AFD’s new detection tool is warm, fuzzy
The Austin Fire Department welcomed a new member to its team Wednesday — he’s 2 years old and is great at detecting explosive smells.
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Happy tail: Lost dog found after 65 days
Mixed lab makes it through winter, 12 miles of busy streets
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The Unemployee in … Mondays with Morrie
Irv Leavitt: I found Morrie, a dog the size of a medium kitten, waiting in his bedroom on the second floor of the house, sitting on his bed. Morrie was not happy with me. I came to walk him, but he would have preferred that I had experienced sudden death before arriving at his home.
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Cage fighter jailed after standoff
A professional “ultimate fighter” and military veteran had to be tear-gassed by police and shot with a Taser in order to end a five-hour standoff Friday at the Warrenville apartment complex where he lives.Nathan J. Patrick — who bills himself as Nate “The Leviathan” Patrick — remained Wednesday night in DuPage County Jail in Wheaton on $500,000 bail. He faces trial on a felony charge of …
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Rescued animals are rescued again in raid on shelter
195 animals removed from facility: ‘My reputation’s in shreds,’ says operator.
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By Colleen Flaherty Killeen Daily Herald
GATESVILLE — Rhonda Lee spent seven years in the Crain Unit women’s correctional facility for a drug-related offense. Her additional two-year parole ended Tuesday.
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Fire dog to sniff out possible arsons
A new addition to the St. Joseph Fire Department will be using its nose to sniff out possible arsons.
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Takko-Machi residents ‘shaken up’ after earthquake
When a gargantuan 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan at 2:46 p.m. Japan standard time Friday, Keiko Sato was in a chamber of commerce meeting and had nowhere to hide. “I was so scared. The building is so old,” she said. “I thought the roof was going to fall down on me.” As the worst temblor in Japan’s recorded history sent massive shockwaves undulating 200 miles inland toward Gilroy’s sister …
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SPOTLIGHT: Bowlers enjoy sport despite blindness
ANNIE GETSINGER (Decatur) Herald & Review SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Monday night regulars at Springfield’s AMF Laketown Lanes barely notice Burl sleeping in the corner. The yellow Labrador retriever is Rick Jarvis’ service dog and accompanies him to league nights. Jarvis, secretary of the Laketown Blind Bowlers, has been bowling with the league since it began nearly 20 years ago. He got his start in the …
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Zimo: Spring weather is as tricky as a fish-fetching dog
Splash! The soothing sound of creaking oarlocks on the drift boat and rippling waters of the Salmon River was broken by a thrashing steelhead.
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