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Airline loses passenger’s bags, then loses passenger

Olimpia Warsaw, who has Parkinson's disease and diabetes and has trouble communicating, flew from Detroit to Chicago for her ex-husband's funeral. The flight was late, the airline lost her baggage, and she missed part of the service.
by Bob Collins

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A Christmas concert in the deli

A Christmas concert in the deli

It was a year ago that the Christmas season delivered a big present to Guilherme Assunção, who was filmed singing a Christmas carol while he worked in a grocery store in Massachusetts. Whatever happened to him?
by Bob Collins

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After 65 years, a couple of pen pals meet

Back in the day, people wrote letters -- letters! -- to people they'd usually never met. Back and forth they'd go until, for one reason or another, the chain would stop and people would go about their lives.
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The quest to understand George H.W. Bush

The quest to understand George H.W. Bush

While I think I understand George H.W. Bush better than I did when he was in office, I still have a problem reconciling the ability of politicians to take advantage of a moment in order to obtain a measure of power via an election.
by Bob Collins

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The horrible truth behind some heartwarming videos

The story of a school that had a high percentage of underserved students accepted into some of the nation's best universities was salve for the wounds of a wicked world. Who didn't feel good watching the viral videos of students checking whether they got accepted or not?
by Bob Collins

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The case of the cop who wouldn’t kill

As more and more mentally ill people are killed by the police who were called to help them, the case of Stephen Mader, a cop who was fired after not killing a man, has begged for more attention.
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