The Best Stories You've nEver Read #93
Poignant reading for the upcoming July 4th holiday. In a multi-media presentation, the Associated Press presents Killer Blue, the story of 30 members of an Army unit on a 15 month tour of duty in Mosul, Iraq. Two died, 13 earned Purple Hearts, many returned suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #92
New York Times columnist Dan Barry reflects on the imminent demise of his daughter's fish and the passing of his family members.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #91
They were two lost souls, ages 18 and 22, who met while riding boxcars across the country. They married and continued their lives more or less happily as vagabonds, until the dangers of train-hopping caught up with them.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #90
Nine minor leaguers and more than a hundred amateur players have died as a result of beanings. In a new book, Sports Illustrated reporter S. L. Price looks at what happens when death visits the diamond. Click the link above to read an excerpt from the book.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #89
The monster inside my son -- salon.com
Ann Bauer, who has an autistic son, once wrote about how autism can be a beautiful thing. Now she tells a different story as her son has turned into a violent young man. Thanks to the Nieman Narrative Digest for suggesting this story.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #88
My personal credit crisis -- New York Times
Of all people, Edmund L. Andrews, an economics reporter for the New York Times, finds himself on the brink of foreclosure because of an unwise mortgage loan. He is trying to turn around his financial fortunes by perhaps writing a best seller about his plight. Read an excerpt here from the New York Times Magazine.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #87
Riding the subway at 9 -- The Week
Lenore Skenazy caused a stir when she let her 9-year-old ride New York City’s subway by himself. In this book excerpt published in The Week, she explains why.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #86
Ever since crash, flying is different -- St. Petersburg Times
Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lane DeGregory takes you into the world of one of the survivors of Flight 1549 (the Sulley Sullenberger landing in the Hudson). For Casey Jones every flight is a white knuckler.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #85
Elks lock horns -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Christine Byers's story in the P-D raises questions of brotherhood, loyalty and the rule of law.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #84
Why I fired my broker - The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg provides a humorous and illuminating account of what went wrong with the financial services industry as far as he and his 401-K are concerned. We provide the link here, but Jeffrey says he wishes you'd buy the magazine. I'm a subscriber.
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