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Area DEA agents honored by Congress
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.A local DEA agent, blinded and nearly killed during a drug mission in Afghanistan, and the fellow agents who rescued him have been awarded the Congressional Badge of Bravery. In October 2011, Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Joseph Piersante of the...Tags: Mark R. Warner, Heroin, Woodbridge, Timothy M. Kaine, Gerald E. Connolly
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Bill O'Reilly: Our many wounded warriors deserve nation's help
Living in the shadows of the ongoing war on terror are 1,715 American military people who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan. A few of those brave folks lost all four limbs when bombs blew apart their bodies. In addition, there are now at least 20 new...Tags: Barack Obama, Solyndra LLC, U.S. Department of Defense, Al Capone, Washington, DC
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Fayetteville amputees overcome challenges
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.The recovery will be long and challenging for at least 13 people who lost legs at the Boston Marathon last week. But dramatic advances in battlefield medicine and prosthetics since 9/11 could significantly help those amputees return to full and active...Tags: U.S. Army, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Armed Conflicts
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Dr. Lorenz E. and Anastasia U. Zimmerman
Dr. Lorenz E. Zimmerman, the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology, who spent his nearly 60-year career studying diseases of the eye, died March 16 of complications from an infection at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 92.
His wife...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Pittsburgh, Japan, New York City
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Worm farming pays off
WSBT-TVELKHART COUNTY – When you talk about farming, you usually think of raising cows, pigs or chickens, but how about worms? That’s the case of an Army veteran wounded in Iraq who is now raising worms as part of a cash crop, but not for fishing....Tags: Chemical Industry, Fertilizer
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Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, dentist
Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, a retired Baltimore dentist and a pilot, died Feb. 16 of heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Pikesville resident was 80.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Dr. Brotman was a 1949 graduate of City College, and after attending...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Bars and Clubs, Pikesville, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Dining and Drinking
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Mikulski, VA secretary pledge added staff, training in Baltimore
The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation's worst performer in processing disability claims, will receive more employee training, an influx of senior staff and a new digital processing system ahead of schedule, under a...
Tags: American Legion, Conservation, Veterans Affairs, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Hail to the chiefs! A road trip to where presidents took their last breaths
Washington PostSlowly my fingers slid along the surface. "You know, that's made of Quincy granite," our tour guide said, as my hand went down the edge of John Adams's tomb. Across the room, my travel partner — and future best man — Bryan Buckler did...Tags: Mount Vernon, Hospitals and Clinics, Manhattan (New York City), Camp David, Diseases and Illnesses
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Iraq veteran on his double-arm transplant: 'It feels amazing'
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.From the moment he entered the room at Johns Hopkins Hospital for his news conference, Brendan Marrocco was a picture of determination. He pushed his wheelchair using his arms and wrists and he smiled, showing off the new limbs. “It feels amazing,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Armed Conflicts, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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'The Body Of War' Examines Psychic and Physical Damage Caused By the Iraq War
The Body of War TV host Phil Donahue will be present for Q&A, with EMMY-Award-Winning TV journalists, Ira Joe Fisher and Morton Dean. Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30p.m. The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, (203) 438-5795,...
Tags: Sociology, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Paul Ryan, Armed Conflicts
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Soldier who lost all limbs in Iraq gets double arm transplant
A soldier who lost all of his limbs in the Iraq War received double arm transplants at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month in a rare procedure that has already begun to restore some normalcy to his life.
Hopkins doctors are to speak in detail about the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Iraq War (2003-2011), U.S. Army, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Iraq
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Joe Walsh Welcomes Wounded Warriors Home
Longtime Eagles and James Gang guitarist Joe Walsh, whose 1991 solo album is titled Ordinary Average Guy, recently visited a group of extraordinary guys at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. The musician sang songs, signed autographs...
Tags: Music, Washington, DC, Joe Walsh
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