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Chicago runner Lynn Rogers knows the brain and nervous system in detail. After all, she earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. Every day in her research, she uses non-invasive brain stimulation to understand the connections between mind and muscle. But even with a brain-science background, she struggled to find information about her prognosis when, last year, she received a rare diagnosis: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, or CIDP. The disease causes her body to attack her own nerve cells, destroying their protective coatings and short-circuiting their signals. After three weeks of paralysis and three months as an inpatient at the same...

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A community rally is planned early next week in Worcester after a noose was spotted hanging in the employee area of the city’s post office, the Worcester Telegram reports. ...The US inspector general’s office is conducting a federal investigation into the case.

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), speaking on “MSNBC Live” on Jan. 16 said that “some of the southern areas have cultures that we have to overcome” when it comes to gun control. Rangel was asked by anchor Thomas Roberts whether new gun control measures passed in New York State should serve as models for other states: “If you’re proud of what New York has done, obviously there is not going to be any perfect policy or perfect law that everybody is going to agree on from both sides saying that this is key perfection but do you think that New York,...

News flash for conservatives, Christians, libertarians or anyone in America who embraces traditional values, the rule of law, common sense, basic math, a more secure nation or politicians who put you and your family first: You have lost or are losing across the board. Period. With the re-election of Barack Obama — and he and his campaign should be congratulated for not only running a winning campaign but, more importantly, for also exploiting the weaknesses created by the nanny-state — there is now no more mystery or doubt. Liberal ideology rules supreme in our country and to say otherwise, is...

Texas State students offer scholarships exclusively for white males Group founder Colby Bohannan says his demographic is often left out when it comes to college funding. Texas State student Colby Bohannan formed the Former Majority Association for Equality to award funds to white men. [photo] Kelly West/AMERICAN-STATESMAN Enlarge Photo Texas State student Colby Bohannan formed the Former Majority Association for Equality to award funds to white men. Latest local news » By Patrick George AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Updated: 8:26 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Published: 7:59 p.m. Thursday, February 24, 2011 SAN MARCOS — Colby Bohannan said that when he first...

March 23, 2010 My Dear Patient, As you must know, Congress has just passed extensive legislation governing health care delivery and insurance systems. Whether you agree with what it does or not, we are all now subject to this law and its sweeping changes. I have always conducted my medical practice with my patient’s best interests as my first priority. Although not legally obliged to do so, I have routinely provided you with a receipt that has all the codes necessary to bill your own health insurance company for any reimbursement to which you are entitled. Until now, that insurance...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-obama-45th-anniversary-march-selma-montgomery Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 07, 2010 Statement by President Obama on the 45th Anniversary of the March from Selma-to-Montgomery On this day, 45 years ago, hundreds of brave men and women gathered in the small town of Selma, Alabama to announce to the world that they, too, sang America. As they marched from Selma to Montgomery, fully aware of the danger that lay ahead, these heroes let their feet speak in a way that their voices...

May 22, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn't need "Respect" - she's already got it at the top of her iPod playlist. The surprisingly tech-savvy Clinton mixes Aretha Franklin's 1967 landmark smash hit for the feminist movement into her playlist rotation alongside The Eagles' 1975 Top 5 hit, "Take It to the Limit" ("You know I've always been a dreamer"). In a New York minute, H-Rod can shuffle from the bad boys of rock 'n' roll to the Fab Four in her iPod's massive musical library. She told The Post her iPod has "got like 1,000" songs...

CREDIT: Allen MacInnis, The Gazette "My parents are very afraid" for her safety, Lisa Ndejuru says. Her parents in Montreal are frantic and she is scared, too, but Canadian Lisa Ndejuru says she is determined to stay in Baghdad, despite the threat of war. Ms. Ndejuru is part of a controversial group of Western peace activists trying to deter an attack on Iraq with their own presence in the country. She was supposed to come home this week, but decided to stay on, and vowed in an interview from her Baghdad hotel not to leave even if war comes....