by Hana Namrouqa | Mar 06,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Grey water from schools and mosques will be harvested and two ancient reservoirs will be rehabilitated this year under […]
Doctors will do anything to keep some patients alive, but they take a different approach when it comes to their own lives, according to USC Medical School’s Ken Murray. Murray writes at Zócalo Public Square: Of course, doctors don’t want to die; they want to live. But they know enough about modern […]
(CNN) — Frank Korona lives near the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border with his wife Kathy, in a house that he built with his own hands, on the same property where he grew up. He served in the Army Special Forces in Vietnam. The Koronas have a long, proud tradition of military service, […]
Source: The New York Times RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Rick Ruzzamenti admits to being a tad impulsive. He traded his Catholicism for Buddhism in a revelatory flash. He married a Vietnamese woman he had only just met. And then a year ago, he decided in an instant to donate his left […]
Between 1948 and 1967 a border separated Arabs living in East Jerusalem from Jews living in the rest of the city. Today, much of the city’s Arab population remains in the east, while the majority of its Jewish population lives in the west. Although they are free to do so, few residents […]
If you were hit by a bus today or were otherwise incapacitated, would your loved ones be able to quickly locate your important information or know how to handle your affairs? Many of us have a great handle on our finances, but our record keeping systems might not be obvious […]
Meet the youngest hero of Sarasota County, FL. According to Linda Carson of WWSB ABC 7, when seven-year-old Rita Lawlor couldn’t wake her mother up, she took action by first slapping her with a slice of pizza. When that didn’t work, the little quick-thinker called 911. Carson was presented with a life-saving […]