With just a few minutes to go in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, Jordan Williamson, a Stanford freshman, lined up to kick a field goal. Williamson had been kicking well all season and his team was tied. However, he botched the … Continue reading
Hong Kong (CNN) – When Maia Stack returned to the pagoda, or tower, where she had been abandoned as a baby she was overwhelmed by what had happened there 11 years earlier. “I remember thinking, ‘Wow, I wonder if my birth … Continue reading
Hong Kong (CNN) — On the tenth floor of a commercial building in Hong Kong, the neon lit streets of the city’s Lan Kwai Fong bar district below are replaced by Qing Dynasty antiques and the alluring waft of Chinese … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (Neon Tommy) — Gabriel Almendarez is looking for one thing in life: someone he can call family. It’s a search that began early in life for the 21-year-old who, after living in an abusive home for 11 years, … Continue reading
This story was picked up by the Huffington Post. LOS ANGELES (Neon Tommy) — Aside from a few small details — a bronze peace sign above the front door and a turquoise bus parked in the driveway — this craftsman … Continue reading
Long Beach (Press-Telegram) — As Jenifer Navarro sits in her kitchen helping her 7-year-old daughter count out $1.29 for her math homework, she wonders if young Katie will ever have the life-shaping experiences that come with having siblings. Navarro, 41, … Continue reading
Los Angeles (Intersections) – Corine Recasner has visited the Watts Healthy Farmers Market nearly every week for more than four years. Some weeks she buys eggs and oranges, but other weeks she can be found selling homemade gumbo or berry … Continue reading
Los Angeles (Neon Tommy) – Joseph Kibler goes shoe shopping every three weeks. That’s how often his black Airwalk tennis shoes have to be replaced because of the “massive holes” caused by the hobbling and feet-dragging when he walks. But … Continue reading
Columbus (Dispatch) — The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has announced air-quality alerts on 15 days since Jan. 1, 2010. Of those, 12 turned out to be false alarms. That might sound comforting, but it’s really not. Days such as Friday, … Continue reading
Columbus (Dispatch) – Spicy food, exercise, sex and laxatives. That might seem like an odd assortment, but more than half of pregnant women surveyed by Ohio State University researchers reported using these things – and others – to induce labor. … Continue reading