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Gretchen Grad, Hands of Peace founder
In the months following 9/11, Gretchen Grad spent more than a few sleepless nights pondering the state of the world and the growing enmity among its peoples. During one of those bouts of insomnia, she came up with a solution, a plan to unite young...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Palestine, Judaism, West Bank, Religion and Belief
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Saber-rattling fits the family Stone
The four Stone kids always were a competitive bunch, especially the three youngest siblings who were separated by three school grades while being home-schooled together. "They worked very hard to keep up with each other — and beat each other," said...
Tags: Mariel Zagunis, National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of Illinois at Chicago, Sabre, Columbia University
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A Cubs ultimatum or just a wild pitch?
Tribune reportersCubs Chairman Tom Ricketts caused a stir Wednesday when he said publicly for the first time that he would consider moving the team if moneymaking outfield signs central to his Wrigley Field renovation plan failed to win the city's blessing. The surprise...Tags: Target Field, Wrigley Field, City Club of Chicago, Tribune Company, New York Mets
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Illinois hospital prices vary widely, Medicare data show
Tribune staff reportHospitals in Illinois charged vastly different amounts of money for the same procedure -- with some charging seven or eight times more than another -- according to data released by the government Wednesday. The discrepancies are detailed in a report from...Tags: Medicare, Aurora, Government Health Care, Kathleen Sebelius, Pneumonia
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Mother's quest to find treatment for son highlights mental health system's limitations
When Chris Marciano was 4 years old, he would have a blistering tantrum whenever music came on the radio. By the second grade, his teacher described him as "not with us." At age 11, he was kicked out of school. "The pediatrician said he was just...
Tags: Symptoms, Illinois Governor, Schizophrenia, Punishment, Hospitals and Clinics
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Interfaith prayer breakfast focuses on unity
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Various faiths may not agree on theology, but they can still work together to make the community a better place, attendees of an annual interfaith prayer breakfast said Thursday. An estimated 300 people, representing at least 10 religious...Tags: Arts and Culture, Christianity, Science and Technology, Politics, Islam
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Pulmonary hypertension often misdiagnosed, research finds
Whitney Gaspar has long known that she didn't have much endurance. When she was in secondary school, Gaspar said she ran a "slow mile" in gym class of 14 to 15 minutes and "avoided stuff (that required) a lot of endurance." Then in December 1999,...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Internists, Colleges and Universities, Cardiac Catheterization, Flu
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Harris: Patrick Fitzgerald offers lesson on complexities of terrorism law
Complex. Even messy. That's the reality of prosecuting terrorism cases, former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told his University of Chicago law school students at the outset of a recent class he taught with law firm colleague Michael Scudder. The...
Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Colleges and Universities, Politics
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Global Voices: Pleas for Korean peace 60 years after fighting ended
A conference to promote peace between communist and capitalist adversaries might sound like an antiquated notion in the post-Cold War era. But in this 60th anniversary year of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which suspended the fighting but...
Tags: Human Interest, Career and Workplace, China, Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea
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Stay out of Syria
With the Iraq War behind us and our departure from Afghanistan underway, the United States could be entering a well-earned respite from fighting. But even before peace can take hold, hawks are singing the old country song: "I've enjoyed as much of this as...
Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Martin Dempsey, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Highwood's financial record keeping questioned
Major lapses in record keeping and accounting procedures are jeopardizing the accuracy of Highwood's finances, according to a recent audit. Prepared by Oakbrook Terrace-based Wolf Financial Group, the report cites 22 deficiencies in Highwood's book...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Economy, Business and Finance
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Everyone on Earth is related to everyone else, DNA shows
The history of Europe is written in its people's DNA. The Huns and the Slavs made incursions into Eastern Europe about 1,500 years ago. Migrants moved from Ireland to England in recent centuries. Populations in Italy and Spain have been comparatively...
Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California, Davis, Africa
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