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2 hrs ago | Erie Times News

2 Erie County Council incumbents lose

Giles, who has served on council since 1982, finished a distant third in the 2nd District race.

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Related Topix: Erie County, PA, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Erie, PA

7 hrs ago | Loop21.com

Got High Blood Pressure? Do Yoga

Doing yoga two to three times a week was associated with an average drop in blood pressure readings from 133/80 to 130/77, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania .

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11 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Applying for an MBA: does your undergraduate major matters?

A striking aspect of American college admission has been the growing interest in business as an undergraduate major.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education

15 hrs ago | NewsTarget.com

Eating walnuts and walnut oils slashes heart disease risk by improving multiple biometrics

The impact of eating nuts has been evident for the past decade as repeated scientific studies confirm that the omega-3 fats in this tasty nut promote cardiovascular health as they improve cholesterol biomarkers.

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Related Topix: Heart Disease, Health, EPA, Supplement, DHA, Life, Food, Medicine, Nutrition

19 hrs ago | Philly.com

The kitten who refused to die

His ordeal has a happy ending, but what an ordeal it's been: A near fatal encounter with a deadly flower; renal failure; four weeks of kidney dialysis and, finally, a $15,000 kidney transplant at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Kidney Cancer, Health, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, University of Delaware

20 hrs ago | The American Scholar

The Teaching Cure

One of the most important moments in my teaching career came about 25 years ago when I contemplated leaving it.

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Related Topix: Arts, Literature, Philadelphia, PA, Drexel University

Mon May 20, 2013

O-R Online

Hearing continued for former Cal U. hockey players

Steven Powell, followed by attorney David Shrager, and Jesse Powell, followed by attorney Guy Amatangelo, exit the office of District Judge Josh Kanalis Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Jesse Powell, Brownsville, PA, Drugs

Philly.com

VIDEO: Suspect sought in South Philadelphia murder

Philadelphia police released surveillance video of a suspect wanted in the murder of a fruit vendor in South Philadelphia last month.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA

EurekAlert!

Having a nighttime critical care physician in the ICU doesn't improve patient outcomes

With little evidence to guide them, many hospital intensive care units have been employing critical care physicians at night with the notion it would improve patients' outcomes.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Health Care Policy, Health

EurekAlert!

Penn research makes advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique

This is an illustration of a single-stranded DNA homopolymer translocating through a silicon nitride nanopore.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Physics, Astronomy, Science, Brown University, Columbia University

The Papillion Times

Stand-in Denzel not the same, so school makes another appeal

Actor Denzel Washington turned down their musical video invitation to attend last year's 10th anniversary celebration for the school.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Remember the Titans, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Denzel Washington

Philly.com

Archaeological survey set for unmarked Mother Bethel cemetery

It's not that the old Mother Bethel Church burial ground has been lost, exactly.

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Related Topix: Queen, PA, African-American, Philadelphia, PA

Sun May 19, 2013

EurekAlert!

AGA Student Research Fellowships enable 30 young investigators to further their research careers

The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation has announced the 2013 Student Research Fellowship Award recipients.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Rush University

Philly.com

Therapy programs patients' own cells to fight cancer

It is vanishingly rare for an experimental treatment to wipe out advanced, recurrent cancer, then keep the disease from coming back.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Genetics, Leukemia

Patch.com

1,500 Students, 5,000 Guests Experience Camden County College Commencement

Camden County College held its 45th annual commencement ceremony Saturday under an 18,000-square-foot, event tent on its Blackwood, Gloucester Township campus.

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Related Topix: Camden County, NJ, Blackwood, NJ, Rutgers University, West Deptford, NJ, Moore College of Art & Design

RecordNET

Breaking the stranglehold of migrant addiction

Today we go to Indiana, Pa., to catch up with Victor Garcia. The professor has gained international recognition for his research into migrant farm workers.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA, Anthropology, Science, Drugs

Philly.com

Edward J. Nolen, 80, Penn accountant

Edward J. Nolen, 80, of Cape May, a longtime accountant for the University of Pennsylvania, died of kidney failure on Wednesday, May 15, at St.

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Related Topix: Flourtown, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

Philly.com

Penn professor issues report on historically black universities

A higher education professor at Penn found that historically black universities are becoming more diverse and continue to face challenges.

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Related Topix: Cheyney, PA, Standardized Testing, Education

Patch.com

Incumbent Larry Brown Wants Return to Baldwin Council

No Republicans are on the ballot for Baldwin Borough Council seats during May 21's primary election, but seven Democrats are running for four council seats , including Larry Brown .

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Related Topix: Baldwin, PA

The Florida Times-Union

Mentor helped start Fletcher student on path to Ivy League

One day, when Kerry Burke-McCloud was in seventh grade at Fletcher Middle School, he was called to the office.

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Related Topix: Yale University, University of North Carolina Asheville, Duke University, College of Charleston, Furman University