But his legacy will live on forever.

A brief primer on the long life and career of Edward M. Kennedy.

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia is calling for his colleagues in the Senate to honor his “best friend in the Senate” by naming the seemingly-impending health care reform legislation after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, who died after a year-long battle with brain cancer yesterday.
Health care reform was one of Kennedy’s flagship [...]

The man who gave us Ferris Bueller and Sixteen Candles died this week.

John S. Barry, an executive largely responsible for the surge in popularity of WD-40, the lubricant so multipurpose it has at least 2,000 uses, died July 3 after battling pulmonary fibrosis, the NY Times reports. He was 84.

Impressionist and showman dies after long cancer battle.

You may never want to buy another consumer product again.

Blast’s obituary and final reflection.

The actress died at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica after a long cancer struggle.

Blast’s West Coast reporter says goodbye to an American entertainment icon.

John Updike, 76, best selling author, died Tuesday after succumbing to lung cancer. [...]

Complying a list of what made 2008 so special is pretty tough. You have a world view, a local view, perspectives on certain sectors of human interests, and analysis that favor a new trend. So much goes into 2008, that I wanted to do 2,008 memorable moments of 2008.
It would have been appropriate had our [...]

SYDNEY, Australia — Lesbian relationships in Australia received welcome recognition this November after two bills enforcing equality were passed through the Senate. The amendments expanded the terms “de facto relationship”, “parent”, “step-parent” and “relative” to include same-sex couples giving them equal rights on a number of issues. [...]

Looking for a great place to rock around the Christmas tree this holiday season? Not looking to do it alone? Well, Forbes.com has unveiled its list of the 40 cities where you are statistically bound to find someone to meet you under the mistletoe.
Boston, home of Blast, was ranked lucky 7. Just barely beating New [...]

Michael Crichton, award winning author and filmmaker, best known for his work on “Jurassic Park” and the television series ER, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, after a private battle with cancer. He was 66.
Mr. Crichton’s success began with his first novel, and his first bestseller, “The Andromeda Strain,” which was published in 1969 while [...]

It was October 2005, and professional photographer Karen Sparacio was in Uganda. She was there to photograph a relief organization. Ayaa Grace, an Alhcoli woman, invited her to visit the Acholi Quarter.  What the Sparacio saw changed her life and, soon, the lives of hundreds of Ugandans as well.
Sparacio took in the creative and colorful [...]

More women attend college than men, and several private colleges across the country find themselves working to recruit more men to balance out the ratio and enhance social appeal. 
Yearly tuition at many private universities has topped $40,000 per year. At that price, college administrators realize that they must offer much more than an education.  They must offer [...]

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering apparent seizures, CNN and the Boston Globe are reporting.
It was originally thought that Kennedy may have suffered a stroke, but that appears not to be true.
Sources say that Kennedy was spending time at the family compound in Hyannisport when he fell ill shortly before 8:30 [...]

American history has its heroes. Washington. Lincoln. King.

Murrow.

If you don’t understand how important journalism is in a society, you need only read a biography of Edward R. Murrow and see what he did during World War II and then during the American anti-communism years.

Murrow was born 100 years ago Friday.

In Newsweek this week, the number of surrogate mothers is on the rise in the United States. Controversy and negative stereotypes do not deter many women from helping others and themselves [...]

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