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Reading Problems Don't Stop Twins From Being Acclaimed Authors
By David Moye - AOL News(Aug. 5) -- Writing an award-winning book is hard to do for an adult, much less a teenager. It's even more difficult when you have problems reading books. But twin sisters from Orange County, Calif., who just turned 15 aren't letting little things like age, dyslexia or attention deficit disorder keep them from becoming acclaimed authors. Jeff Winner Meet Brittany and Brianna Winner -- two of America's youngest and most successful authors. The twins have overcome dyslexia and attention deficit disorder to become award-winning writers. In fact, their difficulties have turned out to be an ...
Democrats Walk a Fine Line on Ricci Attacks
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAwhile back, I noted that the only chance Republicans had of stopping Sonia Sotomayor was to juxtapose her story next to that of Frank Ricci. By now, you know Ricci was at the center of a reverse discrimination lawsuit brought by 20 firefighters in New Haven, Conn. Ricci is also dyslexic -- and spent more than $1,000 on books and for payment to a friend who recorded the books for him -- to study for a promotions test. Sotomayor was a member of an appeals court panel that upheld a lower court's judgment in favor of the city, which had thrown out results of a civil-service test when no blacks ...
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