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Betty Ford is dead at 93, founded addiction center
Betty Ford, the widow of late President Gerald Ford and a co-founder of an eponymous addiction center in California, has died at the age of 93, according to the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. Ford died Friday evening with...Tags: Congressional Gold Medal Honorees, Gerald Ford, Celebrities and Health Issues, Behavioral Conditions, Awards and Prizes
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Wednesday morning talkers: Ron Paul won't seek re-election to Congress
On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. Articles • One less independent thinker...Tags: Republican Party, George Bush, Chicago Hotels, Chicago Sun-Times, Elections
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Betty Ford helped us talk about substance abuse
Betty Ford made it socially acceptable to seek treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. By going public with her own story of addiction, she opened the door for thousands of others to admit they had a problem. Her commitment to drug and alcohol treatment,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions, Celebrities and Health Issues
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Rethinking addiction: Expanding treatment isn't enough
A report last week that the University of Maryland Medical Center is one of 10 hospitals across the country this year that will begin offering new residency programs in addiction medicine is welcome news for Baltimore, which for decades has suffered...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Methadone (drug), Asthma, Chicago Hotels, Mental Health
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Fish Fry is a tradition unlike any other in Costa Mesa
Rollo McClellan, 92, is looking forward to the fish fry next weekend like it was his first. The first Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club Fish Fry was in 1945, and McClellan hasn't missed one since. Well, he had to cut out a day early once to go take a...
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A cautionary tale on obesity
I've always been fascinated by our first ladies. It's the one high-profile position in the Washington beltway that remains somewhat free of political muck raking. First ladies tend to focus on issues we can relate to in everyday life. As a child, I...Tags: Heart Failure, Hospitals and Clinics, Weight, Breast Cancer, Weight Loss
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Dorothy Townsend dies at 88; L.A. Times reporter broke newsroom barrier
The only woman in a sea of men in suits, Dorothy Townsend can't help but stand out in the official photograph of the Los Angeles Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for coverage of the Watts riots.
The picture also inadvertently documents...Tags: Cancer, Awards and Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Disneyland Park, Steve Harvey
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President Ford's Rancho Mirage home sells for $1.675 million
The Rancho Mirage estate of the late President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford has sold for $1.675 million.
The buyers are entertainment business manager John McIlwee and Dreamworks Animation executive Bill Damaschke, who announced their intentions to...Tags: White House, Real Estate Buyers, Realty, Gerald Ford
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Grand Rapids' "50 Most Influential Women" Honored
FOX 17 Web ProducerThe Grand Rapids Business Journal recognized 50 women Wednesday, designated the most influential women in West Michigan. These women are considered leaders in the world of business, education and other professions. They're also seen as women who effect...Tags: Gerald Ford, Justice System, Judges
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'Glee' hatchet buried? Lindsay Lohan to guest star
Show TrackerLast season, Lindsay Lohan and her mother were the butt of jokes on the hit Fox series "Glee." Now Lindsay Lohan is reportedly set to guest star on the show's third season finale.... -
Commissioner Brooks Calls Racism in Redistricting Discussions
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- Commissioner Henri Brooks left several commissioners in shock after using abrasive comments about race in Monday’s redistricting debate
- Brooks said "Please be advised that African Americans are no longer recognized as three fifths...Tags: Racism, Chris Thomas, Ku Klux Klan, Wars and Interventions
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Ohlmeyer and Zucker take beating in Littlefield book
Company TownFormer NBC executives Don Ohlmeyer and Jeff Zucker take a beating in the book "Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV," an oral history by Warren Littlefield (also ex-NBC) and T.R. Pearson....
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