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Dogs welcoming their soldier owners home Posted: 3 days ago by TraumaMamma
A ton of videos of dogs and owners reunited. Touching indeed! Have Kleenex ready.
And if you aren't a dog person, watch the last video of soldiers suprising their children. Tear jerker!
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Caught on Dashcam: Cop vs Kitten Posted: 4 days ago by TraumaMamma
Get your daily cute right here, folks!!
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Ohio changes execution method Posted: 1 week ago by TraumaMamma
Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty opponents praised as a step forward — albeit one that has apparently never been tried on prisoners.
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Notes Left Behind - Meet Elena Posted: 3 weeks ago by TraumaMamma
Notes Left Behind is the true story of a six-year-old girl named Elena and her battle against brain cancer. In her last days she showed a community how to love and how to live.
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Florida retiree is "Original Balloon Boy" Posted: 1 month ago by TraumaMamma
Now 82, Crawford grew up on the east side of Cleveland, where back in the 1930's his father would strap him to a 15 foot wide helium balloon as part of an attraction, traveling to air shows across Ohio. And he actually went on an adventure!
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Military Children in Crisis Posted: 1 month ago by TraumaMamma
America's military kids are showing symptoms of deployment-related stress, virtual mirrors of their parents who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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40 men from Camp Lejeune report breast cancer. Posted: 1 month ago by TraumaMamma
"This is statistically unheard of," said Tallahassee resident Mike Partain, 41, a breast cancer survivor who was born at the base and is looking for others like himself. "We've got a cancer cluster that defies explanation."
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Too broke to bury their dead Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
Money to bury Detroit's poor has dried up, forcing struggling families to abandon their loved ones in the morgue freezer.
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How to escape from a sinking car Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
The steps are so simple that even the sort of idiot who drives his car into a lake can manage them: Undo your seat belt, unlock the door, open the window, get out. We were shaking our heads at the obvious here until the reporter's third attempt to extricate himself from a sinking sedan became a bit more complicated -- the door gets stuck, rescue divers can't batter their way in, and the fearless reporter has to breathe through an emergency air supply. "I try to push on the door -- but it seems jammed," Sanchez says. "Admittedly, it's a chilling moment."
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Oklahoma City Bombing tapes appear edited. Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday.
"The real story is what's missing," said Jesse Trentadue, a Salt Lake City attorney who obtained the recordings through the federal Freedom of Information Act as part of an unofficial inquiry he is conducting into the April 19, 1995, bombing that killed 168 people and injured hundreds more.
*dons foil hat*
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Life Interrupted Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
A late model Dodge Durango has been parked in front of our house for a couple of weeks now. My husband and I live on a short, narrow street in the historical section of Sag Harbor. I have a general disdain of SUVs for obvious, gas-guzzling reasons. I assume their drivers are hoggy, inconsiderate, and motivated by self-entitlement.The Durango is filled with an ordinary day. An ordinary day interrupted.
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Beyonce sings Halo to a little girl with cancer Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
Title speaks for itself. What an amazing person and artist she is.
Tear jerker alert.
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Ohio Inmate traumatized after failed execution Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The lawyer for an inmate whose execution was halted after an unprecedented two hours said trying to put him to death again in a week could be a disaster.
Romell Broom is still recovering from Tuesday's prolonged execution attempt and is physically and emotionally traumatized, his attorney, Adele Shank, said Wednesday.
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Baby left out in cold in attempt to get some sleep. Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
A crying 5-month-old girl was left on a West Erie Avenue apartment balcony for more than an hour yesterday morning because her father wanted to get some sleep. The girl was wearing only a diaper and a thin one-piece body suit in the 46 degree weather, Lorain Sgt. Mark Carpentiere said.
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Plastic removed from a man's lung Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
John Manley complained of fatigue, coughing fits and pneumonia spells and now, after two years of agony, doctors at Duke University Hospital believe a small piece of plastic is to blame. Manley, 50, apparently inhaled the 1-inch plastic fragment while eating at a Wendy's restaurant. The Wendy's logo can still be seen on the side of the plastic.
