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MIAMI — Diana Nyad's 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida has generated positive publicity and adoration for the 64-year-old endurance athlete - along with skepticism from some members of the small community of marathon swimmers who are questioning whether she accomplished the feat honestly.
CHICAGO - When retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Justin Madore has nightmares, his dog Cody is there to wake him up."Cody gets up in my bed and starts pounding on me - it'll knock my wife right out of bed," said Madore, 37, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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The presence of the Almighty in the Pledge of Allegiance has resisted numerous challenges over the years, and a lawyer who intervened on behalf of a family in a suburban Massachusetts school district doesn't expect that to change with a new challenge.
A child died of a gunshot wound on Saturday at a popular campground in Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials, who said the girl's mother reported that her young daughter had shot herself with a handgun.
A Colorado man died after falling nearly 100 feet off a cliff at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on Friday evening, according to the National Parks Service.Edward Tom, 40, of Boulder, Colo.
Michelle Luciano is still coping with the painful reality. Her son and husband are gone."I couldn't sleep," she said. "Because my baby wasn't there.
Two researchers and their pilot were rescued Friday from an Alaska volcano after their helicopter's blades were covered in ice by freezing rain, stranding the trio.Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters told The Associated Press the three were rescued at about 5 p.m. Friday.
A Carnival Cruise Lines crew member was airlifted from a cruise ship to a New Orleans hospital after she fell and hit her head on deck, the Coast Guard said in a news release Saturday. According to the statement, a Coast Guard helicopter picked up the 34-year-old Indonesian woman around 11:20 a.m.
Families looking for an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America after the group voted to drop its ban on gay youth earlier this year descended on Nashville, Tenn., this weekend to help launch a Christian-based scouting organization.
