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David Simon's "Homicide" cop battling life on the streets once again
March 11, 2012
Seven-baker-twenty-four unit turns at Mosher and rumbles past that stretch of Appleton Street where Gene Cassidy took two in the head for the company, the first one stealing his eyesight, the second lodging in his brain beyond the skill of...Tags: Radio, Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Hunt Valley, Inner Harbor
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Police turn out at blood drive in honor of injured officer
Those who work in public safety consider themselves part of a brotherhood. But for the purposes of organ donation, a brother in blue may not be quite family enough, as Officer Gene Cassidy is finding out.
Cassidy was shot in the head 27 years ago in West...Tags: Blood, Hospitals and Clinics, Charity, Hepatitis C , Human Body
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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Cancer, African Americans, Chemicals
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Drug legalization: Wrong lesson of Prohibition
Prohibition — America's notoriously "failed social experiment" to rid the country of alcohol — took center stage this past week as PBS broadcast Ken Burns' highly acclaimed series on the subject. And already, it has been seized on by drug-...Tags: Substance Abuse, University of Pennsylvania, Organized Crime, Employment Opportunities, File Sharing
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Obama administration hasn't learned from Prohibition
In response to Kevin A. Sabet's recent opinion piece ("Drug legalization: Wrong lesson of Prohibition," Oct. 9), I don't know which is more abhorrent — that a Baltimore newspaper would run an op-ed championing Prohibition as "not as bad as you...Tags: The New York Times, White House, Barack Obama
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Reed channels 'Barrymore' in must-see Rep show
For a limited time only, theater-goers have an opportunity to get two great actors for the price of one at Rep Stage. Yes, if you hurry, your ticket to "Barrymore" at Howard Community College amounts to a backstage pass to a rehearsal by the legendary...Tags: Concerts, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Music, Entertainment Events, Celebrities
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Disastrous try at being a mother
Sun reporterAs a 25-year-old mother with a crack cocaine habit and untreated bipolar disorder, Vernice Harris had felt overwhelmed enough in April 2002 to take her two little daughters to a Baltimore social services office to give them up. Yet 2 1/2 years later...Tags: Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution, Drugs and Medicines, Infants
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Treatment groups see windfall from slots
Sun StaffAs the battle over casino-style gambling heats up in Maryland, an unlikely group is waging its own behind-the-scenes scramble for a piece of the action. Counseling services and other organizations that work with problem gamblers - groups that might be...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Harrah's Entertainment Incorporated, Casino and Gambling Industry, International Game Technology Incorporated, Executive Branch
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Who should be tested for Hepatitis C?
Baby boomer alert! The government has come out with a draft recommendation that all those born between 1945 and 1965 be tested for Hepatitis C. The virus that causes chronic infections in eight of 10 affected and leads to liver disease, was first...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Hepatitis A , Liver Disease, Medical Procedures and Tests, Viral Diseases and Infections
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New cancer-starving compound to be tested in China in 2013
ReutersHONG KONG, May 24 (Reuters) - Drug company Sanofi-Aventis plans to begin testing a novel compound that is designed to starve liver cancer to death in a phase one human clinical trial in China and possibly South Korea in 2013. The compound, called slit-...Tags: Cancer, Emerging Market, French Literature, Hong Kong, Companies and Corporations
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Free Hepatitis Testing and Vaccines Friday and Saturday
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County Health Department is recognizing May as National Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19 as National Hepatitis Testing Day. The intent of these annual observances is to raise awareness about the global impact of viral hepatitis and the... -
Frank Edward Ray dies at 91; hero in Chowchilla school bus hijacking
Frank Edward Ray, the school bus driver hailed as a hero for helping to lead 26 children to safety after a bizarre kidnapping in the San Joaquin Valley town of Chowchilla 36 years ago, has died. He was 91. Ray died Thursday in Chowchilla of complications...Tags: Criminals, Heroism, Kidnapping, Gerald Ford, Health and Safety at School
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