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For the poor, the lack of health insurance can be deadly
As a practicing endocrinologist, I write with heavy heart regarding your article on medical insurance ("Maryland braces for Supreme Court decision on health care reform law," June 19). Through the years of recession, several patients of mine lost their...Tags: Cell Phones, Poverty, Loss of Weight, Diabetes, Heart Disease
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Father-and-son team heading for Central America to help the poor
Owings Mills ophthalmologist Marc Honig and his son, Evan, could have simply donated some money to help the disadvantaged in Honduras. They could have collected some old eyeglasses, or solicited their colleagues and fellow students for help, or tried to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pikesville, Honduras, Central America
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Shoes? Furs? Gift cards? Sheila Dixon ready to be roasted
The Baltimore SunThe purloined gift cards. The fur coats. The bicycling tours of the city with staffers. Â And, of course, the famous shoe incident. Former mayor Sheila Dixon's tenure in City Hall is ripe with material for comedians. Â On Thursday, seven comics and local...Tags: Chicago, Corporate Crime, Cook County, Illinois, Embezzlement
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The Interview: Larry Harding, president of High Street Partners
About 20 of High Street Partners' employees are based at its Annapolis headquarters. The rest of its 160 workers are spread around the world, from California to London to Shanghai — which makes sense, considering its niche.
The company helps...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Annapolis, Hong Kong, Ciena Corporation, Music
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Gas prices stretching toward $4 a gallon
"Gas prices are outrageous."
Catherine Bell, a 66-year-old Social Security Administration retiree, was not happy Tuesday as she filled up her Chrysler at a Howard Street BP Amoco gas station in Baltimore. "You'll see when you get to retirement and you're...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles, Productivity, Small Businesses, Highway Transportation
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Mt. Washington Tavern expects to re-open by mid-fall; cause of fire is 'not fully ascertainable'
The Baltimore SunMt. Washington Tavern, which was gutted by a two-alarm fire late last year, expects to re-open mid-fall, co-owner Rob Frisch said this week. Meanwhile, the Baltimore City Fire Department has listed the cause of the fire as "not fully ascertainable."...Tags: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Equestrian, Egypt
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City schools with federal turnaround grants have mixed results
Once students hurled computers out the windows at Calverton Middle School, but today they are learning on state-of-the-art technology that has flooded into the West Baltimore school. Once teachers couldn't wait to transfer out of a place where students...Tags: Chicago, Teaching and Learning, Cook County, Illinois, Graduation
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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: Culture, Punishment, Lorraine Hansberry, Tuberculosis, Behavioral Conditions
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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: Literature, Media Industry, Behavioral Conditions, Jack Nicholson, Trips and Vacations
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Baltimore-area exports boom, led by chemicals, computers
The Baltimore region showed nearly double-digit growth in export goods and services in 2010, with room to grow, according to a study released Thursday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based public policy organization.
The report, titled "Export...Tags: Coal, China, Business, Marketing, Sales
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Drop the 'two-war' plan
As defense strategists at the Pentagon carry out their review of how to make roughly $400 billion in cuts over 10 years, and Congress considers the possibility of reductions twice as large as required by the supercommittee's failure to reach agreement,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, George H.W. Bush, Civil Unrest, North Korea, China
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Parkton optometrist goes to India on sight-saving trip
Students in Hereford High School's Key Club had a chance to see the difference they made in the lives of people living across the globe. The club's 60 members had collected used eyeglasses, sunglasses, coloring books, candy and small toys for OneSight, a...
Tags: Pakistan, Hunt Valley, Blindness, Trips and Vacations, Health and Medical Professionals
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