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Behind 'Glee's' Most Controversial Episode Yet

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaimie Etkin | Posted 04.12.2013 | TV
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Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 4, Episode 18 of Fox's "Glee," "Shooting Star." Even before the April 11th installment of "Gle...

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Hey Now Howard Stern! Please Stop Using the R-Word

Kel Kelly | Posted 05.01.2013 | Media
Read More: Special Olympics, Spread the Word to End the Word, Artie Lange, Howard Stern, Baba Booey, Best Buddies, The-R-Word, Beth Stern, Rosa's Law, R-Word National Day of Awareness, Media News
Kel Kelly

You are the champion of the underdog. Your voice matters. Your fans and your staff will follow your lead. Lead them to a better place, Howard.

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Will Maria Shriver Fill Uncle Ted's Senate Shoes?

Lonna Saunders | Posted 03.12.2013 | Chicago
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Lonna Saunders

From WJZ-TV in Baltimore where she became fast friends with work colleague Oprah Winfrey to the CBS Morning News to anchoring, producing and reporting for NBC News, Maria proved herself again and again as someone who works hard and with a conscience. And why not?

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Best Buddies Comes Along For the Ride

Jennifer Raiser | Posted 10.09.2012 | San Francisco
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Jennifer Raiser

The event is the largest one-day fundraiser conducted by Best Buddies; in nine years, the Best Buddies Challenge has raised over $35 million dollars through healthy competition between fundraising teams.

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'Best Buddies' Pull Awesome Yearbook Prank

Posted 05.19.2012 | Comedy
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The Nguyens are the undisputed champions of yearbook pranks for the class of 2012, but best buddies John and Ian might be a close second. Their tac...

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Pledge To Ban The 'R-Word' For Good

Posted 03.08.2012 | Impact
Read More: Intellectual Disabilities, Special Olympics, Video, Stroke, Ellen Seidman, Activism, Love That Max, Cerebral Palsy, Brain Damage, Best Buddies, Max Seidman, R-Word, Impact News

Nine-year-old Max is bright, funny and motivated. He also has cerebral palsy, a condition his mom fears will lead people to insult him with insensitiv...

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Ending the R-word

Ayo Adeyeye | Posted 03.10.2012 | Impact
Read More: Down Syndrome, Peace Corps, Entertainment Tonight, Anthony Shriver, Lauren Potter, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Special Olympics, Fred Segal, Best Buddies, Maria Shriver, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Nancy O'Dell, Glee, project360, Impact News
Ayo Adeyeye

I remember having a conversation with my elder sister, as a child, and mentioning something concerning "handicapped people." My sister, who has long h...

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Doing Nothing Is Not an Option

Sheryl Young | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Sheryl Young

Continuing to raise the level of awareness for children and youth with disabilities is up to all of us. Will we change our behaviors or language and lead by example? No act is too small, too simple or can happen too soon.

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Sargent Shriver: Justice and Peace Shall Kiss

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: President John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Robert Sargent Shriver. Jr., Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act, Sargent Shriver, Pro-Life Democrat, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Peace Corps, Anthony Shriver, Nasa, LBJ< President Lyndon B. Johnson, Jack G. Slaby, Best Buddies, President Kennedy, Jfk, President Clinton, Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Best of Chicago, Chicago Impact, Chicago News
Lonna Saunders

"Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss" from Psalm 85 epitomizes for me the life of Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.

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Open Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chantal Sicile-Kira

I can't afford to volunteer for the community anymore. Got to spend every free moment earning money or taking care of my mom and son.

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