Lifting All Boats
The hour-long interview was coming to a close, when the grey-stubbled, proud father told me that his severely disabled daughter wanted me to take a picture with her. Throughout the interview, the man,...
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Teen Girl Takes Down Popular Surf Mag In Epic Letter
Olive Bowers is a big fan of surfing. So when she came across Tracks magazine at a friend's house, the surf publication caught her attention -- and not in a good way. According to News.com.au, in a...
View ArticleInspiring Student Goes From Homeless To Carnegie Hall
One Florida college student's musical talents have helped him to make the incredible leap from a homeless student to a performer at New York City's Carnegie Hall. University of West Florida student...
View ArticleMunicipal Elections in Turkey - Victory for Erdogan's Party
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, head of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has ruled Turkey for the past 12 years which makes him among the longest serving leaders since the...
View ArticleConfronting Cesar Chavez's Stance On Illegal Immigration
While Cesar Chavez has become one of the most iconic Latino civil rights leaders in U.S. history, his stance on the issue of illegal immigration didn't always reflect the dominant attitude among...
View ArticleMalaysia Missing Plane Hunt Continues As Search Resumes West Of Perth
* Final cockpit words "Good night Malaysian three seven zero" * Changed account of final words comes in fourth week of search * 10 planes, nine ships resume hunt west of Perth * Malaysia PM heading to...
View ArticleAmericans Might Not Support Edward Snowden, But They Support Disclosing Programs
Americans are not sure whether Edward Snowden did the right or wrong thing by leaking national security documents to the media, even though most think the public has the right to know about the...
View ArticlePutin the Great: Struggling to Hold on to a Crumbling Empire
What is driving Putin's aggressive actions in Ukraine? Putin's behavior has prompted Madeline Albright to characterize the Russian leader as "delusional" and Germany's Angela Merkel to state that Putin...
View ArticleHistorians Claim Holy Grail Sits In Spanish Museum
Jesus Christ! Two historians claim they've identified the holy grail that Jesus drank from at the last supper, according to AFP. León University medieval history lecturer Margarita Torres and art...
View ArticleAntonio Floro Flores, Italian Soccer Player, Offers To Adopt Abandoned Baby
Though he already has three kids of his own, Italian soccer player Antonio Floro Flores is hoping to add one more to his brood. The Sassuolo forward recently offered to adopt an infant who was...
View Article'The Cove' Director Releases Raw Footage Of Horrific Dolphin Slaughter (GRAPHIC)
Newsweek magazine has stirred the waters of controversy with a cover story on a Japanese fishing village's dolphin hunt, a practice that gained sudden international attention in 2009 due to the...
View ArticleTurkey Took a Big Time Selfie
Nowadays, people are racing to take selfies and share them on social networks to be part of this phenomenon. On social media, we have seen very different kinds of selfies. It's hard to determine how...
View ArticleThis Iceland Ice Cave Proposal Is Hauntingly Beautiful
When Katherine Loveless' boyfriend took her to an ice cave in Iceland recently, she got more than an adventure; she got a husband-to-be. Rúrik Karl Björnsson got down on a knee and proposed amid one of...
View ArticleTed Cruz Accuses Iran Of Tapping Hostage-Taker For Ambassador
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran has chosen a former hostage-taker involved in the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran to serve as its ambassador at the United Nations, Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday in...
View ArticleChuck Hagel To Meet With His Malaysian Counterpart
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet with Malaysia's defense minister this week, amid ongoing criticism about how well the search for missing Flight 370 has been...
View ArticleChile Earthquake 2014 Sparks Tsunami Warnings For Multiple Countries
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off northern Chile's coast on Tuesday evening, resulting in a tsunami and warnings of more to come. According to the USGS, the earthquake struck 62 miles...
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Was Iran's Nominee for the UN Ambassador Involved in the 1979 Hostage Taking?
While a number of U.S.-based publications have raised serious questions that Iran's nominee for the UN ambassador is amongst students who took 53 American diplomats hostage for 444 days in 1979,...
View ArticleSanitation and Water for All -- Because We Must
In just under two weeks around 50 countries from the Sanitation and Water for All partnership will meet at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. to make tangible, measurable pledges to deal with the...
View ArticleCan Disaster Be Averted for the Women of Afghanistan?
There is a potential catastrophe looming when foreign troops leave Afghanistan, as the central government could well sacrifice women and girls in future negotiations with the Taliban. Recently, the...
View ArticleDance of Democracy
It has been described by one newspaper as the "dance of democracy," and by another as "Mahabharata," after the Indian epic that tells the story of an ancient war between two warring dynasties. Whatever...
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