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CURRENT EVENT – MAY 27, 2012
Justin Deeg finished the Boston Marathon in 3:00.16, good for 537th overall, and was able to share the experience with his fiancée, Corrine Klebe. Both will graduate May 25 from the Mayo School of Health Sciences with degrees in physical therapy.
CURRENT EVENT – MAY 20, 2012
Facebook now allows people to share their organ donor status. It’s a wonderful way to bring the donor community together and to raise awareness about organ donation overall.
CURRENT EVENT – MAY 13, 2012
On April 19, 18-year-old shepherd Yasir Najadah was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers taking part in military training exercises.
CURRENT EVENT – MAY 6, 2012
Bread for the World is a non-profit charity that acts as a collective Christian voice urging America’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.
CURRENT EVENT – APRIL 29, 2012
This is a common misconception: When your beliefs are challenged with facts, you alter your opinions and incorporate the new information into your thinking. The real truth is that when your deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory evidence, your beliefs get stronger.
CURRENT EVENT – APRIL 22, 2012
On a 100-acre ranch in the foothills northeast of Salinas, California, 28 students, many of whom are on probation, are building a house. When it’s finished, it will shelter some of them from the violence in their own neighborhoods.
CURRENT EVENT – APRIL 15, 2012
Mobile phone video footage that shows an Ethiopian domestic worker being beaten and dragged by force into a car under the gaze of bystanders outside the Ethiopian consulate in Beirut, Lebanon, has caused angry reactions amongst Ethiopians. The video shows her laying on her back on the side of the road surrounded by the perpetrators.
CURRENT EVENT – APRIL 8, 2012
“I just ran over and grabbed his hand and said, ‘You’re Gordon Ramsay, I can’t believe you’ve come into my restaurant for lunch’!”
CURRENT EVENT – APRIL 1, 2012
Cautioning that a market economy cannot function if people are totally self-serving, a recent economic survey of India called upon political leaders and policymakers to become role models of honesty and integrity.
CURRENT EVENT – MARCH 25, 2012
Many people pick something really hard to give up for the Christian season of Lent–such as chocolate or cigarettes–and spend the next 40 days hating the process or hating themselves when they fall off the wagon.
CURRENT EVENT – MARCH 18, 2012
Five Nelson, New Zealand, kindergarten classes have received an unexpected surprise in the form of an anonymous donation of $200 each. Nelson Kindergarten Association chief executive Wendy Logan said the money was donated anonymously.
CURRENT EVENT – MARCH 11, 2012
Many of the world’s minority languages, some spoken by only a handful of speakers, are on the brink of extinction, and community activists and scientists are teaming up to try to keep them alive.