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EndNotes archive for Oct. 12, 2012

FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 2012

Pakistani girls attend a religious class in a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Muslims around the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan in which they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk. (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)

She wants to go to school 

The young Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai simply wants to go to school and become a doctor. She was shot earlier this week. An arrest has been made of a number of suspects. The young girl has had one of two bullets removed from her body.…

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Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, is shown carrying Tiny Tim, voiced by Gary Oldman, in “A Christmas Carol.” Disney (Disney / The Spokesman-Review)

On-call chaplain meets A Christmas Carol 

In my chaplain internship at Rush University Medical Center, we have a 24-hour on-call shift every 7 to 10 days. The other chaplains get off their pagers at 5 p.m. and transfer their pages to the on-call chaplain. Your pager beeps everytime a chaplain has…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.