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By Jason Grotto. DONG NAI PROVINCE, Vietnam. U.S., Vietnam split over whether defoliants used in war are to blame Part 3 of a Tribune investigation finds that the role of defoliants in Vietnam's high rate of birth defects remains a contentious question decades after U.S.…

Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen.My name is Kristian Smith, I am 16 years old and I attend Gonzaga Jesuit High School. My purpose in being here today is to share my perspectives on the importance of high-impact summer learning.I want to say thank you to…

by BRIAN WITTE Maryland lawmakers on Thursday approved limits to how the death penalty can be used, with supporters saying it will help protect innocent people from execution but opponents calling the restrictions a practical end to capital punishment in Maryland. The measure, which was…

Original Source By DEBORAH BAKER SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty, calling it the "most difficult decision in my political life." The new law replaces lethal injection with a sentence…

Blum was recently one of six entrepreneurs over age 60 to win a $100,000 Purpose Prize Original Source By Kristin Bender BERKELEY — Arlene Blum has done some mind-boggling and challenging things in her 63 years. But even after climbing some of the world's highest…

by LAURA M. HOLSON A year ago, Robert Paynter was comfortably retired and looking forward to years of refurbishing old cars and boating from his dock on Lake Norman in North Carolina. Over a 17-year career at Wachovia, he amassed a pile of stock and…

by BRIAN WITTE Maryland rarely executes prisoners and reserves such punishment for the worst criminals, a prosecutor told a state commission Tuesday. But a commissioner once sentenced to death said his case proved that innocent people can end up on death row. Baltimore County State's…

Original Source By BRIAN WITTE, The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The daughter of a murdered elderly couple told a commission studying Maryland's death penalty on Tuesday to fix flaws in capital punishment - not to repeal it - while critics argued that capital cases…