Women fliers honored 65 years after World War II ... - CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II were honored Wednesday with the Congressional Gold Medal. Fewer than 300 Women ...
Derek Jeter is Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the ... - CNN Sports Illustrated
Jeter said that he knows this award has a lot to do with how he's conducted himself off the field. "Looking at the guys who have won it in the past, it's quite an honor," Jeter said. Jeter said that the Yankees winning the World Series was very ...
Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools - New York Times
The new proposals could transform American education, replacing the patchwork of standards ranging from mediocre to world-class that have been written by local educators in every state. Under the proposed standards for English, for example, fifth ...
Garciaparra, adopted son of Red Sox Nation, comes home ... - CNN Sports Illustrated
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It would be easy to remember Nomar Garciaparra as a tragic figure, the dealt-away former icon and struggling star who by three months missed being a part of the Red Sox' first World Series championship in 86 years, but that would ...
Anti-Homosexual Bill In Uganda Causes Global Uproar - ABC News
Standing onstage in black velvet robes, despite the stifling heat in the open-air church, Pastor Martin Ssempa's face is a mask of disgust. Demonstrators protest outside the Ugandan embassy, in central London, on December 10, 2009. A... Demonstrators ...
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