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Kayaker rescued after falling into Lake Michigan
Tribune reporterA kayaker who had fallen off his craft was rescued from the frigid waters of Lake Michigan this afternoon by Chicago Police Department Marine Unit divers on the Near South Side. A fisherman spotted the man clinging to his kayak about 3:20 p.m. near...Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Police Department, Lake Michigan
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Teenager is found after being lost 26 hours in Ozark National Forest
ADVANCE, Ark. -- Searchers found an 18-year-old man who was missing in the Ozark National Forest in southern Baxter County. A crew from the U.S. Forestry Service found Jay Greer Jr. of Little Rock about 7 p.m. Friday. He was in a heavily wooded and...
Tags: Wildlife, Autism, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resource Industry, Vehicles
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Lamb of God takes away the cares of the world
The first domesticated lamb turned over coals in Mesopotamia, literally the land "between rivers," some 10,000 years or so ago. But the lamb I'll be roasting in my backyard on this Orthodox Easter Sunday — also on a spit, over coals — is one...Tags: Coal, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Easter, Christianity
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US Coast Guard rescues 2 adrift in small vessel in Lake St. Clair; winds kept them from shore
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued two people from a small vessel that was prevented from getting to shore on Lake St. Clair by strong winds. Authorities got a cellphone call Sunday morning about a canoe that was...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard
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Turtle can freeze solid and survive, and we have those same genes
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Look beyond the western painted turtle's colorful stripes and you’ll find an animal that seems to have nearly magical powers. A baby western painted turtle can freeze solid, and as long as nothing cracks it in half or tampers with it too much, the...Tags: Frostbite, Medical Research, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Biology
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Six months later, Superstorm Sandy's impact still being felt
The Obama administration approved $1.83 billion to help New Jersey recover from the effects of Superstorm Sandy, which six months ago to the day pounded through the state and metropolitan New York City areas, bring flooding, destruction and death....
Tags: Government, Republican Party, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Religion and Belief, Elections
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The price of alcohol poisoning
raychel.harvey-jones@herald-mail.comDrinking excessive alcohol can kill. That's the message Tony and Lori Bobbitt of Greencastle, Pa., are hoping to get teens to hear, because they don't want another parent to go through the nightmare they have. On May 1, 2008, their 19-year-old son,...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Symptoms, Vomiting
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Dallas County woman recovering after spending night in the woods
lpozen@kspr.comBUFFALO, Mo. - A Dallas County woman is recovering in the hospital after spending the night in the wood. 84-year-old Doris Mallard went to hunt for mushrooms near her 120 acre farm on Thursday afternoon with her two dogs. But, when she did not come...Tags: Rentals, Mushrooms
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This year's wintry spring is hard on calves
Ranchers who are calving across northeast South Dakota have likely gone without much sleep because of the weather. "It's probably the coldest calving season that I ever remember," said Mike Mettler, a rancher who lives northeast of Eureka. "There's just...Tags: Watertown, South Dakota State University, Weather, Pneumonia, Weather Reports
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Injuries after Tough Mudder included heart attacks, electrical shocks
At one point Saturday, City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va., was so overwhelmed with patients injured on the Tough Mudder obstacle course that it had to turn people away from its emergency room. Two people who participated in the race in nearby...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Towson University, Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Attack, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia)
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Tough Mudder participant dies in Va. hospital
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comAn Ellicott City, Md., man died Sunday at a Virginia hospital after participating in the Tough Mudder endurance series in Berkeley County on Saturday, police said. Avishek Sengupta, 28, was pronounced dead at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va.,...Tags: Heart Attack, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Ellicott City, Advanced Life Support, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia)
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Not all aboard capsized fishing boat wore vests
A preliminary report on the deaths of two anglers on the opening day of the Chesapeake Bay rockfish season says all six persons aboard the boat that capsized off Point Lookout had life vests, but not all wore them, according to the Maryland Natural...
Tags: Energy Resources, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Environmental Issues, Conservation, St. Mary's County
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