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In the World — March 23, 2014

By Christy Barritt   Three-Year-Old Collects 900 Teddy Bears for Sick Children  When Bennett Nester was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2011, someone gave him a teddy bear. That teddy bear stayed with the Texas resident through his subsequent surgeries and treatment, bringing him immense comfort. Bennett, now 3, and his family want to […]

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In the World — March 17, 2013

By Christy Barritt   Marriage Declines in America According to The State of Our Unions, a joint publication of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values, 44 percent of children born in Middle America are born outside of marriage. The […]