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When Hospitals Become Factories

Barron H. Lerner | Posted 05.14.2012

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Barron H. Lerner

In recent years, medical educators have warned that hospitals are growing more impersonal and have urged young doctors to treat patients as people -- not diseases.

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Falling Tree Branch Kills Baby, Hurts Mother At Central Park Zoo

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP / Huffington Post) -- Police say a 6-month-old baby has been killed and her mother injured by a falling tree branch at the Central Park Z...

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Theodore Olbermann Dead: Keith Olbermann's Father Dies

Baseball Nerd | Keith Olbermann | Posted 05.25.2011

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My father died, in the city of his birth, New York, at 3:50 EST this afternoon. Though the financial constraints of his youth made college infeasible...

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