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Airline Reunites Boy With Deceased Dad’s ‘Daddy Shirt’

A 7-year-old boy from Casselton, N.D., who lost his dad also lost his most prized possession — his father’s shirt — on a March 27 Delta flight from Fargo to San Diego. Cole Holzer’s dad died two years ago when he fell hanging Christmas lights, ABC affiliate WDAY reported. The well-worn Nike shirt that goes [...]

Binge drinking – an unrecognized problem of young women

Submitted by Nancy Morris   It’s the weekend and a college-educated woman heads home from a long week of work. Rather than a single glass of wine or beer, a startling number of young women binge drink to blow off steam. Approximately 14 million women in the U.S. binge drink regularly. Binge drinking is defined as consuming four [...]

4 year old kills wife of sheriff’s deputy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old boy grabbed a loaded gun at a family cookout and accidentally shot and killed the wife of a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy. Investigators say Wilson County Deputy Daniel Fanning on Saturday was showing his weapons to a relative in a bedroom of his Lebanon home when the toddler [...]

Louis Taylor released after 43 years in jail

PHOENIX (AP) — Louis Taylor was just a teenager when he was convicted of starting a Tucson hotel fire that killed 29 people. He has since spent more than four decades in prison, consistently maintaining his innocence. On Tuesday, Taylor is expected to be released as part of a deal with prosecutors that sets him free about [...]

Man arrested during ongoing prostitution online investigation

By Nancy Morris   The Knox County Sheriff’s Department have arrested Jason Wyatt for trying to hire a prostate from the website Backpage.com. The Sheriff’s Dept.  say he went to a hotel and agreed to pay $140 for sex, but instead met an undercover deputy. Wyatt is just one of 76 who have been arrested [...]

Seven marines killed in Nevada explosion

Submitted by Nancy Morris At least seven U.S. Marines were killed and seven others were injured during a mortar firing exercise in Nevada, the Pentagon said. The Marines were all from the 2nd Marine Division based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and were training at the Hawthorne Army Depot 140 miles southeast of Reno, Nev., when [...]

Bergoglio replaces Pope Benedict XVI

On Wednesday, March 13 as news agencies kept their cameras pointed at a smoke stack in the Vatican, suddenly black smoke that was billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Rome turned to white smoke. This is the way the Catholic church signified that the concave of cardinals that had gathered inside had elected a [...]

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