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Davidson, Tom win lead acting Daytime Emmys
"Days of Our Lives" won drama series honors for just the second time in 40 years at the Daytime Emmys in a rough-hewn ceremony that included more upsets and an envelope mix-up on Sunday night. The NBC soap opera that began in 1965 beat out defending champion "General Hospital" and ...
Poll: Most men aspire to be dads
A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they'd like to be one someday. Debates about the different ways women approach motherhood dominate news coverage about parenthood these days, with fathers' experiences often left unexamined. ...
Glen Burnie woman tends to abused grandson
Her expressions vary when she looks down at her 3-year-old grandson, Xzavier. Adoration. Sadness. Worry. Xzavier's face remains blank. "He's not your typical child. He might not ever be," Roberta Virts said, wiping away tears while clutching the child in their modest Glen Burnie home. "I'm just worried about future ...
Parents of NM girl found living in filth charged
The New Mexico parents of a 5-year-old autistic girl found living in filth and confined in a small room similar to a cage each have been order held $500,000 bail. The Roswell Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/19agRUh) the Chaves County Sheriff's Office arrested Friday 32-year-old Charity Calvert-Romero and 63-year-old Edward Romero ...
Dads whose wives died of cancer turn to NC group
When his wife died of cancer at the age of 39, Bruce Ham wondered whether the laughter would ever return to the house he and their three daughters share. "And it is back. It took awhile, but it is back," Ham said, more than three years after the death of ...
Chicago to hire 600 for school safe-passage routes
The city of Chicago, which plans to close dozens of schools this summer to save money, has received 11,000 requests for help getting children to their new schools along safe-passage routes. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/17bnWa2 ) that 600 adults will be hired next month to work along the ...
Sequester cuts hit poor, elderly, cancer patients
The first warnings about the spending cuts were dire. In March, as the sweeping $85 billion reductions known as sequestration kicked in, President Barack Obama called them "stupid" and "arbitrary" and said they could thwart economic progress. Opponents said the administration was using scare tactics, predicting doom even though the ...
SC's Camp Kemo wraps up week of activities
A special camp for South Carolina children who are battling cancer is wrapping up a week of activities. The week-long Camp Kemo finishes Saturday at Camp Kinard near Batesburg-Leesville. The camp designed for pediatric cancer patients and their siblings is hosted by Palmetto Health Children's Hospital. Monetary and in-kind donations ...
Helping horses provides therapy for troubled youth
Jordan Oneida Orozco slowly approached the horse warming itself in the late afternoon sun, its head hung low, eyes draped by long lashes. He started to slip a purple rope halter over its nose, but the horse turned away and the rope went limp. Jordan might not have known it, ...
SPOTLIGHT: Single mom survives organ transplant
Some say Coena Royal's first name means "angel" in the Hawaiian territories. For her son, Eric, the single mom has literally been "an angel" in his mind through all the years. In 2012, Coena, 43, of Alton, was in dire straits, needing a pancreas and kidney transplant. If she hadn't ...
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