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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Heroin, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Treatments
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Horizon Foundation in Columbia hires new president
The Horizon Foundation, Howard County's largest philanthropic organization, has hired a new president and chief executive officer to replace founder Richard Krieg, who is retiring this week after 13 years at its helm. Nicolette Highsmith Vernick,...Tags: Conservation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Corporate Officers, Conservation, Obesity
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The ragged people
Sadly, Harford County is where an ever-increasing number of people with no building to call home have taken up residence. Camps have sprouted up in different places. Not all that long ago, there were tents on the land surrounded by parts of the Bel Air...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Paul Simon
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More with Amandeep Sandhu
As promised, here's the continuation of Rosalia Scalia's thoughtful Q&A with Indian novelist Amandeep Sandhu. He touches on inspirations, the challenge of writing in another language, and the role that emotion plays in great writing.
RS: You said that in...Tags: Fiction, Russia, Dario Fo, Music, Tuberculosis
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An interview with Amandeep Sandhu
When local author Rosalia Scalia visited India, she was able to sit down with Amandeep Sandhu, author of "Sepia Leaves." She was kind enough to recount her meeting for Read Street. We'll break her missive into a parts, starting with her description of the...Tags: Edward Albee, Trips and Vacations, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie), Literature, Cadence Design Systems Incorporated
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Project seeks 1 million veterans to give blood, DNA for disease research
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a few good men and women to volunteer for a battle it's waging at home — against disease.
Actually, more than a few are needed. Officials overseeing health care for the nation's veterans are...Tags: Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Biotechnology Industry, Heart Attack
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Columbia music historian compiles Vietnam War songs
Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War.
But most who have seen the Pulitzer Prize-winning...Tags: Johnny Cash, Popular Music (genre), Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Joan Baez, Students
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Balto. Co. to give hiring preference to returning veterans
Baltimore County will begin giving priority to veterans when making local government hiring decisions, officials announced Tuesday, a policy focused particularly on those returning from conflicts overseas. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced the...Tags: Defense, Employment Opportunities, Veterans Affairs, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Towson
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Friends, family celebrate life of Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
More than 500 friends, family and neighbors braved gray skies and a steady drizzle on Tuesday to pay final respects to Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler, a Westminster man killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 5.
Seidler's flag-draped coffin waited in...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Benjamin L. Cardin, Emergency Incidents, Pikesville, Afghanistan
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Parents, relatives to push for more drug education in Harford schools
Bill Bloom, of Bel Air, has watched a 19-year-old cousin die from a heroin overdose and his 23-year-old brother struggle with drug addiction. "There needs to be something in place to help these kids," he said, adding if he can help save one person's...Tags: Facebook, Heroin, Students, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning
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Teen pleads guilty to murder in 2010 killing at Cheltenham
A teenager pleaded guilty Friday to sexually assaulting and then murdering his teacher at the troubled Cheltenham Youth Facility when he was 13. He was sentenced to 85 years in prison. Brian Lee Wonsom, now 15, hung his head during the hearing before...Tags: Prince George's County, Sexual Assault, Judges, Lawyers, Health and Safety at School
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free cookbook The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health has a new healthful eating kit that features a free cookbook and tips that will help you select foods high in fiber and low in fat and sodium. Recipes are also quick, easy and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Breast Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Skin Cancer, Anne Arundel County
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