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Around Town: Girls couldn't be stopped
Blanking and more blanking. The AYSO Girls U12 Extra Club Team Huntington Beach Region 55 team (whew!), also known as the Strikers, earned the League Cup 2012 Sunday. Team mom Susan Steiner let us know that nobody could score off the team during the...Tags: State Farm Insurance, Small Businesses, Business, Google Inc., Muscular Dystrophy Association
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City Lights: 'Hey, Martha' stories still worth telling
A former editor of mine sometimes referred to what he called a "Hey, Martha" story. That was his term for a story with an offbeat or amusing twist. In other words, if an old couple were rocking on their front porch while the husband read the paper, he...
Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Brian Jones, Woody Allen, Yosemite National Park, Stan Laurel
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Go Picks: PBS Microbrew fest, garden tour, Dave Fry fundraiser, more
PBS MicroBrew Festival Put your taste buds to the test at the third annual PBS MicroBrew Festival. The event runs 2-5 p.m. Saturday at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown. The home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs will welcome dozens of brewers, including local...Tags: Entertainment Events, Moravian College, Center Valley, Arts and Culture, Emmaus
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Burger Battle at Smokey Bones benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Roanoke Firefighters and other emergency workers will square off in an eating challenge for a good cause Wednesday. It's the 3rd annual Burger Battle at Smokey Bones benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters will challenge the EMS...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Muscular Dystrophy Association
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MDA Telethon reduced to two-hour ABC special -- with no Jerry Lewis
In recent years, the Muscular Dystrophy Assn.'s annual telethon has undergone dramatic transformations from its early days as a live Labor Day weekend broadcast spanning almost two days with an endless parade of stars, pleas for charity and the anything-...Tags: Christopher Guest, Boy Meets World (tv program) , Labor Day, ABC (tv network), Muscular Dystrophy Association
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Lehigh Valley health events include Laughing at My Nightmare walk, community open house
LAUGHING AT YOUR NIGHTMARE 1 Walk and laugh your troubles away this Saturday at East Hills Moravian Church in Bethlehem. The 5K Run/Walk/Roll benefits the Laughing at My Nightmare, Inc. whose mission is to promote positivity and fund muscular...Tags: Health Treatments, Wind Gap, Physical Therapy, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Doctors: Supreme Court BRCA gene patent ruling benefits patients
When Dr. Wayne Grody heard that the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Myriad Genetics could not patent two genes linked to breast cancer, the UCLA medical geneticist was minutes from giving a well-worn speech on the years-old case to a room full of...
Tags: Biology, Medical Research, University of California, Los Angeles, City of Hope, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Water amenities that quench a thirst for fun
When school is out for the summer, Diane Warpehoski and her two preteen girls trade folders for flotation devices and lunchboxes for lane lines. The Warpehoskis don swimwear and head to the Owners Club facility at their master-planned community of...
Tags: Swimming, Sports
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Supreme Court rejects gene patents
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled that human genes are a product of nature and cannot be patented and held for profit, a decision that medical experts said will lead to more genetic testing for cancers and other diseases and to lower costs for...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Biology, Amina Khan, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cyclist races on her path to med school
Colleen Gulick was extremely busy last weekend, not that she's any stranger to being busy. The 22-year-old from Spring City, Chester County, has been riding at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown practically since she learned to pedal a...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Awards and Prizes, Running, Road Running, Field Hockey
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Gene therapy helps muscular dystrophy patients breathe easier
Children with a rare form of muscular dystrophy called Pompe disease often spend their days tethered to mechanical ventilators in order to breathe. But results from a new clinical trial at University of Florida Health show that gene therapy improved...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Health Treatments, Physical Therapy, Science and Technology
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Pooling resources to keep everyone safe in the water
Jerry Huang left his wheelchair at the side of the pool before gliding through more than 400 meters of water at this year's Coast 2 Coast Swim Challenge. From beginners to experts, people of all abilities swam laps to raise money for free swimming lessons...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Health and Safety at School, Conservation, Environmental Issues, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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