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Indiana's poor find difficulties with services
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — There's a lot more to poverty than just a lack of money. Instead, it is more often a tangled web of interconnected problems, with any one of them enough to cause an immediate crisis. "Is the issue housing? Is it employment?...Tags: Human Interest, Social Issues, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Indiana
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Putting a Headlock on Hunger
Addressing the summer hunger problem in Michiana was the focus this weekend in Elkhart at a unique event called "Headlock on Hunger."
Wrestlers from Impact Christian Wrestling joined forces this weekend with Texas Roadhouse of Elkhart and Church...Tags: Wrestling, Texas Roadhouse Incorporated, Human Interest, Social Issues
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Potatoes donated to needy after truck-train crash
MILFORD, Del. (AP) — Potatoes that spilled from a tractor-trailer after a crash with a freight train are now being used to feed needy families in Delaware. The crash occurred Sunday on U.S. 13 in Milford. On Monday morning, the Department of...Tags: Potatoes, Social Issues, Delaware, Chicago Hotels
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Park Jefferson cleaning up after Friday fire
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - Counting what he’d lost Friday night in a fire at Park Jefferson Apartments, Michael Andrzejewski thought of a whole bunch of tools. “Chain saw, router ... I’m a handyman. You name it.” They are the tools he uses...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, American Red Cross, Rental Service
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Depth of recession impacting local food pantries
NILES – Thanksgiving is three weeks away and some local food banks are facing a desperate situation. Their supply is dangerously low. WSBT took a closer look at why the need is so great when the economy seems to be improving.
Bare shelves at the...Tags: The Salvation Army, Religion and Belief, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Eye anatomy at camp? Kids get taste of med careers
WARRENTON, Va. (AP) — Again and again, 12-year-old Brianna Bowens cautiously pokes the human eyeball. On purpose. The donated eye is tougher than you'd think. It takes a few slices with a sharp scalpel to pierce the white part — the sclera,...Tags: Nursing, Surgery, Health, Washington (U.S. state), Human Body
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Students put finishing touches on houses for man's best friend
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterEight shingled doghouses line the hallway outside Steve Whitaker’s construction class at Clay High School as Samantha Saberniak drills finishing screws into a ninth. “Good job,” says Bill Sykes, head of the Michiana Animal Alliance...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Health, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Shingles, Television
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Teacher suspended for refusing peer evaluation
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A veteran high school teacher has been suspended after refusing to schedule a peer observation as part of a Gates-funded initiative to change how public school teachers are evaluated in Hillsborough County. The St. Petersburg...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Saint Petersberg (Russia), Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Hillsborough County
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Chandler girl, 7, raising money for ill classmate
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A 7-year-old Chandler girl has a lofty goal and vision, not for herself, but for her friend. Kiana Banks, a first-grader at Chandler's Hull Elementary School, wants to raise $100,000 for her friend and classmate Amber Fernandez,...Tags: Health, Health Treatments, Lymphoma, Cancer, Blood Cells
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Blood donors rewarded with free turkey
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterFor 35 years, Phyliss Trippel has made regular trips to donate blood or platelets, mostly because she believes it’s the right thing to do. But getting a turkey isn’t a bad deal either. This month, people donating blood or platelets at a...Tags: Health, Turkey (animal), Human Body, Apple iPad, Travel
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Vaccines group plans to buy cervical cancer shots
LONDON (AP) — A global vaccines group says it is working to buy shots to protect up to 2 million women and young girls in poor countries from cervical cancer. After a meeting in Bangladesh this week, the GAVI alliance said women and young girls...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Health, Preventative Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
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Your compassion shines through WSBT Indiana Tornado Relief Drive
Your generosity in Wednesday's 'Indiana Tornado Relief Drive' totaled more than $9,100 in monetary gifts ... and far more in your show of compassion for fellow Hoosiers.
'Indiana Tornado Relief Drive' was a collaborative media effort of WSBT-TV, WSBT...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tornadoes, American Red Cross
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