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Fingers and Toes

In the running world, a seemingly endless debate rages--what shoes will maximize your running potential? One camp swears by minimalist running shoes, characterized by being lightweight and having a super …

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Alien Abduction

Paul Lacoste's training camp gave ShaWanda Jacome the confidence to run in this year's Warrior Dash.

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On the Issues: Lee vs. Lumumba

Crime: Lee: Would fire JPD Chief Rebecca Coleman and work on changing the culture of the fire and police departments.

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Jonathan Lee's Top 10 Donors

Lee cut a check for $140,000 to his own PAC "Friends of Jonathan Lee" on March 29, a day after his campaign paid that same amount out to LUC Media …

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What Is Lumumba’s ‘Jackson Plan’?

For anyone still on the fence over whom to vote for in the Democratic runoff next Tuesday, it's likely that reading through the Jackson Plan will move his or her …

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Lumumba's Donors

When it finally arrived a week after state law said it was due, Chokwe Lumumba's campaign-finance form revealed that he raised a fraction--20 percent--of the amount first-place finisher Jonathan Lee …

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Profile: Jonathan Lee

Jonathan Lee may not be a business owner, but he rode his business credentials to becoming the top vote-getter in the city's Democratic mayoral primary.

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Profile: Chokwe Lumumba

Now, Chokwe Lumumba devotes a good deal of time talking about his family's own diverse racial heritage, the camaraderie he experienced among fellow basketballers of all races and nationalities, the …

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Greatest Love

The long walk without a mother can be beautiful in some ways. A motherless daughter that herself becomes a mother truly cherishes every moment with her baby, because she knows …

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More than Just Mom

When I was in elementary school, my family lived in an apartment complex. My dad was just beginning a career in sales, and Mom stayed home and took care of …

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In Memory

My mom put me to bed the night she died. I know she tucked me in, not only because others have told me, but because that's what she always did.

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A Letter to My Son

Dear Simon, Carrying you and connecting with you and getting to know you and sharing my body with you for nine months was one of the best things I have …

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Number-One Fan

This Sunday, we take time to honor our mothers. One day a year can't possibly do justice to the work of a mother, but it does give us one day …

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A Daughter's Bond

I took child development courses in high school, which led to a child-care certification upon graduating. Even before high school, I volunteered at the local Head Start.

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My Mother, the American Dream

My mother and her family left Lithuania during the last year of World War II. Small but feisty, she carried her potty as the family wound their way through the …