Margaret Delfino donated her 200th pint of blood last week, bringing her total to to more than 25 gallons. Delfino, a 90-year-old great-grandmother in Bakersfield, California, began giving blood in 1954. She donated regularly until 2001, when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer
Tag Archives: grandmother
Obama’s Kenyan gran living in spotlight
Once Barack Obama started out on the campaign trail to win the U.S. presidency another route has become well-trodden — to his grandmother’s home in Kenya
Life of Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus prepared for April 3, an average workday, by reading the Bible — a few chapters of Job — and ended it by telling a ribald joke as she walked off camera at Access Hollywood. In between she had a casting session for her next movie, The Last Song, written specially for her by weepie king Nicholas Sparks; was interviewed four times; performed twice; changed outfits twice; and visited the Tonight Show’s make-your-own-sundae bar once. When she left the NBC lot at 6:30 p.m., she still had to do her homework.
Spring Break in the Recession: Staying Closer to Home
It’s been a tough season for spring break destinations. With students and parents tightening their belts in the face of a major recession, the annual tradition of letting off steam — ideally on an exotic beach, with access to plenty of cheap beer — is suffering.