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PHOTOS: Gaza recovery begins

Palestinian girls, whose house was destroyed during Israel's 22-day offensive, look out of a tent in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 29, 2009. Along the 45 km (30-mile) strip of Mediterranean coastline, half-finished construction sites stand silent, and, amid the ruins ...

Michael Jordan becomes Chief Wish Ambassador

Michael Jordan, regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time and a successful business leader, now has a new title – Chief Wish Ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Jordan was formally introduced in his new role by David Williams, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America president and chief executive officer, at the ...

Pakistani Taliban free 29 police and soldiers

Source: Reuters (Recasts with Taliban free captured police, soldiers) By Junaid Khan MINGORA, Pakistan, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban released on Wednesday 29 paramilitary soldiers and policemen they had ... Full Story

A day of Reckoning comes to the big screen

The Reckoning, a documentary film by Skylight Pictures about the first cases of the International Criminal Court, will be presented at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Festival organizers selected about 200 films for exhibition from more than 9000 submissions. Launched in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first international ...

Afghanistan signs cluster bomb treaty

In response to an international campaign by human rights organizations, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan agreed to join more than 90 other nations last week in signing a treaty to ban cluster munitions. The decision was a surprise given Karzai’s close relationship with the U.S. government, which opposes the treaty that ...

Tim Tebow - QB on a Mission

Tim Tebow led the Florida Gators to their second BCS Championship but his leadership extends far beyond the football field. We can only hope he elects to stay at Florida for one more season as his visibility, integrity, and impact on others is likely maximized in pursuit of a ...

Julie Mackin becomes a hero - trades nuclear medicine for career with kids

[caption id="attachment_1173" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Julie Mackin, second from right, a Franklin Middle School special education teacher."][/caption] As a young woman in the 1970s, Julie Mackin wanted to make it in a man's world and make lots of money doing it. OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1'); "I wanted to do it all; I wasn't going to let ...

Police officer recognized as Oregon’s 2008 hero

Police officer Ernie Happala recently was named one of Oregon's 2008 Everyday Heroes by the Governor's Commission on Senior Services, and he was honored in Salem along with 11 other individuals, a bank and a Portland fire station. The commission created the heroes' campaign to raise awareness of elder abuse, increase ...

A rubbish life

Dave Chameides has spent almost an entire year living a life full of utter garbage and hoping he can inspire other Americans to do the same. The Los Angeles-based cameraman has lived in his comfortable Hollywood home without throwing away a single piece of trash, from wine bottles to chewing gum ...

Man returns lost money twice in same week

A Maine man found a wallet stuffed with cash on the floor in a home improvement store. Two days later, he found a loaded money bag in the same store. Gil Steward was shopping Tuesday at The Home Depot in Auburn when he spied the wallet, which was stuffed with ...