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Bubba Update: Former President Bill Clinton offers a Lesson In mortality For Baby-Boomer Generation (New York Daily News)
Hang in there, Bubba, hang in there.
That was the prayer of Bill Clinton fans everywhere when the ex-President checked into New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia – leaving it momentarily unclear when and whether Elvis would leave the building.
He did, of course, the next morning, with all his usual rock-star swagger and a couple of new stents [...]
GOOD NEWS STORY OF THE DAY: Man Embraces History – Breaks World’s All-Time Hugging Record! (Salon)
A 51-year-old Ohio man has embraced the Valentine’s Day spirit faster than anyone before, giving 7,777 hugs in 24 hours for a new world record.
Jeff Ondash, who sought the squeezes under the costumed alter ego Teddy McHuggin, broke the record Saturday night outside the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Ondash says he [...]
JOE CONASON/PROFILE: The Never Ending Quest Of Bill Clinton (Salon)
Often since his first heart surgery in 2004, Bill Clinton has alluded to an increased awareness of his own life’s limitations; it is a sense that must have enveloped him again on Thursday, when chest pains sent him into the operating room at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan for a new pair of stents in [...]
HISTORY: The Civil Rights Movemment – How It Started 50 Years Ago (USA Today)
NASHVILLE — Fifth Avenue downtown bustles with activity on a blustery recent afternoon. People of all races mingle: This could be any midsize city in the United States, circa 2010.
Fifty years ago, things were different. The stores along Fifth — specifically, their lunch counters — and the city itself were the site of a battle [...]
PROFILE IN COURAGE: The Real Frank Serpico Resurfaces (The New York Times)
He looked like some sort of fur trapper, this bearded man walking through the snowy woods here in upstate New York. But then, Frank Serpico has always been known for his disguises.
Anyone who has seen the celebrated 1973 film “Serpico” knows that he often dressed up — bum, butcher, rabbi — to catch criminals. His [...]
Cheering Crowds In Times Square Celebrate 2010 (New York Times)
Hundreds of thousands of revelers welcomed the new year in New York City’s Times Square, despite the rain, slushy streets and heightened security, capping worldwide celebrations that often emphasized the hopes for a more peaceful tomorrow.
The poor weather and tight security could not dampen the otherwise festive mood in midtown Manhattan, where the cast of [...]
Helping Elderly Leave Nursing Homes For A Home
Walter Brown never wanted to live in a nursing home, but when he had a stroke two years ago, he saw little choice. Mr. Brown, 72, could not walk, use his left arm or transfer himself into his wheelchair.
“It was like being in jail,” Mr. Brown said on a recent afternoon. “In the nursing home [...]
During World War II, A Soldier Turned Cantor On The Battlefield
Like many veterans, Max Fuchs did not talk much about what he did in the war. His children knew he landed at Omaha Beach. Sometimes, they were allowed to feel the shrapnel still lodged in his chest.
And once, he had told them, he sang as the cantor in a Jewish prayer service on the [...]
Lost Your Job? Start Over As An Entrepreneur
Tough times breed a different kind of entrepreneur.
With the economy tanking, lots of people are striking out on their own. Some never thought of starting a business until they got laid off. Others kicked around the idea but never found the time or the passion to pursue it. Now, launching a start-up seems like a [...]
Sotomayor, A Trailblazer And A Dreamer
She was “a child with dreams,” as she once said, the little girl who learned at 8 that she had diabetes, who lost her father when she was 9, who devoured Nancy Drew books and spent Saturday nights playing bingo, marking the cards with chickpeas, in the squat red brick housing projects of the East [...]