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Did debt collection calls lead to Floridian's death? Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
Florida law firm Morgan and Morgan filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging that a company's collection calls were so frequent and harassing that they contributed to a person's death because they increased Stanley McLeod's blood pressure and stress levels.
McLeod's debt problems stemmed from the fact that he had difficulty paying his mortgage because he had to quit his job at Sears after suffering a massive heart attack.
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"Death would be an easier choice for me" says Biggest Loser contestant Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
I was struck by two things when I interviewed Abby Rike shortly after she arrived at "The Biggest Loser" ranch earlier this year as shooting began for Season 8. First was that Abby would catch herself referring to her family in the present tense, even though her husband, 5-year-old daughter and newborn son were killed by a speeding motorist back in 2006. Even more unsettling: She relayed these basic details while struggling to keep a smile on her lips, and her eyes bright, even as tears began streaming down her face.
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Wells Fargo lets Executive stay in house it foreclosed on Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
There are all kinds of stories of mis-aligned incentives in the foreclosure process. Banks get very little money for modifying them, and it's not even worth their trouble. Other foreclosure service providers get paid quite a lot and don't want anything to slow down the process.
And then there's this...
A Wells Fargo executive involved in foreclosed properties reportedly hosted parties and spent weekends at a $12 million Malibu property that had been surrendered to the bank.
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Man smashes car into store to steal sex toy Posted: 3 months ago by TraumaMamma
The thief who crashed his car through AdultMart here early Wednesday knew exactly what he wanted: He picked up a $300 sex toy, discarded it for a smaller, less expensive model and then drove off — all of which was captured quite clearly on security video. “Desperate people do desperate things,” said Tracy Holmes, the store’s manager. “At 6 o’clock in the morning when I got here, we had no doors at all.”
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911 Abuse. Calling in with Sniffles Posted: 3 months ago by TraumaMamma
People struggling with headaches, toothaches, and even feelings of loneliness are calling 911 -- often several times a day. This chronic abuse is overwhelming what industry experts call the 911 "safety net" system. It's also wasting what could add up to billions of dollars every year, paid ultimately through higher taxes and medical fees. This costly problem has gone unnoticed in the current debate on health care reform.
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Teen ducks charges by dancing at yearly dash Posted: 3 months ago by TraumaMamma
VERMILION — Visitors who saw a life-sized duck mascot flapping its wings and dancing around McGarvey's Landing during the annual Duck Dash 500 on Sunday afternoon probably had some pity for the person wearing the costume in the 90-plus degree heat. But besides members of the Vermilion Port Authority and police department, no one knew the one of the two people who took turns wearing the furry yellow outfit hadn't volunteered for the job.
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Cuba to World : Pass the TP! Posted: 3 months ago by TraumaMamma
Cuba, in the grip of a serious economic crisis, is running short of toilet paper and may not get sufficient supplies until the end of the year, officials with state-run companies said Friday.
Fun fact: Cuba both imports toilet paper and produces its own, but does not currently have enough raw materials to make it.
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Tweeting in Labor Posted: 3 months ago by TraumaMamma
You might think childbirth would be a topic too personal, too beautiful or way too graphic to write about on Twitter. But, as Sara Williams showed on Tuesday when she posted Twitter updates about giving birth to her child, online social networking has pushed its way into the delivery room
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Dolphin hunt film sparks dilemma for tourists Posted: 4 months ago by TraumaMamma
The affecting cloak-and-dagger documentary “The Cove,” which documents a brutal dolphin hunt off the Japanese town of Taiji, is putting would-be amusement park visitors in an ethical bind and park owners on the defensive. “The captivity industry keeps the slaughter going,” O’Barry charges in movie. If he has his way, the gruesome images of bloody dolphins will keep you from buying a ticket to a marine park, or stepping into a pool of one of those “dolphin encounters” at a tropical resort.
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Akron Petland to shut down after employee photographed holding drowned rabbits Posted: 4 months ago by TraumaMamma
A northeast Ohio Petland store is shut down after a photo emerged on the internet showing a store employee holding up two drowned rabbits.
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