Woman Helps Rescue Pig on Interstate
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - When Christine Gamache was driving along Interstate 205 and saw a pig fall out the back of a tractor-trailer rig, she didn't just scratch her head and drive on. She pulled over and stood by the 500-pound animal, possibly averting a freeway pile-up, the State Patrol said.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge has recognized two of its volunteers for their efforts to help the area's sick, injured or orphaned animals.  The refuge has selected Alisha Blanchard and Chuck Lawson as their volunteers of the year for 2006.
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MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 21 - Patty Hensley, wife of Jack Hensley, the Marietta construction worker held hostage in Iraq, is pleading with his captors to open lines of communications.
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By Carol Demare, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jun. 18--ALBANY -- A new county law was just what Teri Conroy needed to protect her small llama farm in Altamont.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. - All over one suburban subdivision, wild pigs have left their mark.  There was a dead cat. Ruth Strahosky's lawn was shredded when she was on vacation.
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SUMMERFORD, Ohio - A woman says her life was likely saved when she answered a hang-up phone call. Mary Dhume of Ohio was watching television Monday night when the phone in the next room rang...
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A deer found its way into a terminal at  Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday but was  captured safely near a baggage claim area, officials said.
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Colorado volunteers are coming to the rescue of 21,000 deer stranded in a snow-covered mountain valley, bringing in food by snowmobile to keep them from starving to death.
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A Chicago-area teen is being hailed as a hero after he and two friends pulled an elderly woman from a car stuck on train tracks just seconds before it was demolished by two trains.
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STRATFORD, N.J. - A 90-year-old woman who fell into a dry cesspool in her backyard and was trapped for more than an hour was saved after a mail carrier heard her calls for help.
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By Mike Peters, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 23--From the mud and the slop and the deep snow and cold river, a minor hero emerged Thursday, cradling a newborn calf, carrying it back to its mother.
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ROSWELL, N.M. - A routine traffic stop Wednesday led to the discovery of more than 60 sick and hungry cats in the back of a moving van driven by a 71-year-old woman.  Mary Jane Lyle pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty at a court appearance.
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GARBERVILLE, Calif. - A woman found driving a U-Haul truck with 33 cats and three dogs inside claimed she was rescuing the animals.
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By PAUL J. WEBER WEST ORANGE, Texas - Sam Henry swept dead pigs off Highway 87 two days after Hurricane Rita tossed them there. Then his job turned really unpleasant.
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A woman is rescued after a police officer finds her clinging to a boat on the River Lagan in Belfast.
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She may have just been driving home, but she sure took the long   way to get there.
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By Mike Peters, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 14--A semi-trailer loaded with cattle rolled on its side near Gill Tuesday night, and farmers and ranchers in the area rushed to help.   The truck rolled on its side shortly after 9:30 p.m.