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Ann Taylor Thorne, 1932-2009: Longtime math teacher at College of DuPage
Special to the TribuneFaced with perhaps the career opportunity of a lifetime, Ann Taylor Thorne chose a nuclear family over a nuclear submarine. In the early 1950s, while working toward an undergraduate degree in physics and mathematics, the longtime Glen Ellyn resident...Tags: Death and Dying, Mathematics, River Grove, Martha Washington, Glen Ellyn
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LeRoy Wauck, 1920-2009: Professor of psychology, helped found Northridge Prep
Special to the TribuneAs a busy professor of psychology at Loyola University, LeRoy Wauck still found time to make weekly trips to a hospital in Wisconsin, where he treated patients. "For 22 years, he spent every Saturday there," his daughter Liz Rahimi said of her father's...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Conditions, Northridge, Medical Staff, Philosophy
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'The Hijabi Monologues' speaks to Muslims and others too
Tribune reporterAs she takes the stage and picks up the microphone, Sahar Ullah becomes the voice of Muslim-American women who wear the hijab, better known as hijabis. At times, she is hilarious when ranting about Muslim men and their pick-up lines. Other moments, she...Tags: Road Accidents, University of Florida, La Grange, California, Tampa
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ESPN won't try to change BCS format
Tribune reporterCollege football's 800-pound gorilla has grown into an 800-ton Godzilla. But even now that ESPN has partnered with the BCS, winning the broadcast rights to every top bowl game from 2011-2014, network officials say they won't try to push college...Tags: Government, Labor Day, Football, National Government, Virginia Tech
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University expected to settle lawsuit over death
Associated Press WriterA settlement was expected Thursday in a federal lawsuit over the stabbing death of an 18-year-old student at the hands of another student at a meditation-based school in southeastern Iowa. Levi Butler was stabbed to death in the dining hall of the...Tags: Iowa, Prosecution, Riverside (Riverside, California), Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), California
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How to save for college during a recession
Experts: Assess savings, seek aid 5 tips on saving for education: 1. Prioritize your savings. Put away enough for retirement. 2. Cut spending, particularly as college years approach. 3. Maintain flexibility with your savings. 4. Seek financial aid...Tags: Retirement, Awards and Prizes, California, Personal Finance, Emergency Planning
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Job hunting? Hot careers still exist in Central Florida
Sentinel Staff WriterIf you're looking for a new career, how does nursing or dental hygiene sound? Or maybe software engineering? Those fields were hot in 2008 and will continue to be good career choices for years to come. "Long-term, it is obviously health care and...Tags: Sales, Winter Park, Medical Staff, Wages and Pensions, Technology
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Best Ever
Sentinel Staff WriterTake a snapshot of this and put it in a safe place. You are watching history. You are watching greatness. And not just any old greatness. We're talking historical greatness. The Florida Gators didn't just win their second national title in three seasons...Tags: Florida Gators, Joe Paterno, Government, Frank Sinatra, Football
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Activists launch Web site to deny campaign cash to opponents of public election financing
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Kovacs has contributed to political campaigns since he was a senior in college almost four decades ago. But now he is making a public show of closing his wallet, fed up with Congress' failure to act on pressing issues such as...Tags: Government, Arlen Specter, Boston, National Government, Political Campaigns
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ESPN won't push for BCS playoffs, executive says
ESPN will not pressure Bowl Championship Series officials into pursuing a playoff when the cable network takes over full control of the broadcast package in 2011.
ESPN executive Burke Magnus said Thursday at the annual meeting of the Football Writers...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Football, Corporate Crime, Brigham Young, Antitrust Issues
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Easton's Powell focused on molding wrestlers, not record
When Wednesday's wrestling match at Nazareth was postponed because of weather-related school cancellation, Easton coach Steve Powell was more disappointed that his team didn't get to wrestle a top rival than he was for the chance to add to his career...Tags: Mike Rogers, Dwayne Johnson, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Wrestling, Schools
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NEW HAVEN: Former Financier To Take Yale Law Post
A former president and chief operating officer of Merrill Lynch & Co. was recently named a senior research scholar at Yale Law School and a distinguished visiting fellow of the Center for the Study of Corporate Law at Yale Law School. Gregory J. Fleming,...Tags: Management Change, Government, Yale University, National Government, Financial and Business Services
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