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Body of autistic boy vacationing in Fla. is found
Authorities say they have found the body of an 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle. Owen Elliot Black was on the beaches of Perdido Key with his mother when he wandered off on his own around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. Authorities said the family ...
Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years
The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio. Despite a federal civil lawsuit that points toward a possible cause, ...
Portland revisits issue of public fluoridation
While soaking up the rays in what's been an unusually sunny season, Portlanders have broken away from their polite chatter about food, wine and outdoor adventure to fight about whether to fluoridate the water supply. Supporters and opponents of public fluoridation have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars ahead of ...
Ga. students' weather balloon travels 100 miles
Elementary school students in Athens launched a weather balloon that reached an altitude of nearly 97,000 feet and traveled nearly 100 miles to Sparta. The Engineering Club at Chase Elementary School released the 7-foot helium-filled balloon Tuesday. They tracked it to a dense swamp in a heavily wooded area in ...
Adopted Russian orphan triumphs over challenges
Sophie snaps her fingers and, with her classmates, bounces, twirls and kicks to the tune of West Side Story's "America" blaring through the dance studio sound system. The 10-year-old, adopted from Russia by U.S. parents nearly nine years ago, is a bright-eyed, carefree fourth-grader who wakes up with a song ...
Herbert signs legislation to prevent teen suicide
Gov. Gary Herbert visited a high school in the Salt Lake City suburb of Magna rocked by a recent string of suicides to discuss the problem and sign legislation meant to prevent it. Herbert on Friday heard suggestions on how to deal with teen suicides from students at Cyprus High. ...
French president signs gay marriage into law
France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. Hollande's office said he signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck ...
Ala., boy makes progress after brain tumor
For Kevin Kennedy, every step is as exciting as a jump. Kevin, 8, has lived with posterior fossa syndrome since 2010, which has radically changed the way he walks, talks and moves. After initially being diagnosed, the boy who at one time played soccer and ran in the backyard of ...
Rabies confirmed in bat found in Albuquerque
New Mexico health officials are urging parents to tell children not to handle wild animals. The warning comes after a bat found in northeast Albuquerque tested positive for rabies. A number of children were reportedly near the bat and took photographs of it on the evening of May 11, but ...
Marine daughter seeks dignity for 'Devil Dog pups'
As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply "Baby Boy" or "Baby Girl," followed by a surname and a burial date. Like Blakely, many of those buried in this lonely section of Onslow Memorial Park known as ...
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