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UF Scientists Find Genetic Clues About Pain Insensitivity

UF Scientists Find Genetic Clues About Pain Insensitivity
A baby who rarely cries is many parents’ idea of a “happy” baby. Ashlyn Blocker was that kind of baby. She never cried at birth, when she was hungry, wet or teething. But when neither a severe diaper rash nor a cut on the surface of her eye caused the tiniest complaint, her parents, Tara and John Blocker, realized it wasn’t happiness that kept her quiet. Ashlyn could not feel pain in a normal …

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Grand Canyon University Brings Caché to Fine Arts Faculty

Grand Canyon University Brings Caché to Fine Arts Faculty
PHOENIX—-When Grand Canyon University’s College of Fine Arts and Production Dean Claude Pensis learned that the University was bringing back the College after a four-year hiatus, he went to task to bring the best faculty members he could find to help with the program’s renaissance.

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Local Universities Listed Among Best in Nation

Local Universities Listed Among Best in Nation
The influential U.S. News & World Report university rankings were published on Tuesday, and many local institutions were listed among the best of the best, Fox 8 News reports.

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Catanese authors financial independence book

Catanese authors financial independence book
When Drew Catanese got his first high school teaching job out of college, he was prepared for everything the real world and a rewarding career had to offer.

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WNC News & Notes

WNC News & Notes
Western Nevada College Chemistry Professor Mike Sady, right, works with WNC student Isabel “Sara” Flores of Carson City, who was chosen for a grant to create bilingual teaching materials about wildfires and their effects.

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Tri-State in Training: Goodwill set to offer class on Microsoft Word starting Aug. 31

Tri-State in Training: Goodwill set to offer class on Microsoft Word starting Aug. 31
MICROSOFT WORD 2007: Goodwill offers a class on Microsoft Word, beginning Tuesday, Aug. 31, at 1005 Virginia Ave. The four-week class will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. The entire course costs $100 and will include typing and editing text, working with fonts, font colors and sizes, using copy and paste, enhancing documents with clip art and tables, using templates for brochures and flyers …

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WGU Announces ‘Smarter Way to Learn’ Contest Winners

WGU Announces ‘Smarter Way to Learn’ Contest Winners
Online University Awards Top Prize to Nathan Fultz of Dayton, Ohio

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Area mother decapitated

Area mother decapitated
This article has been read 0 times. CECIL – Cindy Iannarelli and her 15-year-old son, Joncarlo Patton, always seemed to have a loving relationship.

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Buy.com® Makes Back-to-School Shopping Easy with New Virtual Dorm Room Store

Buy.com® Makes Back-to-School Shopping Easy with New Virtual Dorm Room Store
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Buy.com, The Internet Superstore(TM), today announced its new Virtual Dorm Room store, giving shoppers a convenient way to stock up on back-to-school essentials. The Virtual Dorm Room is particularly helpful for college students transitioning to living away from home for the first time. The unique Virtual Dorm Room highlights suggested options for …

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Law & Disorder: Jacksonville man shot, killed by intruder

Law & Disorder: Jacksonville man shot, killed by intruder
A Northside man was shot and killed late Wednesday after someone kicked in the door of his home in the 2100 block of Evergreen Avenue. The gunman broke in about 11 p.m., crossed the living room into the front bedroom and shot Johnnie Mack Freeman, family told the Times-Union. Relatives said they called Shands Jacksonville to learn Freeman, 40, had died, some returning to his home near East 12th …

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