06/20/10 An uncle thrust into his brother's parental shoes

Bridgeport News - June 20, 2010

An uncle thrust into his brother's parental shoes (Connecticut Post)

Skender Emini owns a convenience store in a small Serbian village that does a fair amount of business, enough to support himself, his wife and their children, who are now grown and married off.

Ex-NBA star Manute Bol dies of kidney failure at 47 (Connecticut Post)

Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday.

Gulf Oil Spill Motivates Spiritual Groups To Rescue Environment (Wren's Nest)

Title: GULF OIL SPILL MOTIVATES SPIRITUAL GROUPS TO RESCUE ENVIRONMENT The constant loop of disheartening images from the Gulf of Mexico -- oil-covered pelicans, dead sea turtles, despairing fishermen -- has prompted many Americans to seek ways to do something, anything, to take better care of the Earth.

Bridgeport Board of Education gets an earful on school closings plan (Connecticut Post)

Carolyn Nah of Bridgeport speaks her mind about the closing of Roosevelt and Dunbar schools at the Board of Education meeting at the Aquaculture School in Bridgeport on Monday, June 14, 2010.

Three Injured In Early Morning Meriden House Fire (WTIC-TV Hartford)

Three residents were taken to the hospital, including one to the Bridgeport Burn Center, after an overnight, two-alarm fire early Saturday left a home uninhabitable.

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Ita s a hit: Baseball exhibit at Fairfield Museum and History Center (Connecticut Post)

A 1942 photo of the Bridgeport Colored Stars, a semi-professional, all-African American team.

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