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30 years later, a doctor learns a secret about his own suicide attempt

Steve Robson wrote last week about his days as an intern in in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton. He tried to take his own life and he unburdened himself last week from his shame of not using his experience to help others. In so doing, he learned a startling truth.
by Bob Collins

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Let’s be better

Let’s be better

Some guy tried to assassinate people this week. A woman played Cinderella to make a kid happy. Both remind us as individuals that we can be better. Logically, what do we have to lose?
by Bob Collins

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Green bean casserole creator has died, but Thanksgiving tradition lives on

Green bean casserole creator has died, but Thanksgiving tradition lives on

Thanksgiving would not be the same without Dorcas Reilly. Reilly, who worked for years in the Campbell Soup kitchens, created the green bean casserole — a Thanksgiving staple on hundreds (if not thousands) of dinner tables across Minnesota. Reilly, according to the Associated Press, died last week at the age of 92 of Alzheimer’s disease…
by Chris Graves

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A museum for people who really relish mustard

A museum for people who really relish mustard

Barry Levenson, a Massachusetts native, developed a love affair with mustard, and then a Wisconsin mustard museum, thanks to Bill Buckner's inability to pick up a baseball in the 1986 World Series. Yes, it's complicated.
by Bob Collins

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Meet the real people who killed democracy in America

Since the last big election, few news stories have concentrated on who's needed to elect people to office these days: people who don't bother voting -- the people who believe their lives are so disconnected from public policy, that the effort isn't worth their time.
by Bob Collins

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