The James Logan Courier

By Jessica Rosales and Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writers

Erin Cross participates in a non-profit organization that promotes peace through multicultural friendship called Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV). CISV is a worldwide association that has been operating since 1951 and also has it’s own branch in San Francisco.

Founded by Dr. Doris Allen, CISV started off because of her concern for children that were left with nothing after WWII. 50 years later, this program has expanded to be part of more than 60 countries and has gotten more than 190,000 people to participate in the international activities, including Cross.

By Evelyn Shih
The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT)

The blogosphere isn't news anymore. In fact, nowadays, it makes the news. From television newscasts to magazine pages to the radio and digital airwaves, the influence of more than 12 million blogs is being felt everywhere you turn.

But out of all the different blogs now populating the blogosphere — including podcasts and more-recent vlogs (video blogs) — the photoblog is a unique creature. Because photographs are entirely visual, a photoblog updated daily may be viewed and experienced by countless eyeballs worldwide without language barriers.

By Randy A. Salas
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)

A new Web site offers to help you find out if your Social Security or credit-card number has been stolen and is being used online. There's only one catch.

www.stolenidsearch.com
StolenID Search was set up recently by TrustedID "to give people a chance to understand if their personal information is safe," the site explains. "With data being lost everywhere around us, we all need a free consumer-empowering watchdog service to see if the bad guys have our information." Then comes the clincher: "Enter your social security or credit card number in the box," and press the search button. So to see if your personal info is out there in cyberspace, you have to, well, send it out there in cyberspace.

By Diamond Floyd, Courier Staff Writer

The James Logan High School photography department is legendary. Over the years, the students have accumulated well over 2,000 awards (2,363 to be exact) and outstanding recognitions for their impressive work. Awards include the International Grand Prize and the International Young Photographer's Showcase Kodak Medallion of Excellence.

Yet, despite his spectacular success and the fame of his program, John McNamara, the photography instructor here at Logan, who is responsible for guiding and molding the students from year to year, usually shuns the spotlight. In fact, he didn't want to be photographed to illustrate this article, so we're using his picture from the 1980 Logan yearbook.

Recently, however, he sat down for an interview with The Courier's Diamond Floyd:

By Lisa Heyamoto
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Right now, Lynn Keane is out there somewhere, going about her business, being Lynn Keane.

Which Lynn Keane finds a little weird.

Even weirder, there are three or four Lynn Keanes walking around in their respective Lynn Keane worlds, living completely different lives from the Lynn Keane in question _ the Lynn Keane who is a 42-year-old real estate investor from Gold River, Calif., who, until recently, hadn't even considered the possibility of there being a band of rogue Lynn Keanes.

By Abdul Nawabi, Courier Staff Writer

Senior year is a great year for many students, one to remember fondly for the rest of their lives, a year where hard work and sacrifice finally pays off in June. For many, it's a time to relax and just finish the remainder of their courses to receive full credit in order to graduate with all their peers.

But for some, it's a year that ends in disappointment.