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: July 5th, 2009
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On Lou Gehrig Anniversary, a Patient and MLB go to Bat Against ALS
Sunday, 05 July 2009
A former college professor who was diagnosed with ALS was watching his life disappear before his eyes. Then he went to a baseball fantasy camp and realized he wanted to do something positive with his remaining life. He turned to Major League Baseball for help raising money for the dis...
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Lady Liberty's Crown Opens July 4th, First Time Since 9/11
Saturday, 04 July 2009
Today will mark the first time visitors can tour the crown of the Statue of Liberty since it was closed following the 9/11 attacks. Secretary of the Inte...
Alzheimer Symptoms Reversed With Stem Cells
Saturday, 04 July 2009
A new stem cell treatment reverses Alzheimer-like memory impairment in mice, according to researchers at the University of South Florida and James A. Haley Hospital....
Sears Tower Unveils 103rd Floor Glass Balconies (Video)
Saturday, 04 July 2009
Visitors to the new glass balconies at Chicago's Sears Tower all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air ...
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Good News on this day in History, July 4

  • flag-on-deckrail.jpgHenry David Thoreau, the American writer, embarked on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts (1845)
  • Leaves of Grass is first published in NY, Walt Whitman's seminal book of poems (1855)
  • The Tuskegee Institute, esteemed historically black university, opened in Alabama as a one-room school (1881)
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