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40 min ago | Baltimore Jewish Times

JHU Geneticist Finds Linkage

Are Jews on the streets of Northwest Baltimore today the descendants of the Khazars, a legendary central Asian mountain tribe of fierce Jewish warriors who once ruled a vast realm? It's not only possible but likely, says a Johns Hopkins University population geneticist who is analyzing the DNA of Eurasian Jews.

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Related Topix: Religion, Judaism, Israel, World News, Middle East, Genetics, Medicine

4 hrs ago | Space.com

Milky Way Galaxy Doomed to Head-On Crash with Andromeda

After its first close pass, Andromeda is tidally stretched out. The Milky Way, too, becomes warped.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Astronomy, Science

6 hrs ago | The Daily Caller

Romney spokesman tweets: 'I'm at Solyndra with @MittRomney'

David Martosko is The Daily Caller's executive editor. He is the father of two, a frequent public speaker, and a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins University.

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Related Topix: Dartmouth College, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Barack Obama

7 hrs ago | SILive.com

Jobless, new college graduates return home to live with Mom and Dad

Like many new college graduates, Narmeen Iqbal feels dejected about the job market.

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Related Topix: Kings College, Metuchen, NJ

9 hrs ago | KSL-TV

Combating truancy: What works best?

Are educators looking at school absenteeism in the wrong way? A recent report says 15 percent of children are chronically absent.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Salt Lake County, UT, Education, Home Schooling

13 hrs ago | Sentinel & Enterprise

Family key in whether kids go to college

All of my friends and acquaintances, mostly current and former colleagues in higher education and journalism, earned at least baccalaureate degrees.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Opinion

18 hrs ago | Welcome to the Mizzima News

Major universities to get 'special education centres'

Universities in Rangoon and Mandalay in the future will have special education centres with a mission to upgrade the overall education standards in Burma, said presidential adviser Ko Ko Hlaing, who was quoted in an article in Weekly Eleven on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, Southeast Asia,

Wed May 30, 2012

Patch.com

Report: Belward Farm Successor Opposes Transit Plan

John Timothy Newell, of Lebanon, NJ, wrote in a letter to the editor to The Gazette Wednesday that he and his family, successors to the Belward Farm estate, oppose the county's proposal to build a transit network through the property.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD, Rockville, MD

University Business

Q&A With the Authors of The Sustainable University

From their work with college and university presidents, provosts, and trustees, James Martin, a professor of English at Mount Ida College and James E. Samels, president and CEO of The Education Alliance, recognize just how complex sustainability leadership in higher ed has become.

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Related Topix: Mount Ida College

Science Daily

Stellar archeology traces Milky Way's history

So, astronomers have a tough time figuring out their ages. Knowing a star's age is critical for understanding how our Milky Way galaxy built itself up over billions of years from smaller galaxies.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science / Technology, Space

Medical News

Longer life expectancy for women in their 70's who exercise and eat a healthy diet

Women in their seventies who exercise and eat healthy amounts of fruits and vegetables have a longer life expectancy , according to research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society .

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Related Topix: Health

Newswise

Training Cells to Perform Boolean Functions? It's Logical

Newswise - Johns Hopkins scientists have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR Boolean logic gates, producing an output based on one or more unique inputs.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Cell Biology

Go Local

Over 50% of Dropouts Come From Just 12 RI Schools

Yajaira Cortes was only 16 when she became another statistic at what she refers to as Mount Pregnant High School.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island, Woonsocket, RI, Education Etc.

Medical News

Patients with history of skin infection more likely to develop surgical site infections

People with a past history of just a single skin infection may be three times more likely to develop a painful, costly - and potentially deadly - surgical site infection when they have an operation, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

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Related Topix: Medicaid, Health

Tue May 29, 2012

Times Observer

News From The Halls Of Ivy

Eleanor Grace Belleau of Warren graduated from Thiel College in Greenville on May 6 with a bachelor of arts degrees in accounting and business administration.

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Related Topix: Warren, PA, Thiel College, Psychology, Gannon University, Science, University of Pennsylvania

The Daily of the University of Washin...

The new era of nursing

Joshua Buenavista, a first-year nursing student at the UW, is more concerned about being denied classes he is required to take than he is about the job market.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Women's Health, Health

Business Journal

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School names new dean

A Fortune 50 company consultant and former surgeon will take over in July as dean of the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School Bernard T. Ferrari's background boasts a mix of business and health care experience, a combination that will support the school's shifting focus to the business of health care.

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Wall Street Journal

Chinese Democracy Has its Benefits

Such is the conclusion arrived at by four economists who recently published the results of an investigation into the economic effects of China's village elections.

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Related Topix: Yale University

R & D

Researchers demonstrate primitive mechanism of chemical into self-replication

DNA tile ribbons can store information in their arrangement of tiles-12.5 nm by 4 nm by 2 nm self-assembled DNA structures.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, California Institute of Technology, Biology

Medical News Today

Physicians Have Trouble Stopping PSA Tests, Despite Questionable Benefits

Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Also Included In: Primary Care / General Practice ; Litigation / Medical Malpractice Article Date: 29 May 2012 - 0:00 PDT Recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force advising elimination of routine prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer in healthy men are likely to ... (more)

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