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Department of Foresty begins preparing for wildfire season (Statesman Journal)
9th Circuit Court upholds panel ruling, Title X rule goes into effect (Life News)
Senate Republicans get $3,500 bill for walkout (OPB)
Canadian woman wards off cougar with Metallica—gets call from James Hetfield
A Vancouver Island woman scared off a threatening cougar by playing Metallica on her phone. Later she was given the opportunity to thank the band when frontman James Hetfield contacted her to talk about the incident. In late July, Dee Gallant was walking down a...
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Canadian woman wards off cougar with Metallica—gets call from James Hetfield
A Vancouver Island woman scared off a threatening cougar by playing Metallica on her phone. Later she was given the opportunity to thank the band when frontman James Hetfield contacted her to talk about the incident. In late July, Dee Gallant was walking down a...
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Rosie the Riveters recall WWII days at Flex Studios summer dance camp
In a room filled with denim and red polka-dot scarves, a new generation of girls learned about the history of U.S. female empowerment. The girls, ages 3 to 12, participated in a week-long Flex Visionaries Camp with a Rosie the Riveter-inspired theme. A presentation...
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Five-year-old girl rescued from Dublin beach by vacationing Virginians
A five-year-old girl was rescued on Portmarnock beach in Ireland July 22, after being swept out to sea with a floaty. Her Virginian rescuers were Walter Butler, 21, twin brothers Eoghan and Declan Butler, 18, and their brother-in-law Alex Thomson, 24. The young men...
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Woman saves her twins after starting the abortion process
A woman from North Carolina, who had just started the procedure of a chemical abortion, had a sudden change of heart that saved the life of her babies. When she was six weeks pregnant, she entered a Preferred Women’s Health Center, an abortion center in Charlotte,...
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Boy invents the “El Paso Challenge” encouraging acts of kindness
An 11-year-old boy from El Paso responded to the recent shooting on Aug. 3 by starting the “El Paso Challenge,” with the help of his mother. The goal of the social media campaign is to encourage people to give back and spread kindness, in order to bring about healing....
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Army soldier’s first impulse during the El Paso shooting was to save children
Army Pfc. Glendon Oakley was shopping for a jersey Aug. 3 at a store in El Paso, Texas, when a child entered and said there was a shooter at the Walmart close by. Oakley told CNN no one in the store, including him, paid attention because they didn’t understand what...
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Over five million Polish signatures adorn a birthday card given to the U.S. in 1926
“We, the people of Poland, send to you, citizens of the great American union, fraternal greetings, together with the assurance of our deepest admiration and esteem for the institutions which have been created by you, in them liberty, equality, and justice have found...
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Heroic uncle rescues niece and nephews from house fire
Derrick Byrd from Aberdeen, Washington, is dealing with the pain of serious burns because he rushed back into a burning building to rescue his niece. Byrd said from his hospital bed that he’d do it again, as reported by KOMO News. Byrd, who is 20 years old, has 2nd...
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Canby high school trap shooter shoots a perfect 100 at nationals
Issabella Berge, a Canby High School senior, has been named one of the top female trap shooters in the country. Canby did something different three years ago when they formed a trap team. However, Issabella’s accomplishment almost didn’t become reality after an...
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Prosthetic leg lost by Ariel Rigney found by Eric Gantner—under the river
A Portland woman has been reunited with her prosthetic leg after it was lost in the Clackamas River. On July 27, Ariel Rigney and several friends came to McIver State Park to float the river in celebration of her 32nd birthday. “Every year, I like to do a birthday...
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Moosic in McMinnville: Father entertains herd of cows with saxophone
An Oregon dad from McMinnville was captured by video, entertaining cows with his saxophone music. The video has been spread all over social media and is making people smile worldwide. Rick Herrmann serenaded the cows with Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” and the...
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24-year-old who died in a race crash leaves behind a legacy of service
Peter Lutz was hesitant about riding his son’s motorcycle. Not even a week had passed since 24-year-old Pearce Lutz passed away in a Seattle hospital June 16 from injuries received in a racing crash. After the crash, his friends added neon green fairings bearing No....
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