Using art to help refugees in Syria

Racha Haroun, right, writes in Arabic, "You are all in our hearts, from Seattle" on her son's drawing at Jean Bradbury's Studio Syria booth during the Melrose Market Street Fair, in Seattle, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Jean Bradbury, a Seattle-based Canadian artist who is the founder-director of Studio Syria, is holding an art workshop to create "drawings and colorful messages" to take with her when she goes back to Jordan in September to teach art at Zaatari Refugee Camp. Initially setup as a short-term refuge the population at Zaatari has become Jordan's fourth largest city and the world's second largest refugee camp behind Dadaab in eastern Kenya. 
Using art to help refugees in Syria

Phillies' Triple-A Affiliate Offers Free Funeral

From the minor-league baseball club that gave you the world's first urinal gaming system comes a promotion that's more 6 feet under than it is over the top: One "lucky" fan will win a free funeral package.
The Triple A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, plans to announce the winner of its latest, and perhaps most bizarre, fan giveaway at Tuesday night's game in Allentown.
Phillies' Triple-A Affiliate Offers Free Funeral