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Starting next month, if you have a seizure requiring emergency treatment, you could be enrolled in a research trial without your permission. While subjects in most medical studies must sign lengthy fo…
FAIRMOUNT Madison-Grant High School students are reaching out to help the family of Courtney Sizelove, who died in August, just before the start of her senior year. Courtney, who was a member of the C…
Pink isn't a color normally associated with the rough and tumble sport of ice hockey. Black and blue is more like it. Yet a feisty bunch of Macomb County peewee hockey players have adopted the color p…
Two Glencoe High School seniors have turned their community service requirement into a fundraising project to help survivors of the conflict in Darfur. Courtney Kleck and Jordan Fry have organized a s…
They were expecting to serve 300 at the Pink Ribbon Charity Spaghetti Dinner for Erin Alston Thursday night. They served 550. The outpouring of love and support for the Jefferson High School graduate…
Those who knew and loved Lawson Phillips, a Bayou Meto Elementary School third-grader who died in 2007, honored his life yesterday by making a donation in his name for more than $10,000 to the Make-A-…
For many his name is synonymous with seven yellow jerseys, but to others many, many others Lance Armstrong's greatest achievement is encapsulated in some yellow wristbands, more than 60m yellow wristb…
Groundbreaking on the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., is just weeks away, and one of the forces behind the project will be in town to talk about it. Ty Christian, a native of Roc…
Mike Sherwin likes the famous yellow Livestrong bracelet so much, occasionally he wears two. It might also be a gentle reminder to his colleagues at the Lance Armstrong Foundation that initially, he w…
By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Lower 16th Street, near Blair House, resembles a street party. Vendors are selling fried chicken wings, posters, T-shirts, and rubber Obama "Baller bracel…
LOWER POTTSGROVE Once again, St. Pius X girls basketball is showing itself to be more of a family than a team. Several years ago, the Winged Lions came to the aid of teammate Mary Kate Brady, cooking…
Some marketing efforts manage to hit the ball out of the park. They resonate with the consumer, generate tremendous buzz and even permeate pop culture, becoming part of our lives and linguistics. In a…