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FRIDAY HARRISON TRIBUTE To commemorate pop superstar George Harrison, Hofstra University presents a tribute concert with members of the Alan Parsons Project and a lecture focusing on his spiritualism and humanitarian interests. 8 p.m., Monroe Lecture...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Long Island, People, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking
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Between transplants, teen survives 4 months with no heart as Miami doctors improvise
Associated Press WriterMIAMI (AP) _ D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart." As she was being released Wednesday...Tags: People, University of Miami, Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics
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Songs fading at Choir Academy
Tribune reporterIn the cramped main office of the Choir Academy of Chicago Charter School a photo shows off beaming choir students singing in the grassy infield of U.S. Cellular Field as fans crowd the stands behind them. Another picture depicts Mayor Richard Daley,...Tags: Charter Schools, Richard M. Daley, People, Schools, U.S. Cellular Field
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Recent arrests of coaches and teachers for sexual misconduct
South Florida Sun-Sentinel2008 November Roberto Caragol, 35, a swim coach at Pine Crest School, is charged with one count of possessing child pornography, but federal officials said they expected the investigation to expand into Caragol's admission that he had sexual contact...Tags: Police Arrests, Trials, People, Sexual Assault, Police
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In the news
•Nora Anderson, formerly of Hampton, was elected the first judge of African-American descent to preside over Surrogate's Court in Manhattan. In New York, surrogate's courts oversee wills, trusts, estates, adoption and guardianship matters. Anderson...Tags: Veterans Day, Dale Davis, People, National Government, Schools
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Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital
The Associated PressD'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart." As she was being released Wednesday from a Miami...Tags: People, University of Miami, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Provider
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'Pajamas' is harrowing but also poignant, shrewd and powerful
McClatchy NewspapersWith "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," writer-director Mark Herman attempts to do on film what John Boyne did on the printed page in his 2006 novel: confront the horror of the Holocaust in a story aimed primarily at older children. The film's PG-13...Tags: Adolf Hitler, World War II, Farms, Massacres, People
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Pennsylvania officials praise state's new child care rules
Of The Associated PressInfants and children are receiving better care at Pennsylvania's day care centers under the first update to the state's child care regulations in 16 years, child welfare officials said Monday. The changes, which took effect Sept. 22, mean that the state'...Tags: Interior Policy, Employees, People, Health and Safety at School, Pennsylvania
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Children escape fire at Iowa day care center
Five children escaped unharmed when fire broke out at their day care provider's home. Firefighters were called to Mary Mathias' in-home day care center Tuesday morning. They put out a small fire in the home's basement. Officials say the fire had...Tags: People, Fires, Iowa
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Girl Scout builds a winner
Nellie Dougherty can be sentimental when it comes to Girl Scout cookies - either that or she just instinctively knows what judges like. While the eighth-grader confessed that she is torn between two varieties - the dark chocolate-covered, peppermint-...Tags: People, Sales, Massachusetts, Schools, Virginia
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Teens' Internet use is mostly a good thing, study finds
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has a message for parents worried about their children's use of the Internet: Chill out. A new study to be released today found that most teenagers steer clear of dangerous sites and use the Web only for...Tags: People, Harry Potter, MySpace, Teen-agers, Facebook
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Many immigrants' kids remain in Latin America
bart.jones@newsday.comJairo Orellana was 2 years old when his father left for the United States and ended up in Patchogue. Now 9, Jairo hasn't seen him since. When he watches other children playing with their fathers, he says it hits him that his is long gone. When Jairo...Tags: Crimes, Assault, Juvenile Delinquency, Depression, People
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