Popular young adult author Vizzini, 32, dies in NY
Ned Vizzini, a popular young adult author and television writer who wrote candidly and humorously about his struggles with depression, has committed suicide. He was 32.
December 21, 2013
Ned Vizzini, a popular young adult author and television writer who wrote candidly and humorously about his struggles with depression, has committed suicide. He was 32.
A federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a growing shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
When “Katy” opened on Jan. 27 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, not only was it the first local production to raise its curtain this year, it was also a harbinger of sorts.
Time is running out. Like in the song, “it’s now or never.” With friends dropping dead one after the other, the thought occurred to me, I might be next. The will and the living will are already in the right hands. It’s always best to get “pending” stuff like those out of the way.
If you still don’t know what to give your concert-hopping friends for Christmas, you might want to help them save money for what’s to come.
Donna May Unida, a 28-year-old nurse, has been holding a Christmas gift-giving project in Cagayan province, her hometown, since 2010. She gives used clothes, toys and school supplies to children in a far-flung barangay, where many kids are malnourished and unable to study.
College basketball, and recently, volleyball, have been enjoying immense popularity in the Philippines, thanks to the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP).
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Editor Trish Vega likes giving people books for Christmas. “I enjoy recommending books to other people based on their reading preferences or personal interests,” she said. “I am also a compulsive book hoarder and have multiple copies of favorite books and hundreds of unread books that need a new home. I used to work in a minimally staffed nonprofit, so it was pretty easy to select books for three or four coworkers.”
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