A Place in the Sun for War Veterans
By Carl M. Cannon From Reader's Digest The mortar round that landed on Airman 1st Class Diane Lopes last September in Kirkuk, Iraq, collapsed a lung, perforated an eardrum, broke two bones in her left leg, and left shrapnel wounds in her right ... [... more]
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Clean tools regularly.
From Householder's Survival Manual Cheap tools perform poorly and will need replacing sooner, so, purchase good-quality tools and keep them in top shape. Brush or scrape off dirt and debris after each use, and store them out of the weather. Take ... [... more]
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Best Wake-Up Call
From Reader's Digest More than a quarter of American teenagers nod off in class at least once a week, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Says its CEO, Darrel Drobnich, "The average teen needs about nine and a half hours of sleep but gets ... [... more]
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Worldly Web
By Michael Kubica Bev Hill wanted a project that would capture the imagination of her fourth-grade class at Green Oaks Fundamental School in Orangevale, California. The year before, her students had pretended to walk the Missions Trail from ... [... more]
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Mobile Art
From "Art Cars" by Harrod Blank The auto -- for Americans -- is as powerful a symbol of freedom as the bald eagle. Take your Ford on the open road and the country is yours. But a small and growing group asks, "Why drive the same car [... more]
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Best Rare Books
From Reader's Digest John Wood was hiking in Nepal ten years ago when the hard-charging Microsoft executive came upon a school library with only a dozen or so paperbacks for its 450 students. "Perhaps, sir," said the headmaster, "you will [... more]
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10 Tips for a Perfect Potluck
When I fix hot dishes for potlucks, I use foil pans and lids. Then I wrap each pan in a thick layer of newspaper, like a gift package, sealing it with tape. This makes for easy transporting, food that arrives hot, and no need to worry about ... [... more]
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Best Petal Pusher
From Reader's Digest When decoupage artist Durwin Rice moved back home to Kansas City, Missouri, six years ago, he discovered that Troost Avenue -- famous as the place where Walt Disney launched his career -- had grown dingy after years of ... [... more]
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Home, Smart Home
Any architect, builder or scientist can speculate about what the house of the future might be like. But Grace can tell you. Grace is a talking house. Her high-tech gadgets and innovative uses of everyday objects, along with advances in design and ... [... more]
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Dreamers: The Risk Taker
After working 36-hour shifts as a resident in orthopedic surgery, Taryn Rose knew a lot about sore feet. But unlike most of her colleagues, she turned her pain into profit: Today she is CEO of Taryn Rose International, a $28 million company that ... [... more]
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Helping the Homeless With Cookies
By Margaret Heffernan From Reader's Digest Trish Karter was a successful Boston artist, living in a big old house that always needed work, when her painter asked for advice. His wife, Suzanne Lombardi, was running a bakery but had to carry pots ... [... more]
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Q & A With Tom Friedman
By Carl M. Cannon From Reader's Digest Tom Friedman is an easy man for other journalists to envy. From his perch as a foreign affairs columnist in the Washington offices of The New York Times, his opinions travel to newsrooms, boardrooms, and ... [... more]
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