Day: May 3, 2014

Church organist sets Guinness record for career longevity

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From the Huffington Post: Martha Godwin has been playing the organ and piano at the Macedonia United Methodist Church in Southmont, North Carolina, since she was 13 years old. Seventy-three years later, she’s been recognized by Guinness World Records as the person who has had the longest career as a church pianist or organist.

John Kerry warns of genocide in South Sudan

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From CBS News: JUBA, South Sudan — In a stern warning, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging South Sudan’s warring government and rebel leaders to uphold a months-long promise to embrace a cease-fire or risk the specter of genocide through continued ethnic killings.

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