NIU victim called 'a wonderful person'
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Dozens waited in near-zero temperatures, some clutching flowers and cards, to pay their respects to Dan Parmenter, one of five students killed by a gunman last week at Northern Illinois University.
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She remembers his sense of humor, his quick mind. He was remarkably upbeat, even though he spent life in a wheelchair because of his sickle-cell anemia.
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By Alan Sims  I READ your article (Mum In A Million Praised After Saving Ill Daughter, 25.5.07) about local girl Sophie Perren who has serious immune system damage called neutropenia.   I think there should be more investigation into the causes of such disorders.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- For 20 years, Sarah Scantlin has been mostly oblivious to the world around her - the victim of a drunken driver who struck her down as she walked to her car. Today, after a remarkable recovery, she can talk again.
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FORT WORTH -- Someone has been impersonating man's best friend near TCU lately.
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Story in full A STUDENT who is taking legal action against the Scottish Executive for discrimination over tuition fees last night vowed to get justice for her peers.
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Gary McLain's testimonial on his new life as a motivational speaker was briefly interrupted when Rollie Massimino stopped by for a handshake and a hug. "Good to see you Coach," McLain told his former Villanova coach.
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Sometimes hope wins. Out of all the stories we read this week the one that was most inspiring was that of Jeanna Giese, the 15-year-old Fond du Lac girl who contracted rabies after she was bitten by a bat
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A 21-year-old man freed from custody for a murder he committed at age 11 has apologized to the family of his victim, with help from talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Nathaniel Abraham, who now lives in Bay City, traveled to Chicago with the intent of appearing on Winfrey's television show Wednesday. The taping later was canceled at the request of his lawyer.
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Sarah Goldstein believes in service with a smile and in going the extra mile for customers at the Tabard Inn on N Street NW. Being personable and "super accommodating" pays off, she said.
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By Ashley Tusan Joyner, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Dec. 13--Rep.
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Tearful testimony focuses on the alleged murder victim's last day before she disappeared.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A special prosecutor could not have had worse timing for telling a judge he'd cleared him of theft for taking a college student's ringing cell phone during a class.
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Here's the painful story of someone who did.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - An Indiana University student has admitted tossing a guinea pig tied to a makeshift parachute out of an eighth-floor dormitory, police said.
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DEKALB, Ill., Feb. 14 -- Without saying a word, a gunman dressed in black opened fire in a Northern Illinois University geology class Thursday, killing five students and wounding 16. He fired at random, authorities said, until the moment he killed himself.
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Around the day of the shootings at Northern Illinois University, Jessica Baty was sent packages in the mail by her boyfriend, shooter Steven Kazmierczak. One contained a "goodbye" note and a new cell phone, the other had a holster and ammunition, Baty said in an exclusive interview with CNN.