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A witness to violence teaches peace (Boston Globe) - 180 weeks ago

At the age of 5, Hugh O'Doherty was already a veteran of religious conflict. For a Catholic in Northern Ireland, it was hard not to be.

Bridgeport Democrats known for standing their ground (Connecticut Post) - 180 weeks ago

If Monroe Webster had won a seat on Waterbury's Board of Aldermen — he recently lost a Democratic primary — party leaders would have nudged him to give up his seat on the city's Democratic Town Committee.

Farland scores touchdown at Cohasse Ryder Cup snapshots (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) - 180 weeks ago

Todd Farland, superintendent at Cohasse CC in Southbridge, begins each day by huddling with his crew to hand out assignments. Sometimes, he even diagrams detailed instructions.

Fierce Champion Of The Disabled Never Gave Up (Hartford Courant) - 180 weeks ago

Shelley Teed-Wargo, 55, of Manchester, died Sept. 1. Shelley Teed-Wargo was a fighter, a woman who inspired many people with disabilities to advocate for themselves and others.

The impact of September 11, 2001 (Rapid City Journal) - 181 weeks ago

Matt Thompson and Katie Ruedebusch knew the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, would have a profound impact on their lives. But now, on the five-year anniversary of the event, the two are realizing just how profound.

This time, the left speaks in unison (St. Petersburg Times) - 181 weeks ago

Democrats call it a coincidence, but in races across the country, a lot of political ads seem to be drawing on very similar themes.

Parents Take Language Class Into Their Own Hands (New York Times) - 181 weeks ago

In affluent suburban areas from New York to San Diego, children are studying second and even third languages at ages when they are still learning English.

University launches 'Yale Tomorrow' campaign (Yale University) - 181 weeks ago

Yale is launching a development campaign the weekend of Sept. 30 that is expected to seek $3 billion in five years to fund a wide range of University priorities in the 21st century.

An inside look at the board president (The Norman Transcript) - 181 weeks ago

Before enlisting as a Sooner with the University of Oklahoma in 1983, history professor Dr. Dan Snell was a ...

New charter school teaches through the arts (Journal Inquirer) - 181 weeks ago

Each team of about five or six students got the same words, and had to arrange them in its own way to arrive at a poem. Some of the words, like "cassava" - a crop in the Caribbean - were new to the students and had to do specifically with the Caribbean history and culture they had been studying.