Ottawa police patch honors the city’s Victorian heritage
Ottawa officers unveil a new arm patch featuring a Victorian building and old street lamps to reflect community history. The badge retains a frame and will be adopted within two months, replacing the eagle logo. Sgt. Bobbie Hawkins notes the design mirrors Ottawa’s identity and should be recognizable to residents and neighbors.
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Andy Gassaway
Herald
Ottawa Police
City
Ottawa
Main Street
Force
Dennis Butler
City of Ottawa
Bobbie Hawkins
DNA result confirms Sri Lankan baby 81 belongs to Jeyarajah couple
A DNA test in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, confirms baby Abi lass, once dubbed Baby 81 after the 2004 tsunami, is the biological child of Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah. The court ordered reunion at a hearing with lawyers present. the couple will meet the child that evening.
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Kalmanal
Sri Lanka
Jenita
Murugupillai Jeyarajah
Satee
Aided
Kalmunai
M.P. Mohaideen
Mohaideen
S.H.M. Manarudeen
Murugupillai
Jeyarajahs
Abilass
Scuert
Kalownai
Colombe
Homecoming for Kansas National Guard unit in Salina
After a year away Spc Chad Daisy returns to Abilene and reunites with his daughters Taygan and Brooklyn Daisy and wife Lisa at a homecoming ceremony for C battery 2 130th Field Artillery. About 350 Kansas Army National Guard soldiers are back from deployment.
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Adrian Dickey
Donald Dickey
Ottawa
130Th Field Artillery
Bramlage Coliseum
Manhattan
Michael Dittamo
Iraq
Kansas Amy National Guard
Camp Stayer
Baghdad
Salina
Taygan
Brooklyn
Daisy
Daddy
Lisa
2- 130Th Field Artillery
Spc
Chad Daisy
Abilene
Princess
Kansas Army National Guard
Lawmakers target Patriot Penalty for Guard and Reserve
EVANSVILLE IN lawmakers push legislation to end the patriot penalty by reimbursing deployed Guard and Reserve soldiers up to 50000 dollars to cover the gap between military pay and civilian salaries. The measure follows stories of service members like Anthony Carter who left a Kentucky practice to serve in Afghanistan and faced financial strain.
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Evansville
Ind
Afghanistan
Anthony Carter
Kentucky
Tompkinsville
Carter
Iraq
New Jersey farmer turns waste peaches into cider success
Santo John Maccherone of Mullica Hill uses bruised peaches to make Circle M Peach Cider with Rutgers help. The project expands value added farming, boosting sales of peaches and other produce on his 200 acre farm and fueling a broader state agricultural program. Andrew Law of USDA Rural Development calls it a potential survival path for New Jersey agriculture.
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Bridgeton
N.J
Santo John Maccherone
Maccherone
Rutgers University
Food Innovation
Mullica Hill
New Jersey
Food Innovation Center
Andrew Law
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Beirut blast kills former prime minister Hariri in Lebanon
Rafik Hariri, billionaire former prime minister who had stepped down after a Syria dispute, was killed in a massive Beirut car bombing. At least nine others died and about 100 were wounded as flames consumed the St. George Hotel and surrounding area. A 30 foot crater marred the street while authorities investigated whether the device was in a car or building.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rafik Hariri
Syria
St. George
Phoenicia
Mediterranean
Hariri
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Wien
Krishan Francis
Sociated Press
Valentine
Sean McGuern
Ottawa Herald
130Th
Dickey
Hiawatha
By Kimberly Hefling
Associated Press
Weier
Dief
Joseph Panossian
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