Feb 15
Egyptians protests in Imbaba during the protests of 2011. (Photo by Flickr user monasosh, cc-by-sa.) In Imbaba, an area of Cairo where more than a million people live in denser conditions than Manhattan, N.Y., poverty takes on new meaning. the buildings are on top of each other and services are non-existant. but after the Arab …
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Feb 12
I let Elise pick today’s Japanese postcard. I figure she needs a little extra attention as she is now officially a social pariah–the chicken pox has struck again! She chose Snoopy! While Snoopy is as American a beagle as they come, he and the rest of the Peanuts gang have found a second home in …
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Feb 02
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Jan 11
Since Thanksgiving, 2008, dozens of seekers have tramped along the Chipmunk Trail at Hopkinton State Park searching for a special kind of buried treasure. They’re not looking for Sasquatch, Jimmy Hoffa or Babe Ruth’s piano. They’re letterboxers. following clues left by a Shrewsbury woman known on the trails as “Mim,’’ Flyer Girl, Muddy Dogma and …
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Jan 06
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Teresa Ashe took a break from looking for work on a recent rainy morning to fill out the necessary paperwork that would get her a week’s worth of food. But the laid-off housekeeper didn’t rush home to tuck into the offerings of tinned stew or boxes of mac and cheese from the …
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Jan 03
“the Postal Department is facing a crisis due to the severe shortage of stamps and is suffering a loss of millions of rupees,” the Joint Postal Trade Union Alliance said today. the Union’s Convener Chinthaka Bandara said that there is a severe shortage of 50 cents, Rs.1, Rs.2, Rs.3, Rs,12, Rs.50 and Rs.100 stamps. …
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Jan 02
Providing yet another reason for its 9 percent approval rating, Congress is attempting to write the nation’s next farm bill in secrecy—sneaking it into law as part of the deficit reduction package to be produced by the “supercommittee.” This anti-democratic maneuvering could determine the shape of one of the most important—and controversial—pieces of legislation Congress …
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Jan 02
Eighth-graders at Woodlawn School this month made blankets to give to residents at the Brian Center, a health and rehabilitation center in Mooresville. the students visit the center monthly as part of their service learning curriculum. Also this week, Davidson Day students celebrate holiday traditions around the world and an essay by DDS sixth-grader Kara …
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Dec 18
Local stamp collectors promoted their hobby at the Ventura County fair by giving away stamps and displaying items from their collections. Ventura County Philatelic Society members manned a table in the Gem and Mineral building for every hour of the fair last month, discussing their hobby with adults and youngsters and giving away the stamps. …
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Nov 13
LANSING, Mich. Michigan is changing its policy so food stamp applicants can exempt one car under new requirements limiting how much they can own and still get assistance, state Department of Human Services Director Maura Corrigan told the associated Press in an exclusive interview Wednesday. The agency last month began telling applicants who owned vehicles …
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