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(Susannah B. Lewis wrote about a fictitious crime she committed as her entry during the second week of the 2013 Blogger Idol competition.) PODUNK, Tenn. - Onlookers cheered as a woman attending a birthday party with her children at Chuck E. Cheese's began cleaning the establishment, but the cheers turned to uprisings when police officers stormed the arcade and demanded that the woman stop or she would be arrested. "That lady was doing us all a service," Lily Faye Watson of Podunk tol ...

"Mom," the voice quavered through the crackle of the international connection, "I've got some bad news." Surely anyone hearing those words from a loved one would react as I did: a sharp intake of breath, a lump in the throat thudding into the pit of the stomach, sweaty palms. Whatever pronouncement was forthcoming from Emily, a reassuring hug would be weeks away. My 20-something daughter was in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a month, volunteering as a medical assistant at a local clinic. Bolivi ...