Honoring our vets
The Mining Journal Sun, 29 May 2011 21:48 PM PDT
By JOHANNA BOYLE Journal Ishpeming Bureau MARQUETTE - Marquette's Park Cemetery contains the grave of Albert T. Jackson, who died from wounds received during the American Civil War and his body was returned to Marquette. |
Badminton body shelves rule requiring women wear skirts
Hamilton Spectator Sun, 29 May 2011 21:33 PM PDT
The Badminton World Federation has indefinitely suspended a controversial regulation that would have required women to wear skirts or dresses in competitive matches, a move that many female athletes considered sexist. |
Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes
KETK 56 Tyler Sun, 29 May 2011 20:49 PM PDT
When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy. read more |
Apparent torture of boy reinvigorates Syria’s protest movement
Washington Post Sun, 29 May 2011 18:33 PM PDT
BEIRUT â€" The boy’s head was swollen, purple and disfigured. His body was a mess of welts, cigarette burns and wounds from bullets fired to injure, not kill. His kneecaps had been smashed, his neck broken, his jaw shattered and his penis cut off. What finally killed him was not clear, but it appeared painfully, shockingly clear that he had suffered terribly during the month he spent in Syrian ... |
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