Human Interest
A Soldier's Last Words
Source Daniel Somers was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was part of Task Force Lightning, an intelligence unit. In 2004-2005, he was mainly assigned to a Tactical Human-Intelligence Team (THT) in Baghdad, Iraq, where he ran more than 400 combat missions as a machine gunner in the turret of a Humvee, interviewed countless … Read more
Former CIA writes from Jail
Source By: Brian Sonenstein Wednesday May 29, 2013 5:25 pmFormer CIA agent John Kiriakou, who blew the whistle on the US government’s use of torture under the Bush administration, is currently serving a 30 month sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pennsylvania.Below is a letter he recently sent his attorney Jesselyn Radack, who … Read more
Sir Nicholas Winton – The Man Who Saved Over 600 Kids From The Nazis
Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE, (born 19 May 1909) is a British humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for them and arranged for their safe passage to Britain. … Read more
The terrible price of a Korean defection
Source By Robin Banerji BBC World Service Oh Kil-nam’s life was ruined by his decision to defect to North Korea. Seventy years old, he still does not know the fate of his wife and daughters – either dead or imprisoned in a labour camp. In 1985, North Korean agents approached Oh Kil-nam and suggested he … Read more
The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
SourceBy MAXINE SWANNPublished: March 8, 2013 A world-renowned physicist meets a gorgeous model online. They plan their perfect life together. But first, she asks, would he be so kind as to deliver a special package to her? At home in North Carolina, Frampton met who he thought was the model Denise Milani online.He flew to … Read more
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
Source In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taigaBy Mike Dash Siberian summers do not last long. The snows linger into May, and the cold weather returns again during September, freezing the taiga into a still life awesome in its desolation: endless miles of … Read more
Brian Scalabrine dominated the competition in Boston one-on-one challenge
Source Over 11 NBA seasons, journeyman forward Brian Scalabrine cultivated an image of a regular guy who just happened to play basketball. Eventually, many fans came to believe that Scalabrine was an Average Joe, not an elite athlete (as all NBA players are), and figured that he probably wasn’t that great at the profession that … Read more