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Wednesday, September 14th, 2005“For more than 19 years, the rebel group ‘the Lord’s Resistance Army’ (LRA) has been battling the Government of Uganda (GOU) for political power…. [The LRA] creates [its] army primarily through the violent abduction and forced enlistment of children. Children are used as soldiers, laborers and, in the case of girls, sexual slaves. More than [...]
3 days of death, despair and survival
Friday, September 9th, 2005Amanda swayed her mother from suicide by talking about her future.
What the waters have revealed
Friday, September 9th, 2005“Katrina has revealed what was already there in America; an invisible and mostly silent poverty that we have chosen not to talk about, let alone to take responsibility for in the richest nation on earth. This week, we all saw it; and so did the rest of the world. And it made Americans feel both [...]
Rudy has the cover of Prism magazine
Wednesday, September 7th, 2005His “Surfacing Hispanic Leaders†is the September-October cover story. Check it out here. (Thanks for the shout-out!)
“Deadly” heroin kills 6 in LES
Sunday, August 21st, 2005This seemed inappropriate to post last Tuesday when the story was “news,” but it’s important to mention because it means we have unfinished business. Despite gentrification, the LES still has a drug problem. A deadly batch of heroin may have killed six people over five days in downtown Manhattan – including two college coeds found [...]
Obituary
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005From today’s New York Daily News: VECCHIONEâ€â€Jennie (nee Ingarra). On August 15, 2005. Beloved wife of the late Richard. Loving mother of Mary, Josephine, Teresa and Richard. Cherished grandmother of Tara, Diana, Chris, John and Joseph. Great-grandmother of Willie, Amber, and Judah. Visitation, Wednesday and Thursday, 2-5 and 7-9 P.M. at McLaughlin & Sons F. [...]
Celebration of Life
Sunday, August 7th, 2005Caleb Josiah “Cub” Stevens 2/21/95 – 8/5/05 Viewing: Sunday, 4-6 pm, 7-9 pm Ruck Funeral Homes, Towson, MD Celebration Service: Monday, 10 am Gospel Tabernacle, Perry Hall, MD Details here. The family has asked that rather than sending flowers, a tax deductible gift would be made in Caleb’s honor to: Chain Reaction 1355 Deanwood Rd [...]
(I hate to say this, but) Canseco is credible
Monday, August 1st, 2005Disgraced major leaguer Jose Canseco fingered Rafael Palmeiro as a steroid abuser in his infamous best seller, prompting Palmeiro to point his finger at Congress and emphatically declare: “I have never used steroids. Period.” Today, after testing positive under MLB’s new testing program, baseball’s most recent 3000 hits/500 homeruns “hero” amended his denial, ever so [...]
Heros among us
Monday, March 14th, 2005Inspired by faith and a willingness to treat a mass murderer humanely, 26-year old Ashley Smith heroically survived capture by Atlanta courthouse shooting suspect Brian Nichols. Smith said she asked Nichols if she could read. She retrieved a Bible and a copy of “The Purpose-Driven Life.” She said he asked her to repeat a paragraph [...]
Should this be banned?
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