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There?Äôs a buzz circulating in small-town USA, and I?Äôm not talking about the anticipation of Justin Bieber?Äôs upcoming birthday. I came across a new item at the grocery store. There, between the strawberries and pre-cut watermelon, sat an unassuming bag containing three fruits. At first glance, I thought they were apples because that?Äôs what they…

I woke up this morning and looked at the thermometer. Good grief it?Äôs 15 below zero, again. This has got to be the winter from hell! I?Äôm so sick of winter I wanna scream! I busied myself with various tasks: carrying in wood, carrying out ashes, shoveling snow and cussing. As the day went on,…

I had just turned 30 when I noticed it. At first I thought I had gotten a bad haircut; then I thought they had changed the formula to my styling gel. But one fateful morning, while attempting to strategically maneuver my hair to cover the places it used to, I finally realized, I was losing…

Last year, fewer journalists were killed while doing their jobs than in recent years, but that should not be grounds for optimism, say International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) members in their end-of-year reports. According to its annual analysis, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recorded 41 journalists killed in direct connection to their work…