Israeli scientists on Wednesday unveiled a program to put thousands
of fragile fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls online, using infrared
imaging to reveal previously illegible portions of the millennia-old biblical
documents.
On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people marched on Washington for jobs and justice and witnessed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s inspirational I Have A Dream speech. Tonight, 45 years later, a man takes the stage in Mile-High Stadium in Denver to fulfill King's Dream, becoming the first African-American candidate for the presidency of the United States. Millions of Americans will gather to watch on television this historic moment, when a new generation comes full-circle, carrying with it the expectation that people will be judged not by the color of their skin but on the content of their character. (UPDATE 8/29: Watch the speech at the bottom)
They've been married a whopping 82 years. He just turned 100. She's 98. They remain inseparable, and an inspiration to their family. "“I've never seen them get upset with each other. They are
just good, wonderful people, with loving hearts," said their daughter-in-law, who teared up when asked to describe the couple. (San Antonio Express-News)
A Long Island church has $3 million more dollars in its coffers after a donation from an anonymous parishioner. The secret donor dropped the lottery ticket in the collection basket, asking only that their identity be kept secret. (Read text below the video)
A new US citizen from Ethiopia, Marie Gebrewold, received life-changing surgery on her jaw at no cost thanks to Operation Smile and its volunteer doctors who performed reconstructive procedures that would heal a decades-old injury, its lingering pain and emotional distress.