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                    [Title] => UN working group suggests US work on racial reconciliation
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The United States should consider reparations to African-American descendants of slavery, establish a national human rights commission and publicly acknowledge that the trans-Atlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity, a United Nations working group said Friday.

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The first shock of reading Harper Lee’s long-buried (and controversial) novel Go Set a Watchman is that the main character now goes by the name “Jean Louise Finch.”

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-08 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1420525 [Title] => Thoughts on Pareng Barack [Summary] =>

We love to buy books at National Book Store or at Strand in New York because that is where we can look out for the best books on sale at the lowest cost possible.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134669 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1170012 [AuthorName] => Bibsy M. Carballo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1289119 [Title] => 1st openly gay NFL player to face hurdles [Summary] =>

Michael Sam will face a daunting set of challenges that most rookies don't have to deal with when making the already formidable jump from college to the NFL.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-11 09:44:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1137551 [AuthorName] => Arnie Stapleton [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1137341 [Title] => He who serves [Summary] =>

Showing exclusively on SM Cinema screens, and brought to us by Reality Entertainment, The Butler is one compelling film that works on several levels. Directed by Lee Daniels, it follows the odyssey of Cecil Gaines, a cotton plantation worker in the South as a young boy, upgraded to be a “house nigger,” then working his way to become a butler in the White House, serving seven US presidents — from Eisenhower to Reagan.

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I am writing this as our capital begins to dry after a monsoon drenching. Just another year when the Marikina river overflows, thousands do their annual trek through dirty water to temporary shelter, intrepid rescuers brave artificial rapids to save souls with whatever is handy — ropes, tires, inflatable toys or the random jet-ski; and for those of us lucky to remain dry during the deluge the usual gathering of the usual donations — mosquito nets, medicines, canned goods, blankets, clothing and slippers.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136023 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1169302 [AuthorName] => Bianca Locsin [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 432141 [Title] => The Secret Life of Bees at Ayala Malls [Summary] =>

Fox Searchlight’s inspiring drama The Secret Life of Bees opens exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Glorietta 4 and Greenbelt 3) starting Jan. 21.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 413535 [Title] => The geek is in the house [Summary] =>

This last decade we have seen Marshall McLuhan’s prediction of a global village come to stunning life. The world ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134078 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389712 [AuthorName] => Jessica Zafra [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373048 [Title] => GMA to confer Pamana award on blind Fil-Am lawyer working in White House [Summary] => President Arroyo will confer the Pamana ng Pilipino award on a blind Filipino-American lawyer who has been appointed to a key position in the office of United States President George W. Bush.

The awardee is Olegario "Ollie" Cantos VII, who has been appointed Associate Director on Disabilities of the White House Domestic Policy Council in the Executive Office of the US president, the highest designated position given to a disabled individual in the federal government today.
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"If I were playing in a game of life and death, the first player I’d pick would be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar." — Pat Riley
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