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...Originally from Philadelphia and raised in Miami, Barofsky was the youngest of three children; his father, Stephen, called Barofsky's two older sisters "tough" on their little brother - early training for what a former colleague called his "sharp and sometimes withering...
...adults - those who earn under 200% of poverty, or $33,200 for a family of four - account for about half the uninsured in this country. Under the current rules, many of them are not eligible for Medicaid, which was established alongside Social Security in 1965 to cover low-income children, their parents, the poor elderly, the disabled and those in need of nursing-home care. (Read "Cost, Not Coverage, Drive Health-Care Debate...
UPDATED: 1:45 A.M. Jocelyn G. Karlan '12, a Harvard student who had been tutoring children in Ecuador for nearly six weeks and was reported missing Sunday morning during a hike in the Andes mountains, was found by a helicopter and rescued Monday evening, her mother said in an interview with The Crimson. "They're all a bit beaten up, dehydrated and exhausted," she said. "Jocey had some scrapes but nothing that required a hospital visit...she's back in the hostel...
...have hampered the efforts. She emphasized that the U.S. Embassy and the Ecuadorian government put together a highly coordinated effort to find the students, sending out search teams by foot as well. Karlan and her companions had been staying in the indigenous village of Otavalo working with local children as part of the humanitarian group Village Education Project. Her mother said that the trip was originally planned as a day hike, so the group had not brought much water or food. She said that her daughter had been traveling with fellow students each weekend. After talking to her daughter earlier...
...jolted a nation into realizing that terrorism was no longer a thing of the past, the prevailing attitude among Jakartans seemed to be one of determined resilience. "Bad things can happen anywhere - car accidents, illness," says Syarif, an accountant who was window-shopping with his wife and two small children. "The bombing was bad, but we have to continue our lives...