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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Jones Falls Expressway, U.S. Congress
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VA to immediately evaluate, pay oldest disability claims
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday a plan to immediately evaluate and pay the oldest disability claims, a move that advocates expect will bring relief to Maryland servicemen and women who face one of the largest backlogs in the...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), John Sarbanes, Eric Shinseki
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Towson teacher among marathon victims to lose limb
After two days of heavy sedation, Erika Brannock awoke Wednesday morning in her hospital bed to dramatic and gruesome news: Her left leg had been amputated below the knee, the only medical option for a team of surgeons handling traumatic injuries from the...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Skype, Massachusetts General Hospital, FBI, The New York Times
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Progress at DJS
The independent watchdog agency that oversees Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services recently released a report showing the state made important progress last year toward improving conditions for youths held in its three largest juvenile detention...
Tags: Prisons, Prince George's County, Baltimore County, Carroll County (Maryland), Annie E. Casey Foundation
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A test for Md. gun bill
Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun control bill faces a crucial test this week, when it is expected to receive committee votes in the House of Delegates. Although the legislation passed the Senate with strong support — and despite polling showing the vast...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Judges, Government, Mental Health
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Hospitals team to find beds for psychiatric patients
Carl Edgell doesn't enjoy going to the hospital. But he doesn't want to hurt anyone, either. The 44-year-old homeless man has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. At times when he has felt that he has...
Tags: Psychiatry, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Mental Health, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Deputies diffuse Edgewood barricade situation during Super Bowl
No one was injured Sunday night when a man barricaded himself inside his Edgewood home, resulting in a police SWAT team being dispatched at the height of the Super Bowl. David McCracken, 44, of the 900 block of Cedar Crest Court in Edgewood, was being... -
VA approves veteran's claim after Baltimore Sun report
For 21/2 years, Iraq combat veteran Robert Fearing battled overwhelming anxiety and paranoia, a remnant of the mortar attacks he endured in the desert, all the while swallowing his frustration at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to...
Tags: Eric Shinseki, Paranoia, Iraq, Conservation, Veterans Affairs
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Baltimore VA office worst in nation for processing disability claims
The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the slowest in the country in processing disability claims for servicemen and servicewomen — averaging about a year — and makes more mistakes than any other office. The...
Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Injuries and Wounds, Headaches, Frederick County (Virginia), Paranoia
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Arundel follies, Dwyer's drinking, Ravens on the wrist
All the world's a stage, especially Anne Arundel County. It has produced, far and away, the best shows of the season: a County Council member sent to prison, followed by a long squabble over his replacement; a congenial county executive charged with being...
Tags: YouTube, Community College of Baltimore County, Gays and Lesbians, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Boats
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Veterans quietly manage ear pain
On his two deployments to Iraq with the 18th Airborne Corps, Spc. Jon Michael Cripps spent more time keeping the Army's computers running than he did in combat, but he can't forget what he heard. The constant roar of generators, along with the hum of...Tags: Earache, Medical Procedures and Tests, Iraq, Tinnitus, Hearing Impairment
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Plethora of employment programs can overwhelm wounded veterans
Wounded soldiers returning from war can find plenty of programs through nonprofits and the government that offer to help them re-enter the workforce. The problem, according to a new report, is that there are so many employment programs, often...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Employment, Injuries and Wounds, Government, Iraq
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