Kitty kidney transplant saves Smokey and donor cat
A Virginia couple and veterinarian coordinated a 4 1/2 hour kidney transplant for Smokey the cat at Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center. The stray donor cat, named Buffalo, faced euthanasia but was adopted by the Carrs after surgery, with about $5,000 paid for care. Smokey returned home, and Buffalo now joins the Carrs’ growing cat family.
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Smokey
Virginia
Ross Lirtzman
Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Lirtzman
Orchard Park
United States
Sandy
T. Peyton Carr
Richmond
Carrs
Buffalo
Desert town unsettled by marine murder case delays
In Twentynine Palms California five years after the rapes and stabbing murders of Mandi Scott and Rosalie Ortega nerves remain raw as no trial has yet begun for Lance Cpl Valentine Underwood charged with rape and murder in civilian court. Prolonged pretrial wrangling delays the case while Okinawa rape cases drew swift U S action drawing local debate and anger.
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Twentynine Palms
Calie
Mojave Desert
U.S
Okinawa
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
Nancy Turner
Debie McMasters
Debie
Ms. McMasters
Mandi Scott
Mandi
Rosalie Ortega
Ms. Ortega
Lance Cpl
Valentine Underwood
Barstow
Thompson
Los Angeles
The
Desert Trail
Teddy Linton
Marine Corps
Linton
River search for ex CIA chief Colby called off after seven days
Rock Point Maryland authorities plan to rethink strategy after a seventh unsuccessful day of searching for former CIA Director William Colby who disappeared while canoeing near his summer home. The search, aided by a boat crew and a state helicopter, has involved Navy divers and police dogs with no sign of Colby.His wife believes he may be alive and injured somewhere on shore.
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Rock Point
CIA
William Colby
Colby
John Surrick
Department of Natural Resources Police
Wicomico River
Fred Davis
Sally Shelton-Colby
Teen gang charged in Florida high school arson and slaying
In Fort Myers a group calling itself a militia, led by 18-year-old Kevin D. Foster, is charged in the slaying of Riverdale High School band director Mark Schwebes and a church fire. Police say the teens planned to burn the school auditorium and rack up other crimes including robberies and a Coca-Cola plant fire, with five core members charged on Saturday.
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Fort Myers
God
Foster
Mark Schwebes
Riverdale High School
Schwebes
Florida
John McDougall
Derek Shields
Peter E. Magnotti
Christopher Black
Christopher Burnett
Disney World
News-Press
McDougall
Violence mars student party in Akron and Madison
An off campus street party near the University of Akron erupted in violence as crowd members hurled beer bottles at police and shouted gas us while tear and pepper gas dispersed the mob. Twelve arrests followed. Lt. Michael Madden led about 100 officers. A separate disturbance at a UW Madison block party injured two officers and a firefighter and led to eight arrests.
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