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18 Mar 2013
Scholar-Feature
Photo: (Facebook.com/milliondollarscholar)

Photo: (Facebook/milliondollarscholar)

Derrius Quarles has a few suggestions for setting the mood: Bruno Mars, Common, One Republic, Kendrick Lamar...

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27 Feb 2013
MitchellMarcus-Feature
Photo: (Fernie Castillo / El Paso Times)

Photo: (Fernie Castillo / El Paso Times)

Mitchell Marcus is the team manager of his high school basketball team, the Coronado Thunderbirds. A developmental disability had kept him on the sidelines for years — until recently, when his teammates, his coach and one exceptional opponent helped Mitchell redefine victory on the court.

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22 Jan 2013
Pharmacist-Feature

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Young, healthy, in-your-prime Millennials. Where health care costs are concerned, we're among the least risky demographic, as a whole, right? The Affordable Care Act will favor our generation's overall vitality -- right?

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15 Jan 2013
PeruArtists-Feature

Photo: PAX co-founder Jozy poses with artisans she is helping. (Peruvian Artists Exchange)

When it came to choosing internships for their design programs at San Jose State University, Jozy Klupar and Susi Matsuoka looked beyond the local offerings. Way beyond. Like, another-continent-beyond.

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20 Dec 2012
Actions-Feature

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'Tis the season for list-making, amiright? Naughty lists, nice lists, wish lists, gift lists, grocery lists, guest lists. To-do lists get a special charge this time of year. Resolution lists get their annual dose of ambition. Year-In-Review lists? We're all over them.

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12 Dec 2012
JenRubino-Feature

Photo: (Facebook)

'Tis the season for paper chains and glitter, ornament-making and cookie-decorating. So round up your Sharpies and pinking shears: Our friends at Cards for Hospitalized Kids are counting on your creative reserves.

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19 Nov 2012
Poet-Feature

Photo: (Gedalia Vera, Midsummer Night's Dream For Kids)

When he was in high school, Ray Heisler asked a fellow student for help; his electric wheelchair was broken and Ray needed a push out to the bus. The "friend"-- or so Ray thought -- obliged by racing the chair down the hall, faster and faster, bent over laughing as Ray urged him to stop. Rocketing toward a row of lockers, Ray tried to use his foot as a brake, but the momentum just lurched his body forward. With friends like these, it's no wonder hope looked elusive.

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7 Nov 2012
LivingOnOne2-Feature

Photo: Sean Leonard, Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple and Ryan Christoffersen on the craziest journey of their lives. (Facebook)

In the United States, the official guidelines define poverty as an individual income below $11,170 a year. That's an average of $30.60 or less per person, each day -- for food, housing, medical costs, education, clothing, the works. Add a spouse and kids and that daily rate dwindles significantly. Within this range, a person's health and livelihood are at risk. Within this range, life is considered unmanageable, often dangerous. Now get this: Across the planet, more than one billion people are surviving on less than $1 a day. 

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5 Nov 2012
PocketVeto-Feature

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pocket veto (noun): a bill vetoed by inaction rather than action

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31 Oct 2012
SuperPac-Feature

Photo: (SuperPAC App)

With just days to go before the Presidential election, attention has shifted from the he-said-he-said final rounds of campaign frenzy to the highly focused storm relief efforts across the East Coast. We're focusing on the needs of the people. We're less consumed with the nit-pick.

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