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September, 2005

Friday, Sep. 30, 2005

35 Years Later: Dog tags lost in Vietnam returned to Florida veteran

Eddie James Davis lost his dog tags in the jungles of South Vietnam. »

Mobile van educates women about breast cancer

The Komen Breast Cancer Foundation travels to local universities to make college students aware of the risks of breast cancer. »

Sex slaves rescued in raids

Nineteen women from Eastern Europe who are thought to have been tricked into becoming sex slaves were rescued during raids, police said. »

Over 16,000 formerly abducted persons rescued since 2002

World Vision’s centres for formerly abducted persons in Gulu has played an important role in providing rehabilitation care to children and adults who were abducted by rebels in northern Uganda. »

Surgeon wins award for global eye charity work

A HIGHGATE eye surgeon has been named volunteer of the year for her work to help prevent blindness across the globe. »

15 yo Charity abseil girl goes up on high

WHILE many people may be mad enough to abseil giant buildings in the name of charity, few are as young as schoolgirl Lauren Ledger who at just 15 years old, is one of the youngest ever charity abseilers. »

Jay Leno’s bike rakes in $505,000 for charity

It looks like Jay Leno’s celebrity-autographed motorcycle has raised nearly a half-million dollars for victims of Hurricane Katrina. »

Trapped Dolphin Rescued, Returned To Gulf

A bottle-nosed dolphin trapped in shallow water four miles from the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricane Rita was rescued. »

Brother, sister, old friends reunited after storm

Ninety-year-old Lucinda Drayton might never have seen her 84-year-old brother, Abie Wilson, again if it hadn’t been for Hurricane Katrina. »

Family separated by Hurricane Katrina reunited in Thomaston

The nightmare for Christe Vigne wasn’t spending Hurricane Katrina in a Chevy Lumina. It wasn’t losing all her worldly possessions in the storm. »

Katrina Victim Reunited with Family After 25 Years

Charlotte Hackman suffers last minute jitters as she waits for her cousin, Lee Bemboom, to touch down at Wilmington International Airport. »

Baby’s miracle escape: bullet stops short

A BABY narrowly escaped death when a bullet fired into an Upper Clapton flat ricocheted around the room and came to rest between the tot’s legs. »

Thursday, Sep. 29, 2005

Teens rescue elderly bag-snatch victim

Victoria Police has praised two Melbourne youths who went to the rescue of an elderly bag-snatch victim, a charity worker in her 80s. »

2005 ‘Heroes’ named starting today

The Jersey Journal begins announcing its 2005 Class of Everyday Heroes today with the naming of Frank Pinto of North Bergen and Lillian Hernandez of Jersey City as joint recipients of the Community Service Award. »

Family takes in 14 Rita evacuees

This family has been through so much. »

Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2005

Baby, you’re a little miracle!

IT’S a special time for any new parents – bringing their new little bundle of joy home from hospital, writes Glen Cooper. »

Residents perfom miracle for neighbor

Of the dozens of people painting, sanding and cleaning in Marge Goodwin’s home Tuesday night, fewer than a handful had ever met her. »

Bureaucrats to the rescue — no, really

Public school bureaucrats are not the most celebrated members of society. »

Clearing his conscience: schoolbook returned 62 yrs. too late

A retired engineer who finally handed back a school library book he had borrowed more than 60 years ago has been spared £300-plus in unpaid fines. »

Mother, Daughter Reunited After Hurricane Katrina

In Pine Bluff, a mother is reunited with her daughter after weeks of thinking she had been killed by Hurricane Katrina. Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center, Rochelle Martin was reunited with her daughter, Antoinette Tersegno, and it’s all thanks to help from the Red Cross. »

Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2005

Senior evacuee reunited with dog

Gloria Brown, 73, fled her Ninth Ward house in New Orleans with neighbors, swimming in rancid, neck-deep water with her dog. Queenie, an 8-year-old Chow mix, was floating beside her on a piece of plywood. »

Kite-powered adventurer rescued

An eccentric adventurer has been rescued from the Atlantic after his 14ft kite-powered boat was battered by successive hurricanes as he tried to set a record for a crossing to North America’ »

Family seeks woman who returned money

How about this for some good news? We’ve been on a starvation diet lately. »

Christmas Bonuses Returned After 9 Months

Investigators had all but given up on finding $10,000 in cash and gift certificates stolen from an office last December when the loot was returned last week, along with the hand-lettered envelopes it came in. »

Man becomes U.S. citizen and millionaire

Moses Bittok says he immigrated to the United States from Kenya because he figured it was the land of opportunity. »

Schoolboy rakes in millions after lottery win

A schoolboy has become a millionaire after winning the lottery jackpot in Italy. »

Bird, Cat Rescued From Apartment Fire

Firefighters rescued a bird and cat Monday from an apartment fire. »

$100 help for cat they don’t own

Though it’s not unusual for animal lovers to spend big bucks spoiling their pets, Brenda LaChapelle and Jeff Hoch of Jackson doled out $100 for a cat they don’t own. »

Hostage book “Unlikely Angel” out

The woman who says suspected courthouse killer Brian Nichols held her hostage for hours says in a book out Tuesday that she gave him drugs while he held her captive at her apartment in Gwinnett County. »

Katrina Victims Help with Teacher Shortage

About ten people have taken advantage of North Carolina’s changes to help teachers from the Gulf Coast work in public schools, and state officials hope more will step forward. »

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