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DIED. CHICK HEARN, 85, popular, big-hearted radio and television voice of the Los Angeles Lakers for 42 seasons; of a head injury sustained in a fall at his Encino home; in Northridge, Calif. As the only regular voice of the Lakers since the team's move from Minneapolis, Minn., in 1960, Hearn delivered eloquent and witty play-by-play that added phrases such as "slam dunk" and "air ball" to the basketball lexicon...
...acres of woodland in Willow River, Minn., Camp Heartland was started in 1993 by Neil Willenson, then 31, after he saw how Nile Sandeen, then 5, born HIV-positive, was mistreated. "Parents wanted him to have his own isolated seat on the school bus, and even his own bathroom at school," recalls Willenson. He made it his mission to create a summer camp that would offer the Nile Sandeens of the world a week of "normal childhood" during which they could experience fun like ordinary kids before they died. "I predicted I'd lose them all, one by one," says...
These days the person lying on the heated table draped discreetly in a towel is as likely to be a realtor as a movie star. Shanna Woodbury, a Minneapolis, Minn., fund raiser, or her attorney husband Shawn gets a massage every three weeks without fail. "We have a standing appointment," explains Shanna. "We trade off based on who needs it most...
...height of the economic boom, St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston nearly dropped its networking sessions for lack of interest. But in the past nine months, the group has ballooned from 10 participants to more than 50. At St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, Minn., attendance at career sessions has more than doubled in the past year. "If I were a country preacher, I'd be out riding around on the combine, talking about the price of corn," says pastor Rod Anderson. "But I have a congregation full of middle-management and technology professionals, and they...
...four other panelists were Ken Goldstein, labor economist for the Conference Board; Sung Won Sohn, chief economist for Wells Fargo Banks in Minneapolis, Minn.; William Spriggs, director of the National Urban League's Institute of Opportunity and Equality; and Diane Swonk, chief economist for Bank One in Chicago. They all agreed that job growth will remain anemic this year, with unemployment hovering around 5.6% to 5.8% and falling slowly even as other economic indicators regain strength. Our panel expects payroll growth to rise from 50,000 in July to, optimistically, 125,000 by December--compared with 400,000 a month...