News | Awarded President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to a
Korean War Army chaplain who tended to wounded soldiers in the
midst of intense enemy fire and hand-to-hand combat. Emil Kapaun, a
Catholic priest, was 35…
News |
Won Mitch Seavey, 53, became the oldest man to win Alaska’s
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey, who won the competition in
2004, finished the 1,000-mile…
News |
Dismissed A U.S. District Court on Jan. 25 dismissed former
Democratic Rep. Steve Driehaus’ defamation suit against the Susan
B. Anthony List, a leading…
News |
Returned Almost a year after suffering a major stroke, Sen. Mark
Kirk, R-Ill., returned to the Senate Jan. 3. Kirk, 53, was welcomed
up the Capitol steps by a…
Human Race |
Died Eugene Genovese, 82, esteemed Civil War and slavery historian
who penned
Roll, Jordan, Roll
, died Sept. 26. A former “avowed Marxist,” Genovese and his…
Human Race |
EXTRADITED: After spending two decades in a Miami prison on drug
trafficking charges, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, 76,
was extradited April 27…
Human Race |
RELAUNCHED: After a seven-year hiatus as a Christian music artist,
Jennifer Knapp, 36, has re-launched her career with a new
mainstream album-and revelations…
Human Race |
SABBATICAL: Theologian John Piper announced March 28 that he will
take an eight-month leave of absence from the pulpit and his
ministry starting May 1. Piper,
Human Race |
CONFIRMING: The Episcopal Church is set to ordain on May 15 Mary
Glasspool, a partnered lesbian who will become the first openly gay
bishop since New…
Human Race |
RELEASED: North Korea has freed Robert Park, the Korean-American
missionary who on Dec. 25 intentionally entered the communist
nation carrying a letter…
Human Race |
APPOINTED: Baylor University tapped Kenneth Starr, 63, to serve as
the Baptist school's 14th president. Starr, who is widely
recognized for his role as…
Human Race |
WAITING: A Vermont judge gave Virginia mother Lisa Miller 30 days
to appear in court with her 7-year-old biological daughter,
Isabella, or else face arrest…
