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Are Bras a Fire Hazard?

Posted by Melissa on May 20, 2013 | 0 Comment

We haven’t heard this much about the threat of bra burning since the days of the women’s liberation movement. A historic Milwaukee bowling alley and bar nearly had a tradition ended when a fire inspector decided dozens of bras hanging from the ceiling were a fire hazard. The owner of the Holler House says the tradition started 45 years ago when ... Read more »

Kid Writes Vice President, Gets Response

Posted by Melissa on May 14, 2013 | 0 Comment

There are still lots of kids who write to the President of the United States or the vice president. But it’s rare for them to get a personal response. That’s what happened to a 7-year-old student in the second grade at the Downtown Montessori Academy in Milwaukee. He wrote Vice President Joe Biden with a suggestion for making the world a safer ... Read more »

Baseball Team Saves Girl’s Life

Posted by Melissa on May 9, 2013 | 0 Comment

Members of a California baseball team sprung into action, after seeing a mother accidentally run over her daughter in the parking lot. As soon as the players heard screams for help they raced over, and 16 of them lifted the car while the coach pulled the trapped girl out from under the car. Read more >> Read more »

Town Runs Out of Gas

Posted by Melissa on May 9, 2013 | 0 Comment

Chugwater, Wyoming is out of gas. The town with a population of 200 lost its only gas station when a motorist crashed into a convenience store in December and burned his vehicle and the store. Now Chugwater residents have to drive 48 miles roundtrip to put gas in their tanks. Horton’s Corner convenience store also was one of the town’s two biggest ... Read more »

Building Trust in News

Posted by Melissa on April 26, 2013 | 0 Comment

Walter Cronkite is dead. And when the iconic anchor passed in 2009, he took with him the last representative of public’s unwavering trust in news media. Sadly, those days of news always being reliable and legitimate are over. In its place, we have become a society that simply demands instant information, even if it is often wrong. Many have placed blame ... Read more »

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