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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Commentary
'Light Doesn't Die': A Sister's Poem For Slain Sandy Hook Teacher
December 29, 2012 Unable to sleep in the days after the Newtown, Conn., killings, Emily Leukhardt found herself writing about the sister who she says was "just fundamentally good."
In Limbo: Stateless Man Stuck On American Samoa
December 29, 2012 Mikhail Sebastian came to the South Pacific island for what should have been a short vacation; he has now been there for a year. U.S. immigration officials say he self-deported.
Law
Years Delayed, Detroit Starts Testing Rape Kits For Evidence
December 29, 2012 In 2009, thousands of boxes of potential evidence were discovered untested. Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy is leading the effort to handle the backlog. While the city still lacks sufficient funding to test all of the 11,000 kits, it has made two convictions and discovered a pattern of serial rapists.
Politics
'Truth By Repetition': The Evolution Of Political Mudslinging
December 29, 2012 Two former reporters are now making a living digging up dirt on political candidates. They help their clients find obscured truths on their competition — and on themselves. While name-calling isn't new, there are more ways to spread a damaging message. But as this election showed, that message isn't always factually based.
Acts Of Kindness Continue At Corner Perk Cafe
December 29, 2012 Earlier this year, one of the regulars at a Bluffton, S.C., coffee shop decided to donate $100 to buy other customers' coffee. Her gift sparked a chain reaction of people who also decided to "pay it forward."
Business
Hollywood Writer's Gongs Still Going Strong
December 29, 2012 The gong business is still a hit for Andrew Borakove, a comedy television writer turned gong salesmen. Despite the rocky economy, his doors have been open for eight years. "We've watched the world go up and down," he says, "but when you're selling gongs, there's no up or down, it's just round."
It's All Politics
Congressional Leaders Hopeful As Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears
December 29, 2012 Even though the top four congressional leaders left their White House meeting with the president separately and silently Friday, they cast the hourlong encounter in a positive light back at the Capitol.
It's All Politics
Obama: 'The American People Are Watching What We Do Here'
December 29, 2012 It was hardly the first time the president had been standing at the White House briefing room podium, asking lawmakers to finally, before time runs out, agree to his plan or cut a deal, and spare the world some gratuitous economic pain.
History
'Watch Nights,' A New Year's Celebration Of Emancipation
December 29, 2012 On Dec. 31, 1862, African-Americans and abolitionists waited for word — via telegraph, newspaper or word of mouth — that the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued. A New Year's Eve tradition marks the anniversary of President Lincoln's actions to end slavery.
Friday, December 28, 2012
The Two-Way
Jean Harris Dies; Former Schoolmistress Killed 'Scarsdale Diet' Doctor
December 28, 2012 The sensational case sparked commentary from supporters who said Harris was a mistreated woman, dependent on her paramour and from detractors, who said the case wrongly put the murder victim on trial.
It's All Politics
New Immigration Battle: Driver's Licenses
December 28, 2012 Iowa is the latest state to challenge President Obama's immigration policy by denying driver's licenses to young illegal immigrants who receive a temporary reprieve from deportation. Opponents are suing to block such moves, saying they violate federal law.
The Salt
One Lunch Lady's Cafeteria Conversion
December 28, 2012 CPR"If it's not me, who's it going to be?" asks Colorado school cafeteria manager Kathy Del Tonto. After serving processed foods in her cafeterias for years, she realized that reducing childhood obesity can begin with her. She now has the lunch ladies making 95 percent of meals from scratch.
