I remember the Perfect Blue Sky on September 11

September 11, 2001 was a routine day until the Kids Program that my youngest son (then not quite 3) was watching went off the air.Shortly thereafter I got a call from a friend in Albany (New York) who had heard the news of the first plane crash.It was news to me and we were...

DAMIRworld Remembers 911 - A Memorial And Tribute - September 11, 2001

DAMIRworld Remembers 911 - A Memorial And Tribute - September 11, 2001I wanted to show my grief, love and support to all those who lost their lives and to those they left behind.  I clearly remember people...

Christina Applegate battling breast cancer

"LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. ...

Students and Faculty Mourn Murdered UNC Student Body President

Two days after University of North Carolina's student body president Eve Carson was killed in a city street, thousands of students, friends, family and faculty came together to pay their respects to the 22-year-old...

Yoko Ono Birthday Thoughts: John Lennon would have turned 67 today

Yoko Ono shares her thoughts on what would have been John Lennon's 67th Birthday (October 9).  She does it through Birthday Thoughts 2007, a poem written on The Guardian Music Blog.

101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less

"The pleasures of cooking are sometimes obscured by summer haze and heat, which can cause many of us to turn instead to bad restaurants and worse takeout. But the cook with a little bit of experience has a wealth of...

What Does Freedom Mean Anymore?

"It is worth remembering during this week divided by an Independence Day holiday that as Americans we are united by freedom, perhaps even as many freedoms as there are of us. That is both the ideal and the reality of America, that each one of us enjoys a freedom all our own,...

Members Of Rolling Thunder Heading For Nation's Capital For Memorial Day Comm...

"Members Of Rolling Thunder Heading For Nation's Capital For Memorial Day Commemoration May 25, 2007 5:30 p.m. EST Linda Young - AHN Staff Writer Washington, DC (AHN) - While Memorial Day is a federal holiday, making it a day off from work for some, many will choose to enjoy...

America's dangerous trigger finger

"Why the killing of civilians by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq could have profound strategic consequences. By David J. Morris Apr. 26, 2007 | On March 4, a U.S. Marine convoy in the Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan was attacked by a suicide bomber driving a...

Iran Flips the Bird

"Thumbs-up" has a very different meaning to Persians than it does to Westerners..."This is yesterday’s front page of Kayhan, the state-run newspaper. The text reads “authorities to the journalists who visited the...

Living With a Learning Disability

" Six-year-old David's favorite part of the day is story time. He loves it when Mom reads to him, and he has no trouble remembering what he hears. But David has a problem. He cannot read for himself. In fact, any task that requires visual skill frustrates him. Sarah is in her...

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