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Aaron Swartz suicide has U.S. lawmakers scrutinizing prosecutors
Congressional criticism is mounting against U.S. prosecutors for pursuing prison time for a popular hacker in a case that's morphed into a posthumous cause celebre. Aaron Swartz, 26, a cofounder of Reddit and an open-Internet advocate, committed suicide...
Tags: Darrell E Issa, Los Angeles Times, Suicide, U.S. Congress, Lawyers
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Reddit cofounder Swartz struggled with prosecution before suicide
Aaron Swartz saw a closed world and wanted to crack it open. His suicide by hanging in New York last week has reignited the conflict between the values of property possession and digital openness and intensified debate over the government’s...
Tags: Flu, Anonymous (internet groups), Criminal Laws, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities
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OUR HEALTH: Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners are helping to meet the growing demand for primary care.
Ten thousand Americans turn 65 every day, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Not only is our population getting older, but it’s also growing at such a rate that by 2025 we will need an additional 52,000 family doctors. This...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health and Safety at School, Insurance, General Practitioners, Eastern Virginia Medical School
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'Django Unchained' was more than a role for Kerry Washington
On screen and off, Kerry Washington is a strong woman with strong convictions. Not only does she play the tough political crisis manager Olivia Pope on ABC's highly rated show "Scandal," she also commanded the national stage on the final night of the 2012...
Tags: Kerry Washington, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Django Unchained (movie), Scandal (tv program), Entertainment
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Virginia Health Services president oversees new facility, expansion
Jeffrey L. Mendelsohn, president of Virginia Health Services, is currently overseeing several facility additions and expansions. Virginia Health Services, a locally owned operator of convalescent, rehabilitation and retirement centers, has broken ground...
Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, University of Virginia, Colleges and Universities, Yorktown (York, Virginia), Mariners' Museum
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Bill Nye, the (planetary) science guy, on NASA's future
What should the future of our space program be? The National Research Council had unpleasant medicine for NASA in its just-released report on the vision and direction of the agency. A panel of 12 independent experts concluded, among other things, that...
Tags: Bill Nye, Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Science, Los Angeles Times
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Six decades later, sons seek answers on death of Detrick scientist
First, the Army told Frank Olson's sons that the Fort Detrick scientist's death in a fall from a 13th-floor window of a New York hotel had been an accident. Then a presidential commission revealed that the CIA had given an unwitting Olson LSD as part of...
Tags: Politics, Garrett County, Suicide, U.S. Congress, Manhattan (New York City)
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Families worry about possible Russian adoption ban
To Heather and Aaron Whaley, they're already parents to a 4-year-old girl living in a Russian orphanage off the Sea of Japan. The Frederick couple have never met the child, but they've given her a name — Addie. They've hung pictures of her in a...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Clarksville, Family, Adoption, Politics
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Trips to the moon for sale soon? Wait and see
It's been exactly 40 years since NASA's last manned lunar mission, Apollo 17, launched from the Kennedy Space Center. This week, the National Research Council released a report that said that the space agency was losing its edge and needed to hone its...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Space Programs, Los Angeles Times
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Weigh pros and cons of 2 new diet drugs
Weight-loss drugs have so far been a complete bust. But they may be verging on a comeback, now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved two new prescription diet pills for the first time in more than a decade. Both weight-loss medications...
Tags: Qsymia, Physical Conditions, Migraine, Mouth, Belviq
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Merle E. Leisher, 83
Merle E. “Doggie” Leisher, 83, of Chambersburg, Pa., passed away peacefully in his sleep at Manor Care Nursing and Rehab Center in Chambersburg on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, with his family at his side. Born July 6, 1929, in Chambersburg, he...Tags: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Korean War (1950-1953), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Manor Care Incorporated, High School Sports
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Business People - Dec. 30
Housing Authority of Washington County The Washington County Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 27 approved the appointments of John Lestitian and Toni Sandridge to the Housing Authority of Washington County Board of Commissioners, each for a five-...
Tags: Finance, Marketing, Entertainment, Politics, Financial and Business Services
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