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Screen time
It's Homer Simpson--as you've never seen him before. Homer will be screened for colon cancer as part of the "Stand Up to Cancer" fundraiser airing Friday on ABC, CBS and NBC, according to the New York Post. In the special animated segment, Marge and a...Tags: The Simpsons, NBC, Cancer, Television Industry
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Respected ex-NYPD detective suspected in bank rob
Associated Press WriterHe was a highly respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as the so-called...Tags: Theft, Crimes, Wars and Interventions, Long Island, Cancer
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Josh Dorman's collaged paintings on display at the Craft and Folk Art Museum
Special to The TimesJosh Dorman's show at the Craft and Folk Art Museum opens with a warning, but not the usual sober sign you see at the entrance to certain exhibitions, aiming to shelter the unprepared from "inappropriate" content. The notice, painted in sprightly letters...Tags: Mental Illness, Heavy Engineering, Schools, Alzheimer's Disease, New York
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Couple cleared in baby's death but found guilty of abuse
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe tearful father looked up, said, "Thank you Jesus," and clutched a Bible to his chest. The mother shut her eyes tight as her tiny frame quivered. Emotion overcame Mardala Derival, 24, and Mackenson Dantus, 27, as a Broward County jury acquitted them...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Justice System, Prisons, Punishment, Virus Diseases
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Business Heating Up For Online Turkish Coffee Entrepreneur
Los Angeles TimesMustafa Arat knows how to sell. For 27 years, he was a salesman for Xerox Corp., Pitney-Bowes Inc. and other Fortune 500 companies. Now he's doing it for himself, peddling something that almost every grown-up craves. Only, as Arat figures it, he's...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Xerox Corporation, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Los Angeles, Sales
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Doctor helped start center for treatment of alcoholism
Chicago Tribune reporterAntonio J. Carballo, a Cuban-born and -educated doctor, maintained a busy practice in Chicago's Mt. Greenwood neighborhood for 30 years and helped start an alcoholism treatment center at Mercy Hospital in the early 1970s. Dr. Carballo, 80, died...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Roman Catholic, Fidel Castro, Heart Disease, Orland Park
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Bulletin Board: A list of events in Broward County
Today's highlights Alzheimer's Association Support Group, 10-11:30 a.m. at North Broward Medical Center, 201 E. Sample Road, Pompano Beach. Free. Call 954-971-7155. Backgammon Tournament, 1 p.m. at North Ridge Raw Bar & Restaurant, 969 E. Commercial...Tags: Rivers, Labor Day, Bodies of Water, Hallandale Beach, Alzheimer's Disease
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Ex-detective charged as Bling Bandit
Associated PressNEW YORK — A highly respected retired NYPD detective with inoperable liver cancer was charged with bank robbery Friday after authorities identified him as the so-called Bling Bandit, suspected of pulling off nine heists while wearing a flashy...Tags: Theft, Crimes, Long Island, Cancer, Police
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Paperbacks
The Age of Conglomerates By Thomas Nevins Ballatine, $14 A good versus evil, futuristic novel taking place in 2048. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao By Junot Diaz Riverhead, $14 In this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, a comically inept hero's...Tags: Tom Wolfe, Frida Kahlo, Tennessee, Music Industry, Heart Disease
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Steam, bikes, child seats
Tribune staffSTEAM AND POWER SHOW The Hesston Steam Museum in LaPorte, Ind., hosts its 52nd annual show featuring steam train rides, steam tractor demos, a steam power plant, steam saw mill and more. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 29 through Sept. 1....Tags: Motorcycling, Tickets, Chicago Botanic Garden, Festive Event, Christmas
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. The Democratic convention is finished and now the attention turns to the Republicans and their convention next week in St. Paul. Meantime, Republican presidential contender John McCain is unveiling his running mate today at a rally in......Tags: Health Organizations, John McCain, Political Candidates, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Elections
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