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NBC showed a moving tribute to snowboarder Kevin Pearce yesterday night, with news anchor Tom Brokaw interviewing the Pearce family.  Pearce was considered one of the best snowboarders bound for the Winter Olympics, and the only one who may have beaten Shaun White for the gold medal. Five months ago, Pearce was interviewed as being…

Anita Renfroe sums up all the things that a mother says to her children in a three-minute song called “Momisms” set to the William Tell Overture. Do we really sound like that?For more information, Visit Anita’s website.

Someone was telling me yesterday that her twenty-something daughter sometimes spends hours locked in screaming matches with her mismatched beau. One day they were arguing from 10 am until dinner time. Ouch. Sounds like it is time for an intervention. With all the financial stress and life challenges couples face today, it made me think…

When actor Peter Rini heard the sound of cars colliding and a woman’s scream, he also saw a van hit a telephone pole and the driver dash out of it on foot. With quick thinking, Rini ran after the driver, a suspected thief, and tackled him to the ground.  Rini held the man down and helped…

Did you catch figure skater Evan Lysacek’s amazing performance last night? The 24-year-old American figure skater won his first Olympic medal over defending title champion 27-year-old Russan figure skater Yevgeny Plushenko. Lysacek was also the first winner to achive a gold medal without a quadruple jump–a jump with four spins or rotations in the air–in his long program since Alexei…

Are you ready for the celebrating friendship? “Friends Are Quite Angels,” is a tribute to the friendships that mean so much to us. In honor of the upcoming International Friendship Week, enjoy this lovely tune.

The U.S. Olympic team continued their lucky streak on Wednesday when two more Olympians won gold medals along with Lindsey Vonn: 27-year-old Shani Davis in the 1000 meter speed skating event and 23-year-old Shaun White in the halfpipe snowboarding event.  Shani Davis was the first black athlete to win a gold medal for an individual sport at…

Everyone in New York City remembers Wesley Autrey, the “Subway Hero” or “Subway Superman.” who jumped onto the subway tracks in Harlem to save a 19-year-old student who had fallen off the platform.  Another “Subway Hero,” 23-year-old Lance McGraw, rescued a young woman in Brooklyn recently. A student at Parsons School of Design, 18-year-old Rosie Rittenberry…

American history was made when 25-year-old Lindsey Vonn won the first gold medal in downhill speed skiing on Wednesday.  The last time an American woman won a gold medal in any Alpine speed skiing event was in 1988 when Picabo Street competed in the super giant (super G) slalom race. “I dreamed about what this would…

By Sandra Lee Schubert   Jason O’Neil is an entrepreneur and a social activist–and he is only in the eight grade. At 14 years old, he uses his creativity and business skills to run a business and create ways to give back to the community.     Jason considers himself lucky that he has never been…
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