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Studies probe why people choke in clutch situations

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 2:47pm

When the typically solid free-throw sinker fails to find net in a close game's waning minutes, when the firm's best deal-sealer falters in the final round of negotiations, when a baseball team's closer becomes a blow-ser in the final inning -- the choke talk begins.

Psychologists and brain scientists have been working for years to understand why talented, competent people don't rise to the occasion in clutch situations.

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A fog of drugs and war

Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, April 9, 2012 - 3:01pm

SEATTLE _ U.S. Air Force pilot Patrick Burke’s day started in the cockpit of a B-1 bomber near the Persian Gulf and proceeded across nine time zones as he ferried the aircraft home to South Dakota.

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Davis schools screen social studies textbooks

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 10:41pm

FARMINGTON — Davis School District has announced the adoption of new textbooks for secondary social studies courses.

These courses include Utah studies, U.S. history, geography, world history, U.S. government, sociology and psychology.

Several major textbook companies have submitted materials that are being reviewed by committees of district teachers, administrators and parents.

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A cyclist rides by as security guards keep watch at the front entrance to the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic on the University of Pittsburgh campus on Friday, March 9, 2012 in Pittsburgh. A gunman opened fire after entering the lobby of the psychiatric hospital on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Two people, including the gunman, were killed and seven others wounded. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Pa. woman loses 2 children to fatal shootings

Joe Mandak The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 6:13pm

PITTSBURGH — Mary Schaab’s only daughter was fatally shot 17 months ago, so she understood the horror and pain of losing a child, even before a Pennsylvania state trooper knocked at her door late Thursday to tell her the same thing had happened again — this time to her son.

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Derek Love, a Treasure Coast Hospice volunteer, gets greeted by Hospice patient John Joyce and his dog Lucky before Love takes Lucky out for a walk at the Joyce home. (SHNS photo by Deborah Silver / Treasure Coast Newspapers) (RS)

Program keeps hospice patients and their pets together

Paul Ivice Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 3:00pm

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. -- As a retired psychologist, hospice patient John Joyce understands intellectually how a pet dog can enliven a home.

For the past five years, though, Joyce's pet schnoodle, Lucky, has reminded him of a dog's emotional value.

Treasure Coast Hospice understands that, too. That's why the hospice is one of the first in Florida to launch a Pet Peace of Mind program, with a $5,000 seed grant from Oregon-based Banfield Charitable Trust.

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