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  • Hello God...It's me Mara: Lazy Days and Peace

    Mara|Updated Aug 26, 2016

    You know, Lord, the second week in August is called National Smile Week! Also along in that week, someone decided that the 10th should be called Lazy Day. That makes one think about goofing off and definitely not doing any work. With the hot, muggy weather, it makes it easy to kick back and be lazy for a day. If summer chores aren’t done, “So what” a friend said, “Chores can wait for one more day, right?” He thought spending some time on a hammock, sipping a favorite summer beverage was a great idea, while his neighbor...

  • Hello God...It's me Mara: You are special

    Mara|Updated Aug 19, 2016

    You know, Lord, a commentary saved from ages ago, explains our value in a simple way, expressing how special You made all of us. Commentary follows; source and author are unknown. “A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of about 200 folks, he asked, ‘Who would like this $20 bill?’ Hands started going up. He said, ‘I’d like to give this bill to one of you, but first, let me do this.’ He proceeded to crumple up the bill. Then he asked, ‘Who still wants it?’ Hands were up in the air. ...

  • Zimmerman makes court appearance in Fla. shooting

    GREG BLUESTEIN, TAMARA LUSH,Associated Press

    SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, as a court document provided new details on the prosecution's case. During the brief appearance, Zimmerman stood up straight, looked straight ahead and wore a gray prison jumpsuit. He spoke only to answer "Yes, sir," twice after he was asked basic questions about the charge against him and his attorney. His hair was shaved down to stubble and h...

  • Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians

    JONATHAN M KATZ TAMARA LUSH Associated Press Writers PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti

    Hundreds of U.S. paratroopers touched down in shattered Portau- Prince overnight as U.N. and other aid organizations struggled today to get food and water to stricken millions. Fears spread of unrest among the Haitian people in their fourth day of desperation. Hard-pressed government workers, meanwhile, were burying thousands of bodies in mass graves. The Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesday's cataclysmic earthquake. More and more, the focus fell on the daunting challenge of getting aid to...

  • Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians

    JONATHAN M. KATZ TAMARA LUSH Associated Press Writers PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti

    Hundreds of U.S. paratroopers touched down in shattered Portau- Prince overnight as U.N. and other aid organizations struggled today to get food and water to stricken millions. Fears spread of unrest among the Haitian people in their fourth day of desperation. Hard-pressed government workers, meanwhile, were burying thousands of bodies in mass graves. The Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesday's cataclysmic earthquake. More and more, the focus fell on the daunting challenge of getting aid to...

  • Girl found after 4 days

    TAMARA LUSH Associated Press Writer TAMPA, Fla.

    The little girl's voice on the 911 call was faint yet cheerful, letting central Florida police know that after four days of searching and lots of prayer, they had found missing 11-year-old Nadia Bloom. "Hi. This is Nadia and I'm the girl that got lost," she said Tuesday from deep inside an alligator-infested swamp in Winter Springs. The fifth-grader, who has Asperger's syndrome, a type of autism-related disorder, was found by a man who attends the same church as her family, police said. James King said she was in a dry patch...