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Raymond C. "Ray" Bingel Sr., dispatcher
Raymond C. "Ray" Bingel Sr., a retired Baltimore Sun dispatcher, died Jan. 4 of cirrhosis of the liver at his Glen Burnie home. He was 69. Mr. Bingel was born in Baltimore and raised in Glen Burnie, where he attended Anne Arundel County public schools....Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Glen Burnie, Catonsville, Riviera Beach, Havre de Grace
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Baltimore policeman shot in line of duty survives once again
Gene Cassidy thought he was lucky to survive being shot in the head twice 25 years ago when he was a Baltimore policeman, so a second near-death ordeal recently seemed unreal.
Just 27 years old, Cassidy lost his sight after a man he was trying to...Tags: Liver Transplants, Hepatitis, Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Baby boomers unknowingly infected with hepatitis C
When Alan Shackelford's ankles would swell up, he brushed it off as another sign of getting older — only to find out it was a symptom of something much worse.
The 59-year-old Windsor Mill man was shocked when his doctor recently diagnosed him...Tags: Hepatitis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Johns Hopkins University, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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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...Tags: Shootings, Bobby Mitchell, Amtrak, Inner Harbor, Authors
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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: Hepatitis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Liver, Trials
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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: Human Body, David Simon, University of Maryland Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Charity
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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: University of Pennsylvania, Los Angeles Times, Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama, Laws
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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: White House, The New York Times, 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: Howard Community College, Christopher Plummer, Music, Entertainment Events, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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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: Bipolar Disorder, Employees, Family, Drugs and Medicines, Behavioral Conditions
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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: Maryland, Harrah's Entertainment Incorporated, Casino and Gambling Industry, Mohegan Sun Casino, Behavioral Conditions
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