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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: Hospitals and Clinics, People, University of Miami, Healthcare Provider
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, People, University of Miami, Healthcare Provider
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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
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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
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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: Family, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Facebook, Harry Potter, MySpace
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Teacher uses yoga to inspire students
Forum Publishing GroupRita Geller is a third-grade teacher at Parkside Elementary in Coral Springs who incorporates five-minute yoga exercises into her curriculum as a way of focusing and relaxing her students. "Yoga is a powerful tool to help students and teachers relieve...Tags: Broward County, Game Playing, Physical Fitness, People, Personal Service
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It's sickening how many of Florida's lawmakers don't get it
Sentinel ColumnistFlorida is facing its worst financial crisis in decades. Abused children are at risk. Schools are facing crippling cuts. And bankruptcy is a real possibility if the state isn't as lucky next hurricane season. And how are Tallahassee lawmakers...Tags: Seminole County, Society, Charlie Crist, Child Abuse, Laws
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St. Lucie School Board suspends teacher who let class vote out autistic student
TCPalm.comThe St. Lucie County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to suspend without pay Morningside Elementary School teacher Wendy Portillo for one year after she allowed her kindergarteners to vote on whether 5-year-old Alex Barton could remain in...Tags: Values, Trials, Ethics, Elementary Schools, 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: Family, Interior Policy, Employees, Pension and Welfare, Health and Safety at School
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Though syrupy, long, 'Grinch' will steal kids' hearts
It's a well-established axiom that theater critics have hearts that are three sizes too small. How else could we skewer productions that folks in the audience - including the 5-year-old sitting on my lap - wholeheartedly enjoy?
Such is the quandary...Tags: It's a Wonderful Life, Television Industry, Religious Festivals, Public Holidays, Jim Carrey
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Education Beat
Special to The Baltimore SunJean Buttitta wanted to find a way to have students in her Spanish classes at Fallston High School connect with children in a Spanish-speaking country. The answer came to her when she heard on the radio that Cal Ripken Jr. and Dennis Martinez were...Tags: People, School Supplies
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Howard County Datebook
Today War Columbia Art Center, 6100 Foreland Garth, Columbia, is presenting The Art of War: Iraq, Decisions from the First Year, a show of collages by George Sakkal, who spent years living in the Middle East. The show runs through today. 410-730-0075....Tags: Patapsco, Rivers, Classical Music, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Colleges and Universities
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