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John Woods Carpenter Jr., 88
John Woods Carpenter Jr., 88, of Walloon Lake, Mich., and Orange City, Fla., died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Orange City, Fla., as a result of kidney and heart failure. From birth, he had spent his summers at Walloon Lake and moved there permanently...
Tags: Heart Failure, Malaysia, Rotary International, Orange City, U.S. Navy
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Boyle EMS officers recognized who saved kitten
Saving lives may be part of a typical day for Boyle County EMS workers Benny Myers and James Gies, but May 11 proved to be anything but typical. While returning back to the station after an emergency call, Myers and Gies were shocked to see a small kitten...
Tags: Leukemia, Vaccines
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Lack of strength training is most common U.S. health vice
Have you lifted weights today? Odds are, the answer is no. A new report on Americans’ health vices says failure to do strength-training exercises is far more common than the more obvious bad behaviors of smoking, heavy drinking, being a couch potato...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Overweight, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Proposal to block insurance coverage for abortions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's election board is expected to consider a petition form for a proposal that would prohibit Michigan health insurance plans for covering elective abortions unless individuals or businesses buy a supplemental policy....
Tags: Abortion, Rick Snyder
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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Chuck Grassley, Employees, Career and Workplace, Taxation
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Mo. bill would allow non-relatives to collect adoption subsidies
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is weighing whether to sign legislation that would allow children's non-related legal guardians to receive adoption subsidies. Currently only grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult siblings or...Tags: St. Louis, Jay Nixon
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The triumph of progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968
Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities. But many of you are cynical about politics. You see...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Same-Sex Marriage, Education, Abortion
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Chicago-area dogs comfort tornado victims
Money, personnel and supplies have poured into Oklahoma from across the country after Monday's devastating tornado, but one Chicago-area church is sending a different kind of assistance — a team of golden retrievers. Lutheran Church Charities,...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Joplin Tornado (2011), Religion and Belief, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Christianity
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Scouting's misstep
At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, U.S. Supreme Court, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations
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Endurance athlete to raise funds for Haitian relief
Delray Beach resident Frank McKinney will pull a tire across the Linton Boulevard Bridge for 24 hours on Memorial Day weekend to train for what is considered the most grueling footrace in the world and also to raise money for Haiti. For the fundraiser,...Tags: Car Tires, Memorial Day, Haiti, Delray Beach, Charity
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Civil Rights leaders reflect on Danville's Bloody Monday, say there is still work to do
WDBJ7 ReporterHalf a century ago one moment started a chain reaction to end segregation in Danville. It was June 10, 1963, and it became known as Bloody Monday. Civil rights leaders who fought hard for equality then say there's still more work to do. For the most...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Racism, Justice and Rights
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Orlando area group packs thousands of meals for Oklahoma tornado victims
Working to the pulsing beat of dance music, dozens of volunteers filled thousands of small plastic bags with lentils, rice and dehydrated vegetables at the Feeding Children Everywhere warehouse in Longwood Tuesday night. When mixed with water, each...
Tags: Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Religion and Belief, Banking, Natural Disasters, Tornadoes
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