South Bend Firefighters Demonstrate Live Haz-Mat Situation
- May
- 27
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You may have heard about a chemical spill or a hazardous materials leak that shut down a road or evacuated a building. Local firefighters have to do a lot to prepare to clean up those types of situations.
In a simulated Haz-Mat spill Thursday, firefighters demonstrated how they would dress for and clean up a chlorine [...]
Tot rescued from tornado debris
- February
- 8
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, TENN. The muddy field was littered with debris after a wave of violent storms: Living room couches, strollers, children’s toys. So when two rescuers came upon a baby, they thought he was a doll.
Then he moved.
“We grabbed hold of his neck (to take a pulse) and he took a breath of [...]
We forget to celebrate the small stuff
- January
- 27
I have a present for you. It’s an image, a story, a retell.
I read it in a newspaper, and when I got to the end, I was left with an intake of breath, a small huff, almost an “oh” of surprise.
I cut out the column and taped it in my notebook. It has [...]
WORLD amp; NATION UPDATE ABROAD
- January
- 17
Police fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse
protesters in several Kenyan cities at the start of three days of opposition rallies, killing at least two people as tensions edge higher in the post-election crisis and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan postponed his mediation trip because he has the flu. Defying a protest ban, clashes [...]
We forget to celebrate the small stuff
- January
- 5
I have a present for you. It’s an image, a story, a retell.
I read it in a newspaper, and when I got to the end, I was left with an intake of breath, a small huff, almost an “oh” of surprise.
I cut out the column and taped it in my notebook. It has [...]
From girl trapped in a well to millionaire: the remarkable Jessica McClure
- December
- 17
Once upon a time there was a toddler who no one outside her family had ever heard of. And then she fell down a hole in the ground and became for a while the most famous little girl in the world. Her name was Jessica McClure, she [...]
From sexual trauma to healing sex
- December
- 14
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With holiday cheer festooning all my favorite lube stores in the Castro with slippery mistletoe, I’m reminded that it’s the time of year many people see family. While some of us stay put with sweethearts and eggnog-flavored condoms, or look forward to seeing siblings, others are not so lucky %26mdash; nowhere is this more evident [...]
