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Why do so many Greenlanders kill themselves?

NUUK, Greenland—The posters are plastered on school walls and at bus stops across Greenland's capital city. The message, aimed at teenagers, is a direct plea to use a special hot line: "The call is free. No one is alone. Don't be alone with your dark ...

From JASON GEORGE, Slate,  9 Oct 2009

African-American woman aims for rare climb up the country music charts

my original material in front of people without (wetting) myself." Growing up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, Liz Toussaint straddled a musical divide. "In front of my friends, we listened to Biggie Smalls and Tupac," she ...

From JASON GEORGE, Inside Bay Area,  17 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Allen Toussaint,  Darius Rucker,  Dixie Chicks (musician),  Jennifer Hudson,  Mary J. Blige

Sultan style thrives at Tunis hotel

In the late 1990s, members of the Belhaouane family traveled to Morocco from Tunisia and observed the hip boutique hotels that populate the Moroccan medinas. Enter the iron doors of Dar el Medina and you'll be transported into a world of ...

From JASON GEORGE, eTaiwan News,  9 May 2009
Related Topics: Sultan

Dar el Medina embraces sultan style in Tunisia

rooms are sprawling. Pictures are available of each room on the hotel's Web site. In the late 1990s, members of the Belhaouane family traveled to Morocco from Tunisia and observed the hip boutique hotels that populate the Moroccan medinas. "My dad ...

From JASON GEORGE, Inside Bay Area,  7 May 2009

A REFUGE FROM TEASING

CHICAGO — At 6, Scott Loeff developed a speech impediment that no doctor could explain. suffer from OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)," he said as a grin spread across his face. "It's perfect: Camp is my OCD." Campers participate in a team-building ...

From JASON GEORGE, Monterey County Herald,  5 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Mary Kay

Camp brings Tourette’s sufferers together

Chicago At 6, Scott Loeff developed a speech impediment that no doctor could explain. Seven years and a slew of specialists later, a team of Chicago physicians shared a diagnosis with Loeff and his parents: Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological disorder ...

From JASON GEORGE - CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Lawrence Journal World,  28 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Mary Kay

Barack Obama inaugural ball: Illinoisan

The Illinois ball for president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration might be Washington D.C.'s hottest ticket, but the event's headliners aren't exactly Kayne, The Boss or any of those A-list entertainers who've endorsed Obama. In fact, wedding singers, ...

From JASON GEORGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  20 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Lyle Lovett,  Clay Walker

Another Elvis mystery solved

In Dec. 4, 1956, Marilyn Evans entered — and exited — rock 'n' roll history. Escott said at the time. Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Marilyn Evans make a recording at Sun Studio in Memphis in 1956. That was the day ...

From JASON GEORGE, Monterey County Herald,  16 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Elvis Presley,  Jerry Lee Lewis,  Carl Perkins,  Johnny Cash,  Mickey Rooney

Sen. John McCain arrives at his rally

PHOENIX - Sen. John McCain is in the building. McCain arrived about 15 minutes ago at Arizona Biltmore, where he plans to hold his rally, win or lose. While he was expected to speak much later tonight - assuming the election was tighter - word is that ...

From JASON GEORGE, The Swamp,  4 Nov 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Sarah Palin

Palin Election Day - Back in AK

ANCHORAGE - Gov. Sarah Palin arrived back in her home state just before 5 a.m. local time, and is headed to Wasilla, where she'll vote and meet with supporters. Palin flies mid-day to Phoenix for her rally with Sen. John McCain. Palin staff report ...

From JASON GEORGE, The Swamp,  4 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  John McCain,  Scott Davis,  Ted Stevens,  Don Young

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