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Ombudsman: NPR mammogram story comes up short

If you pay any attention at all to the ongoing debate over whether women should be getting mammograms (and, if so, when) , there’s a pretty fair chance you’re confused. This week, NPR reported that several politicians are again pushing to override guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that six years ago said…
by Bob Collins

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On S.D. Indian reservation, young take their own lives

Since December, nine people between 12 and 24 have taken their own lives. Many more have tried, but failed. There are only six mental health counselors on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation, which is the size of Rhode Island and Delaware.
by Bob Collins

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The rise, fall, rise, and fall of Jeff Dubay

The rise, fall, rise, and fall of Jeff Dubay

Sports talk radio host Jeff Dubay has been alternately an inspiration and a reminder of the insidiousness of drug use in his recovery from a cocaine addiction that cost him his career and his freedom years ago.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 words: Welcome home

1,000 words: Welcome home

Military reunions don't always involve humans.
by Paul Tosto

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Jon Stewart, journalist

Jon Stewart, journalist

We can live without Jon Stewart's comedy when he gives up his gig on The Daily Show later this year. But his astounding grilling of New York Times reporter Judith Miller last night was a reminder that we'll be hard-pressed to replace his journalistic chops when it comes to interviewing, or -- more accurately -- his refusal to be a megaphone for newsmakers peddling garbage.
by Bob Collins

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89-year old scores touchdown in college ‘game’

89-year old scores touchdown in college ‘game’

Remember when your kids were young and you'd let them win at games? Eventually they grow up and at some point you realize, they're doing the same thing for you -- letting you win.
by Bob Collins

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A singer of songs tries to end LGBT homelessness

A singer of songs tries to end LGBT homelessness

Cyndi Lauper was at the Capitol in Washington today, testifying to a subcommittee about youth homelessness. I know what you’re thinking: Another Hollywood or pop star trying to trade stardom for some political traction, and, it’s true, she’s doing that. But her story is an amazing one, especially if we can set aside politics long…
by Bob Collins

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Fans outside looking in at Orioles game

Fans outside looking in at Orioles game

This is the scene in Baltimore at this hour, just prior to the start of today's baseball game. The fans are there -- some of them, anyway, but they can't get in.
by Bob Collins

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Many students still lack grasp of U.S. history

Many students still lack grasp of U.S. history

Learning gaps widened between male and female students in the latest Nation's Report Card on history, civics, and geography.
by Bob Collins

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More discipline in high school dance-team protest

More high school dance team coaches have been disciplined for their part in a demonstration against the Faribault girls who won the state high school tournament in February with a routine the coaches said was cribbed from a Colorado school.
by Bob Collins

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