Cambodian-born journalist Dith Pran died Sunday morning of pancreatic cancer according to his close friend and associate Sydney Schanberg. The two were colleagues at The New York Times since 1975 when their lives became the basis of “The Killing Fields.”
In 1975 Dith was working as an interpreter and assistant to Sydney Schanberg in Phnom Penh. [...]
On Saturday the unions representing film and television actors voted to sever ties with each other. The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is now a separate entity of the Screen Actors Guild.
For 27 years the unions have been together and had hoped that they could make peace as they prepared for upcoming talks [...]
The evil of plastic bags is making the news again. More and more communities are banning the use of the easy sacks in favor of reusable bags. It’s a great idea but how bad are those plastic jewels of the dump to begin with?
Compared to cloth or paper the bags don’t stand up the test [...]
Should boys be getting the new HPV vaccine to protect themselves and their future partners from the virus that cause cervical cancer? That’s a question the FDA is deciding on.
At the moment girls from ages 9 to 26 are being given the Gardisil vaccine in hopes to cut down on future cases of cancer. The [...]
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Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. of Pennsylvania is a creative guy when it comes to sentencing people. His latest endeavor was on Tuesday when he sentenced four men to learn English or face a jail cell.
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