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...Milton Hershey and his wife Catherine, who never had any children of their own, founded the school in 1909, originally to serve orphaned boys. In 1918, after his wife's death, Hershey gave his entire personal fortune, about $60 million, to the school, then known as the Hershey Industrial School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Hershey's Possible Cadbury Bid, a School's Fate | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

Obama has promised accessible and affordable health care for all—including the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Help Obama help those who don’t have health care by donating your time, skills, or money to local clinics that provide health care to those in need. Doctors Without Borders is a network of 25,000 committed individuals in over 60 countries providing medical care to people are threatened by violence, catastrophes, and epidemics. Help Doctors Without Borders continue its work by giving someone an e-card or a Tribute Contribution in his or her honor...

Author: By Meredith C. Baker | Title: Make Like a Democrat | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...record for the United States at the time. And there’s no reason to believe that it won’t work again. John Bishop, an economics professor at Cornell University, predicts that Obama’s proposal will have great success and increase employment by 2.8 million...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Smart Stimulus | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, the Army is rolling out all sorts of artillery to deal with suicide in its ranks. It has launched a five-year, $50 million study with the National Institute of Mental Health to identify possible suicide indicators, in order to enable soldiers most at risk to get the help they need. The service has recently rewritten its 51-page Army Suicide Prevention pamphlet, and created numerous task forces and suicide-prevention programs. It has also begun letting soldiers seek help for substance abuse without telling their commanders. "We keep those substance-abuse counseling services open late at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mounting Suicide Rate Prompts an Army Response | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...head twice by soldiers loyal to one of his lieutenants. Recuperating in a hospital in Morocco, Camara is unlikely to return to run the country anytime soon. Though his departure won't be mourned, it is probable that worse lies ahead for Guinea, a country of 10 million plagued by extreme poverty, corruption and dire governance. (See pictures of Guinea-Bissau: world's first narco-state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Leader Is Shot, and Guinea Again Faces Chaos | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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