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  For Vets, Another Form of Service

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:10 PM ET

  service in America," is targeted at helping veterans integrate more smoothly back into civilian life by getting involved in community projects. The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) reports that currently only 13 percent of returning vets report feeling that this transition is going well for them Read More

  More like this in: Michelle Obama, Veterans, Community Service, Veterans Day, US, Social Responsibility, Kindness, Volunteerism, Culture, Relationships, Family
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  Crossing Guards in Zebra Stripes

  By Kendall Hunter | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:32 AM ET

  now used to seeing the costumed assistants helping children and the elderly cross the street.But just who's inside the zebra costumes? The Christian Science Monitor reports it's actually a corps of 100 at-risk youths who put in a four-hour day five days a week, earning 400 Boliviano Read More

  More like this in: Children, Schools, Police, Festivals, Elderly, Health Insurance, Bolivia
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  Local Contact with Children of War

  By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:29 PM ET

  ice cream in an attempt to introduce normalcy to both their days. There was also a time, and it happened almost overnight, when this all changed.The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) reports that as violence increased, kids were often coerced and even threatened into joining insurgent groups an Read More

  More like this in: Children, Non-Profit, United States, Nonprofit, Iraq, Afghanistan, Peace, Ice Cream, Military
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  Pressing Memories Of War

  By Kendall Hunter | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:17 PM ET

  touching regular people like us with this utterly unique transformational experience called the Combat Paper Project.The Iowa native tells the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) that he initially had a friend take photos of him cutting his own uniform -- images he would show to people as h Read More

  More like this in: Salvation Army, Iraq, Veterans, National Guard, Uniforms, US, Social Responsibility, Politics & Policy, Mideast, Activism
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  Anne Frank on YouTube

  By Courtney Rubin | Fri Oct 2, 2009 10:28 AM ET

  on the Internet Wednesday, allowing audiences worldwide access to the young girl's "educational power and message of tolerance," according to the Christian Science Monitor.The black-and-white images of the then 12-year-old Anne are part of a collaboration between Amsterdam’s Anne Frank Hous Read More

  More like this in: Google, YouTube, Germany, Netherlands, Nelson Mandela, Anne Frank, Concentration Camps
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  Your Workout Goes Retro: Hula-Hooping

  By Jac Chebatoris | Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  to use words like "elliptical trainer," "Zumba" or "treadmill.")It's a fact, Jack: Hula-hooping ain't just kids play.According to a story in the Christian Science Monitor (picked up by ABCnews.com) companies like HoopGirl Inc. have been early harbingers of the popularity of the activity Read More

  More like this in: Stress, Fitness, Life & Style, Health & Fitness
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  The Revolution Will Be in Technicolor

  By Ben Corbett | Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:16 PM ET

  the tradition in a way that would make even Dalton Trumbo proud. USA Today and the Boston Globe have covered this over the past year, but the Christian Science Monitor just published a big feature yesterday about a new cultural phenomenon known as "Renegade" or "Guerrilla" drive-ins. Als Read More

  More like this in: USA Today, The Boston Globe, Business, Entertainment, Life & Style, Good Ideas, Retail, Movies, Culture
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  Ecosystems Bounce Back Faster Than Expected

  By Jimmy Langman | Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  has found that if communities make the commitment to restore, the ecosystems are bouncing back faster than previously thought. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the study states that “forests recovered within 42 years, but ocean floors in less than a decade. Polluted ecosystems - Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, Sierra Club, Science, NASA, Florida, Environmental Protection Agency, Invasive Species, Everglades, David Brower
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  Goodbye, Uncle Walter

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:39 AM ET

  "I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor -- not a commentator or analyst,” he said in an interview with The Christian Science Monitor in 1973. “I feel no compulsion to be a pundit."Uncle Walter served as a role model for journalists and for all Americans Read More

  More like this in: New York, The New York Times, CBS, Walter Cronkite, US
• Boosting Prices With Tall Tales

  By Ben Corbett | Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:06 PM ET

  retired housewife pondering her age-old “pre-assassination JFK Salt Lick head” and its history through the years.Matthew Battles, a Christian Science Monitor Chapter & Verse blogger and participant in the project, writes: “While Significant Objects may seem like a curiou Read More

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