Burke remembered for revitalization, preservation
MALVERN — Samuel Burke Jr., a former borough councilman credited for revitalizing the borough’s business district and saving the Paoli Battlefield from the hands of developers, died on Aug. 16 at age 90. Read more on Main Line Suburban Life
Embezzler’s sentence is doubled
Joel Pourier gets 10 years for stealing .38 million from Native American school in Minneapolis. Read more on Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Smoking marijuana helps reduce pain, trial shows
Researchers in Montreal have completed what they say is the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to show that smoking pot really helps to relieve pain. Read more on CTV Winnipeg
Hog farmer switches to vegan diet
By Clare Howard GateHouse News Service FORREST, Ill. — Lunch was Greek cabbage salad sprinkled with pumpkin seeds, Ezekiel sprouted wraps, walnuts, raw almonds and a glass of hot purified water. Read more on The Newton Kansan
Death and Joblessness: How Suicide Dogs the Long-Term Unemployed
by Annie Lowery He hit “publish” on the last Wednesday in July, in the middle of a long afternoon. “I also have become homeless and am on the verge of suicide. I slept out in the wood last night and didn’t gett very much sleep. I hate to bring you people down with my problems but I thought you would like to know this. I don’t know what else to say except I’m very sorry it turned out like this … Read more on CommonDreams.org
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Pier pressure: How Blackpool FC went from the players washing their own kit to the Premier League and in line for £90m
Blackpool FC have become one of the most engaging and uplifting stories in English football, but can its’ new-found success rejuvenate a town so poor it has the lowest life expectancy in England? Read more on Daily Mail: World News
‘Put your best foot forward’
TALLADEGA – With the 2010-2011 school year starting in less than a week, teachers employed with the Talladega City Schools got a pep talk on Wednesday morning. Read more on The Daily Home
Forgotten authors No 56: Kyril Bonfiglioli
Imagine a politically incorrect combination of Bertie Wooster, Falstaff and Raffles, and you get an idea of Kyril Bonfiglioli’s fictional hero. Read more on Independent
On the Media: Veteran journalist Eric Malnic was the ultimate newsman
In his five decades with the Los Angeles Times, the late Malnic served as dogged reporter, master rewriter and finally, a beacon of what good journalism is all about. The excited young reporter called in from the airplane crash site, sure he had captured the essence of the tragedy. He couldn’t wait to read the series of graphs he had lovingly crafted about the scene. Read more on Los Angeles Times
Annual benefit for IBH forges ahead
Golf outing to tee off Monday despite charges against founding priest Board members still support Father Sam Read more on Akron Beacon Journal
GM deal is vindication for chairman of AmeriCredit
When AmeriCredit agreed to sell out to General Motors , Clifton Morris Jr. was barely mentioned. His name appeared once in a corporate timeline that was published with the Star-Telegram news story, the equivalent of a footnote for a man who helped create the subprime industry for auto loans. Read more on Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Lindsay Lohan Should Get Back To Work To Recover Successfully, Expert Says
NCADD’s Robert J. Lindsey tells MTV News that working is an ‘extremely important’ part of her recovery process. Read more on MTV Music Television
Not having friends as bad as smoking
PROVO, Utah, July 28 (UPI) — Not having adequate social relationships can be as bad for health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, being an alcoholic or not exercising, U.S. researchers say. United States – Health – Utah – Social relation – Alcoholism Read more on UPI
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CNCAA to host Freedom Ride
People wanting to go for a motorcycle ride or a drive through Central Nebraska this weekend can support a local charity as they go. Read more on Grand Island Independent
Japanese women extend life expectancy to new high
Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News
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