dies at 81; spy was pardoned for Iran-Contra lies
Clair E. George, a former CIA covert operations chief who received a presidential pardon in 1992 after being convicted of two counts of lying to Congress in connection with the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan administration, has died. He was 81....Tags: Politics, U.S. Army, Wars and Interventions, Defense, Police Investigations
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Obama's 'Brave New World' and other books
Top of the TicketPresident Obama buys books on his Martha's Vineyard holiday; he's also authored some, as have several of the GOP presidential candidates....
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