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Elachee Nature Science Center plans nature-based preschool
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Elachee Nature Science Center is drafting plans for a nature-based preschool that would be the first of its kind in the Southeast. “We’ve become a culture of indoor people,” s...
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Friendship still strong after 60 years
Seven women sat eating lunch together on a sunny Thursday in downtown Paducah. Over salads and soups they giggled about years past, playing kick the can until all hours of the night. Three of them ...
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Associated Press Daviess County Sheriff's Deputy Russ Day (right) holds onto Jaxx, a 2-year-old Giant Schnauzer he owns, as Jaxx practices techniques used by police dogs in a practice area in Owensboro on May 9. Jaxx is still in the process of learning to be a police dog, but once a week K9 officers including Owensboro Police Department's Steve Morgan, left, and Chris Watkins meet to train with their K9 units. Watkins and Morgan both have German shepherds that are certified police dogs.
For K9 units, job falls all in a day’s play
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Raizi is a German shepherd, with about 70 pounds of muscle, super-quick speed and the ability to put 238 pounds of bite on a fleeing suspect’s arm or leg. When officer Chris Wat...
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Associated Press Justin Kreil hands a box of donations to Luke Blunt to place in a truck of the American Red Cross on May 7 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Thousands of volunteers flooded the hard-hit home of the University of Alabama with chainsaws, wrecking bars and food, offering help and hugs to tornado victims and causing traffic tie-ups reminiscent of a fall football weekend. A long line of vehicles piled into a volunteer registration center where officials waived plans to make workers register because they couldn't keep up with the large number of people showing up to work.
Minister helps storm victims after losing daughter
HARVEST, Ala. — A week after the April 27 tornadoes cut savage paths through central and north Alabama, the Rev. Kelly Clem was in Harvest, about 20 miles northwest of Huntsville, offering food to ...
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Reid, Kimberly, and Neil Perry, of The Band Perry, deliver a meal to storm victim Fannie Greer (left) in Greeneville, Tenn. The trio, recently named the Academy of Country Music New Artist of the Year and currently on tour with Tim McGraw, spent a rare off day delivering hot meals and lifting the spirits of those impacted by the April 27 disaster. Associated Press
Band Perry deliver meals to Greene storm victims
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Band Perry traded the touring road for the country lanes of Greene County on Monday. The chart toppers’ visit to their storm-devastated hometown was music to the ears of to...
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Always a bridesmaid? Tips on how to make it work
NEW YORK — There’s lingering talk about Pippa Middleton getting a tad too much attention at the wedding of her now-royal sis, let alone those topless bikini shots, so what’s a bridesmaid to do with...
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Buzz builds at word of a British royals’ US visit
LOS ANGELES — They could visit a movie set, grab a surfboard and shoot the curl at Malibu, sample a winery or two, even take in a baseball game at Dodger Stadium. And, if baseball didn’t seem too s...
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Beware hidden fees when booking a hotel room
If you’re budgeting for summer travel, be on the lookout for fees on your hotel bill for everything from newspapers to luggage storage. Some of the fees can be avoided: Be careful with the mini-bar...
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Kids have plenty of options for staying busy over the summer break. Summer camp options include Challenger Learning Center, the Girl Scouts’ Bear Creek Aquatic Camp, and Camp Kum-Ba-Ya. Contributed photos
Summer break possibilities abound
Camps offer chance for learning, fun The school year is winding down for students of all ages and one big question looms. What will the kids do for the summer? Family vacations and summer spor...
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Jamie Galloway, fiber arts graduate, spins a variety of organically grown cottons into yarns for weaving on March 22. That entails planting the cotton seeds, waiting for the cotton to grow, harvesting the cotton, putting it through a gin, making the material and then making the blanket. Associated Press
SCAD student makes blanket from scratch
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Give Jamie Galloway some cotton seeds and some time, and she can make a blanket. That entails planting the cotton seeds, waiting for the cotton to grow, harvesting the cotton, pu...
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