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Legislation - County Council Moves To Change Mental Health Agency's Name - PennLive.com

County Council Moves To Change Mental Health Agency's Name
PennLive.com
In October 2010, President Barack Obama signed Rosa's Law, which eliminated the use of the words "retarded" and "retardation" in federal health, education and labor laws. The law changed the terms "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" and ...

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5/17/2012 5:33:20 AM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEvktNEKWmP8Zi39bg9k3m4pWv3bg&url=http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/county-council-moves-to-change-mental-health-agencys-name/af36725eda294b2a82951c82a008b267

Legislation - Defense says suspect in Henning postal killings has mental issues that could ... - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Defense says suspect in Henning postal killings has mental issues that could ...
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Attorneys for defendant Chastain Montgomery said tests he was given as a youngster in Lauderdale County showed an IQ, or intelligence quotient, of 63 to 65 and that there also appears to be evidence of mental retardation since age 18.

5/16/2012 4:10:47 PM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGAtRBl2WTPy76gBmk85M3QtHcfFQ&url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/may/16/defense-says-suspect-henning-postal-killings-has-m/

Legislation - 30 MLB Players Who Overcame Physical/Mental Obstacles to Achieve Their Dreams - Bleacher Report

Bleacher Report

30 MLB Players Who Overcame Physical/Mental Obstacles to Achieve Their Dreams
Bleacher Report
Eddie Gaedel is not on the list, either, since he wasn't actively trying to pursue an MLB career; his appearance was a Bill Veeck stunt. Pete Gray may have been lucky to make the majors at all. His lone season was 1945, when many were overseas fighting ...

5/16/2012 8:28:49 AM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF71oxiA5X9CFtkgM2CS1rMGHud-Q&url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1182893-30-mlb-players-who-overcame-physicalmental-obstacles-to-achieve-their-dreams

Legislation - Latest Virginia news, sports, business and entertainment - WJTV

Latest Virginia news, sports, business and entertainment
WJTV
The Attorney General's Office argued Tuesday before a panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals that Leon Winston waited too late to present evidence that he met Virginia's threshold for mental retardation, which would make him ineligible for ...

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Legislation - Man convicted in Sussex Street slaying gets second hearing before appeals court - WSLS

Man convicted in Sussex Street slaying gets second hearing before appeals court
WSLS
This is the second time Leon Winston's case has been before the federal appeals court. Winston, 31, was sentenced to death in 2004 for the murders of Anthony Robinson and Rhonda Whitehead two years earlier. Winston and a co-defendant broke into ...

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5/15/2012 10:44:52 PM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGX37f7o8cVsNMBmF5c4GAfYWAQJA&url=http://www2.wsls.com/news/2012/may/15/man-convicted-sussex-street-slaying-gets-second-he-ar-1917402/

Legislation - Donated sperm can carry genetic baggage - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Donated sperm can carry genetic baggage
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Most important, he had a clean bill of health. His sperm was stored at the New England Cryogenic Center in Boston, and according to the laboratory's website, all donors there were tested for various genetic conditions. So the Kretchmars took a deep ...

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5/15/2012 9:10:55 AM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGs5E2moq0UFYuLC49svobXT3bQQw&url=http://health.heraldtribune.com/2012/05/15/donated-sperm-can-carry-genetic-baggage/

Legislation - Given number of inheritors, donor sperm carries risk of genetic harm - Denver Post

New York Times

Given number of inheritors, donor sperm carries risk of genetic harm
Denver Post
Most important, he had a clean bill of health. So the Kretchmars jumped in. After artificial insemination, Sharine Kretchmar became pregnant, and in April 2010, she gave birth to a boy they named Jaxon. But the baby failed to have a bowel movement in ...
In Choosing a Sperm Donor, a Roll of the Genetic DiceNew York Times

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5/15/2012 3:04:07 AM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHta5kVC1kD2BtKZUKkofY5n7ngUw&url=http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_20624089/given-number-inheritors-donor-sperm-carries-risk-genetic

Legislation - Belmont announces finalists for Town Administrator position, hope to have ... - Boston.com

Belmont announces finalists for Town Administrator position, hope to have ...
Boston.com
The town worked with the Collins Center for Public Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston, a consultant firm, to narrow down the pool of applicants to 30. They interviewed nine. Jones said the town hopes to hold public interviews with ...

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5/10/2012 11:00:16 PM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH-z3PLz2JwUK3UE8DnlD3aJm2nkw&url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/belmont/2012/05/belmont_announces_finalists_fo.html

Legislation - Intelligence Division: Yet Again, Bending the Rules - Huffington Post

Intelligence Division: Yet Again, Bending the Rules
Huffington Post
It has ignored other law enforcement agencies, and operated as a mini-CIA, without independent oversight. In October, 2003, Intel detectives ran an anti-terrorism sting operation in New Jersey on scuba shops without informing state officials or the FBI ...

5/7/2012 11:57:19 AM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGD1Fe5-u3QPH6gLz8ZZgd4CPAqLw&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/len-levitt/nypd-intelligence-division_b_1495556.html

Legislation - Albany Law can't access records of developmentally disabled without consent ... - Thomson Reuters News & Insight

Thomson Reuters News & Insight

Albany Law can't access records of developmentally disabled without consent ...
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
The court held that state law regulating homes for the developmentally disabled defers to federal procedures for accessing patient records. "We hold that New York law parallels federal law, which balances the privacy rights of ...

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4/26/2012 5:41:53 PM - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNECjvfmtvkk05PKgrV4J99bi-wwrg&url=http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2012/04_-_April/Albany_Law_can_t_access_records_of_developmentally_disabled_without_consent__Ct_of_Appeals/