Forty years later, Hope House shines on

"Just to the right of the front door as you step inside Hope House, a new plaque on the wall takes you back to its beginnings: 'Hope House Founders, Sr. Harriet Louise Waldo, 03/17/1927 -- 09/18/2010; Sr. Lory Schaff, 09/26/1932 --.'”

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Cubs Fans Attempt to Reverse the Curse with Good Causes

"Cubs fans are growing restless after 103 years without a championship. So restless that a group of them decided it was time to lift the infamous Billy Goat curse that’s supposedly kept them out of the World Series since 1945 – by partnering with World Vision, an international non-profit that provides goats to families for milk , meat products, and a source of sustainable income."

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Evangelism on the Hardwood: The Invention of Basketball

"How’s your NCAA basketball tournament bracket looking? If you’re like most March Madness fans, I suppose it’s looking a little like Swiss cheese, with big-time favorites such as Pitt, Louisville, University of Texas, and Notre Dame all being defeated by lesser-known opponents."

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Nurses to play a greater role in healthcare

"Los Angeles County is expanding a program in which nurse practitioners serve as primary care providers as a way to cut costs, reduce unnecessary hospital visits and meet regulations."

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Parents can help clean up sports while guiding kids

"There is no area of positive parenting in sports that is more important than teaching kids that cheating to reach their goals is never an acceptable way to succeed. Over the last few years, it has been almost impossible to talk about sports without the issue of performance-enhancing drugs (steroids, etc.) coming up."

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The League, then and now: This is not your grandmother’s Junior League

"A mention of the Junior League is likely to conjure images of high-society women swathed in cashmere and chatting about, say, orchids. Over tea, of course.

But members of the volunteer organization, which formed here in 1906, claim its membership has changed dramatically over the years."

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Turning Evil into Good: 'Unbroken'

"It’s nice when other people do our work for us—the work Christians ought to be doing spreading the Gospel, that is. A Washington, D.C., writer has done an especially good job in that regard. Her name is Laura Hillenbrand, and her latest biography, Unbroken, has spent seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, including several at number one."

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