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One teen’s transformation from gang member to role model
The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy: Youth Eastside Services was there when Placido Aguirre, troubled by alcohol, drugs, gangs and personal tragedy, needed to find a way out. Though he had to do the work himself, people who cared stood with him as he rebuilt his life. |
Election 2016: For that campaign, 2015 is year of the all-important stealth … – Fresno Bee
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Election 2016: For that campaign, 2015 is year of the all-important stealth …
Fresno Bee It’s a time when endless election-related ads are absent from television, mailboxes are blissfully free of candidate mail pieces, and door-knocking hopefuls are nowhere to be found. That reality, however, is only on the surface. … When local … |
Bush resigns from boards with eye on presidential run – Staunton News Leader
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Bush resigns from boards with eye on presidential run
Staunton News Leader Best, a Texas entrepreneur and major political donor, said his firm has increased professors’ access to online students and helped schools attract additional revenue, while Bush aides say the former governor does not have business interests related to … |
Thrift store donations range from live animals to human remains – Fond du Lac Reporter
Fond du Lac Reporter |
Thrift store donations range from live animals to human remains
Fond du Lac Reporter When it’s human remains, Lightholder said store officials will try to work with local officials if possible to track the deceased’s relatives. “Sometimes there might be a way to track the remains because funeral homes usually have numbers on the boxes … |
Rural Doctor Launches Startup To Ease Pain Of Dying Patients – NPR (blog)
NPR (blog) |
Rural Doctor Launches Startup To Ease Pain Of Dying Patients
NPR (blog) So far, Fratkin has been cultivating private donors and is looking for foundation grants. He’s arranged an independent contract to sell his services back to the hospital he recently left. And he’s launched a crowdfunding campaign to back the training … |
Elizabeth Hovde: A step in the right direction on blood donations – OregonLive.com
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Elizabeth Hovde: A step in the right direction on blood donations
OregonLive.com Just before Christmas, the Food and Drug Administration took a lot of good, scientific advice from medical experts and blood banks before announcing it intends to scrap its decades-old lifetime ban on blood donation by gay and bisexual men. The … Sen. Elizabeth Warren Challenges FDA Gay Blood Ban: ‘Have the Courage to …Towleroad New England editorial roundupColumbus Ledger-Enquirer |
WISCONSIN NEWS ROUND-UP: Shooting in Monfort kills six-year old, wounds … – Pierce County Herald
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WISCONSIN NEWS ROUND-UP: Shooting in Monfort kills six-year old, wounds …
Pierce County Herald Northeast Wisconsin woman and a former Green Bay Packers’ star raised awareness of organ donations, by riding on a float in yesterday’s Tournament of Roses Parade. Jackie Pische of Gillett and … An Alberta Clipper will follow early next week. That … |
Governors’ inaugural celebration plans, by state – SFGate
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Governors’ inaugural celebration plans, by state
SFGate Ben Davis, a spokesman for the inauguration committee, said a list of donors who gave $100 or more, and how much they gave, will be released at some point in the future. ___ … Rick Scott has scaled back his inauguration-related activities this year … |
Governors’ Inaugural Celebration Plans, by State – New York Times
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Governors’ Inaugural Celebration Plans, by State
New York Times Ben Davis, a spokesman for the inauguration committee, said a list of donors who gave $100 or more, and how much they gave, will be released at some point in the future. ___ … Rick Scott has scaled back his inauguration-related activities this year … |
Appeal for Boston people to donate blood – Boston Target
Boston TargetAppeal for Boston people to donate bloodBoston TargetThe service said that last year one in five blood donor appointments were missed over the festive period, putting its operations under pressure. And now NHS Blood and Transplant is calli…