by Meghann Myers | Jun 7, 2012 | Topics
Medill News Service reporter Natalie Brunell films the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team on the bus from their hotel in Washington, Pa. to dinner at a local American Legion outpost. Meghann Myers / Medill Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team shortstop Sgt. Matt...
by Meghann Myers | May 31, 2012 | Education
Christal Schermeister, 12, of Pembroke Pines, Fla. stumbles over “Calo” — a language spoken by Spanish and Portuguese Romani — in the Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals Thursday in National Harbor, Md. Meghann Myers/Medill Vaidya...
by Meghann Myers | May 30, 2012 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Christal Schermeister’s favorite word is spizzerinctum – the will to succeed. Schermeister, 12, from Pembroke Pines, Fla., and Vaidya Govindajaran, 14, from Miami competed Wednesday against 278 other spellers ages 6 through 15...
by Meghann Myers | May 23, 2012 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — When Sgt. Matt Kinsey hung up his cleats, dropped out of college and joined the army in 2006, he never imagined that just a few years later he’d be spending his weekends back out on a ball field, traveling the country, playing softball in front of...
by Meghann Myers | May 21, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Forty-two percent of Americans will be obese by 2020, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine. A documentary airing this week that is based on the findings shows the health care challenges and costs associated with obesity. Together...
