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Online Shoppers Raise Money
Leah Hochbaum Rosner | Thu. Nov 13, 2008
Whether it’s for purely altruistic purposes or for a big, fat tax break, many of us have been known to give to charity — especially around the High Holy Days. Most of us choose a handful of pet causes, sign our names to a few checks and forget about them until next year’s Yom Kippur approaches. Not Yosef Birnboim. The 30-year-old gives tzedakah nearly every time he turns on his computer.
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Methuselah’s Children
Talia Bloch | Thu. Aug 21, 2008
‘It’s important to be calm, not to get excited. It’s not good for the heart,” centenarian Fred Feuerberg said. “And I never ate much. I never overate.”
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Milder Canavan Strain Opens New Possibilities
Lana Gersten | Thu. Aug 21, 2008
When Carly White was an infant, her parents, Jim and Dolores, noticed that she had trouble controlling the movement of her eyes. Three years later, a ballet teacher observed that Carly did not have much control over her legs. Trips to the pediatrician yielded no answers, but a visit to a neurologist ended in a diagnosis of low muscle tone, a condition that often results in delayed motor skills and trouble with coordination.
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