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Saturday May 18 2013

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art by kids supports school art programs

Children's Paintings Sold to Support School Arts Programs

Saturday, May 18, 2013

In the hard-hit city of Philadelphia, a former art curator Barbara Chandler Allen was disgusted by cutbacks to arts funding for students, especially because it so disadvantages the poorest schools where kids are most in need of positive outlets. Lucky for the kids, Barbara stumbled o... (Read more)

 

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5 years ago I surveyed fans of the Good News Network asking whether they would pay a subscription fee for the website and 67 percent said yes. Now I want to end the... (Read more)

 
lottery Winner Mr. Cerezo
Saturday, May 18, 2013

When the Cerezo family finally turned in old lottery tickets purchased by their daughter before her death, they got a surprise lifeline to save their house from fore... (Read more)

   
baseball catcher disguised soldier
Saturday, May 18, 2013

A 9-year-old girl who was chosen to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game brought tears to every eye in the stadium when she found out the catcher was actuall... (Read more)

   

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    • Rhode Island passed the first law in North America making slavery illegal (1652)
    • In the midst of the Great Depression, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt created the Tennessee Valley Authority to establish navigation, flood control, electricity generation and economic development in the Tennessee River Valley, one of the poorest regions in the country at the time, covering parts of seven states (1933)
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