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Burgetta Eplin Wheeler

Burgetta Eplin Wheeler is the letters editor and page designer. She occasionally writes editorials. She can be reached at bwheeler@newsobserver.com or 829-4825.

Worth Noting

'Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone. Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.' -- President Obama, in a speech to the United Nations

Friday Musing

What an incredibly selfless act from Carolyn Savage of Toledo, Ohio, who, after finding out she had been implanted with someone else's embryo at a fertility clinic, chose to carry the baby to term and to give him to his biological parents (Page 3A, Sept. 24). If only more people had a 10th of that compassion ...

Notable Numbers

7,500

The number of people in the world who are newly infected with HIV every day

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