Author: Allison Klein
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Janitor wins prestigious literary prize from the university she cleans
Trinity College Dublin presented Caitríona Lally last week with the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, one of Ireland’s most prestigious literary honors. The prize committee praised her book, “Eggshells,” as “a work of impressive imaginative reach, witty, subtle and occasionally endearingly unpredictable.” For the past three and a half years, Lally has worked as a…
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Actor who played Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars says the hate for his character almost led him to suicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man who played Jar Jar Binks, likely the most universally ridiculed Star Wars character, revealed this week that the hate directed at his character prompted a personal downward spiral that led him to almost take his own life. Actor Ahmed Best posted on Twitter,…
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Woman finds hope after husband’s stroke at 35,000 feet
Allison Pataki was pregnant. She and her husband were on an airplane in June 2015, heading to Seattle for a “babymoon” – a vacation before the little one arrived. Dave Levy leaned over and asked his wife if his eye looked strange. Pataki looked up. She watched as her 30-year-old husband had a stroke and…
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Swedish ‘plogging’ craze catching on in U.S.
Sweden’s latest fitness craze – plogging -is making its way to U.S. shores. The term is a mash-up of jogging and the Swedish “plocka upp,” meaning pick up. In this case, litter. Plogging groups are in Scandinavia, Germany and beyond. In the U.S., it’s catching on among exercisers who are fed up with rubbish along…
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Police officers buy plane ticket for woman at New York airport after friend killed in Parkland
Jordana Judson heard the news that a family friend was killed in the Parkland school shooting near her childhood home. She jumped in a Lyft and raced over to New York’s LaGuardia Airport thinking it might be easier to buy a ticket and get on a flight home if she was there in person. When…
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5-year-old calls 911 to report that Grinch plans to steal Christmas
Five-year-old TyLon Pittman was watching YouTube videos of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” in his home in Mississippi when he suddenly became afraid. He reached for the house phone and called 911 to report an urgent tip. “I just want to tell you something. Watch for that little Grinch. Because the Grinch is gonna steal Christmas, OK?” TyLon said…
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A rapper and an 81-year-old woman just met in person after bonding over Words With Friends for more than a year
The close friendship between the 20-something rapper in New York and the 80-something retiree in Florida started with the word p-h-a-t, which is hip-hop slang for excellent. Rosalind Guttman, 81, was playing Words With Friends, the online scrabble game, and used the word. She had been randomly paired up with Spencer Sleyon, 22, an aspiring…