Boy drives mother with diabetes during 85 mph beltway crisis
In Falls Church and Stafford County, Virginia, 10 year old Wesley Tanner II steered his mother's Ford Tempo after she became faint from low blood sugar on I-95. The car swerved, struck a car, then crashed on an exit ramp. Wesley’s actions averted a potential tragedy.
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Washington Post
Washington
Interstate 95
Sherri Galves
Wesley Tanner II
Wesley
Falls Church
Stafford County
Galves
Dakota Galves
Woodbridge
Capital Beltway
Aid group says 700000 facing starvation in Papua New Guinea
CARE Australia says a months-long drought in Papua New Guinea has killed 15 children and left about 700,000 people hungry. The aid group notes a slowdown in private Australian food donations worsens the crisis and warns public attention may be diverted during the festive season.
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Papua New Guinea
Canberra
Australia
Care Australia
CARE
Charles Tapp
Willy Woodburns Cafe Hosts Saturday Special and Bingo Night
The city cafe at 1111 Ellis Blvd NW, formerly Flanagan's, advertises a Saturday special hot pork with mashed potatoes and gravy. Hawkeye Downs hosts tonite bingo at 6 30 with five dollar admission. Kings and Queens Coaches run two Tama routes 3 15 and 5 30 on 12 31. Sandy's Buses serves daily trips to Meskwaki Casino.
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Willy Woodburn
Ellis Blvd
Flanagan’s
Kings and Queens
Tama
Haitian-born surgeon dedicates life to volunteer medical missions
Dr Meffert spent 30 years as a surgical volunteer aiding Haiti and other regions. He built a mission ethic from a first trip that revealed desperate need and limited resources, later serving as a Vietnam-era military physician and a surgical adviser in Russia. He plans retirement in April and a Haiti visit in June.
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Haiti
Vietnam
Meffert
Russia
Dr. Meffert
U.S
China
Africa
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Center For Health and Well-Being
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Medical Plaza
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St. Luke’s Women’s Care Educational Classroom
St. Luke’s
Lynne McDole
ST. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids, Lowa
Suredaon
We . W.y
Santa
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Premier
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Pearl
Ollins Road
Marion
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