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Stacy Horton, New Zealand Man, Forced To Choose Between Saving Wife Or Child In River Accident

AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Rescue, River Accident, New Zealand, Stacy Horton, Rescue Dilemma, Stacy Horton Accident, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid ...

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Teen Stranded On Ice Floe With Polar Bears Is Rescued By Parachuters

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Survival Story, Paratroopers, Coral Harbour Resuce, Nunavut, Stranded Teen, Rescue, Ice Floe, Polar Bears, Hudson Bay, Parachute, Canada, Corl Harbor, World News

CORAL HARBOUR, Nunavut — Battling hypothermia, a 17-year-old hunter stranded on a floating chunk of ice shot and killed a polar bear while trapp...

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Billy Boyd, Aspen Resident, Finally Finds Cell Phone After Epic Search

AP | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ring, Rescue, Cell Phone, Dump, Recycling, Billy Boyd, Aspen, Denver News

ASPEN, Colo. — A determined Colorado man found his missing cell phone at a trash dump after dialing the number and listening for the ring. Bill...

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Rescue Efforts Called Off In Coast Guard-Marine Corps Plane Crash Search

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Helicopter, Recovery, Faa, C-130, Carl Grigonis, Missing, Super Cobra, Samuel Leigh, Adam Bryant, San Diego Bay, Pacific Ocean, Danny Kreder, Ah-1w, Plane, Jason Moletzky, Recovery Efforts, John F. Seidman, Che Barnes, Rescue Efforts, Plane Crash, Rescue, Survivors, Sam Leigh, Monica Beacham, Thomas Claiborne, Coast Guard Marine Plane Crash, John Seidman, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is...

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Death Toll From Indonesian Quake Will Likely Rise

AP | ERIC TALMADGE and IRWAN FIRDAUS | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Earthquake, Rescue Efforts, Rescue, Indonesia, Padang, Landslides, Indonesia Quake, Death Toll, World News

PADANG, Indonesia — Hundreds of children went back to class Monday in schools set up in tents in Indonesia's earthquake zone to get counseling o...

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Folk U (Day 2): 10 Best of the Fest Moments

Michael Bialas | Posted 09.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Over the Rhine, Karin Bergquist, Folks Festival, Rescue, Colorado, Lyons, Susan Tedeschi, JJ Grey & Mofro, Linford Detweiler, Don McLean, Denver News
Michael Bialas

Here's a look at highlights and the final four acts of the 19th Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado.

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Rescued by the House No One Wanted

Tina Traster | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Rescue, Old House, Suburbia, Burb Appeal, Rescue Plan, Abandoned Pets, Pets, Home Prices, Home Sales, House Renovation, Adopting Pets, Happiness, Adoption, Living News
Tina Traster

I have a thing for rescue. Put in certain circumstances I act before I think, especially when crises involve animals. It's a reflex.

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Mind Over Muscle: What Really Happened to those NFL Players Lost at Sea?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Nick Schuyler, Rescue, Stockdale Paradox, Optimism, Survival, Corey Smith, Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions, Hypothermia, Coast Guard, Survivors Club, Marquis Cooper, Living News
Ben Sherwood

How did one man -- not a pro football player -- survive this ordeal while the other three perished? Was it a miracle? Or was it a wrenching case-study of the laws of survival in extreme situations?

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The World's Smartest Money Man on the Crisis

Diane Francis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sub-Prime, Mortgage Crisis Bailout, President Obama, Credit Meltdown, Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, Credit Default Swaps, Obama, Stimulus, Rescue Plan, Canadian, Prem Watsa, Fairfax Financial, Rescue, Financial Crisis, Crisis, Wall Street, Budget Deficits, Business News
Diane Francis

The year 2008 will go down as one of history's worst, but it was the best year in the history of Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.

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Obama's Big Bang Could Do the Trick

Diane Francis | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Bang, Unfreezing Bank Credit, Economy, Financial Reform, Currency, Property Value Crisis, Mexico, Banking Crisis, Devaluation, Obama, Mortgage Crisis, U..S. Economy, Real Estate Bailout, Bailout, Bank Credit, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Bank Crisis, Rescue, Foreclosure, American Economy, Business News
Diane Francis

What appears to be looming is a massive pre-emptive devaluation of the U.S. dollar as Team Obama readies itself to announce the "Big Bang."

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Buy Now: One of World's Best Investors

Diane Francis | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Investments, Economic Crisis, Meltdown, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Bailouts, Common Stocks, Hartford Financial Services, Barack Obama, Berkshire Hathaway, Aig, Wall Street, Rescue, Financial Crisis, Warren Buffett, Stock Market, Wall Street Bailout, Business News
Diane Francis

One of the few investors or money mavens who guessed the meltdown was coming is Canada's Prem Watsa, Chair and founder of Fairfax Financial Holdings L...

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Confidence Saved the Cat

Richard C. Thompson | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Animals, Rescue, Euthanized, Animal Rescue, Cats, Euthanasia, Animal Shelter, Living News
Richard C. Thompson

We all love cute little puppies and kittens. But we have to think about what's going to happen to them when they grow up. It's our responsibility to spay and neuter our pets.

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A Bailout is a Rescue is a Loan

Terry Harr | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Congress, Bailout, Economy, Rescue, Wall Street, 700 Billion, Home News
Terry Harr

Regardless of what it's called, the plan to save the economy needs strict guidelines.

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Don't touch the stock market

Diane Francis | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Warren Bufffett, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, FInancial Markets, Meltdown, Financial Meltdown, Rescue, Hedge Fund Collapse, Financial Crisis, Billionaires, Personal Finance, Economy, Mutual Funds, Dumping Stocks, Stock Investments, Federal Reserve, Housing Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

Here's my latest warning: Do not be lulled into buying equities because there was a bounce in markets, where some losses were recouped. Or buying bec...

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Not a Bailout - A Rescue

Jean Chatzky | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, John McCain, Financing, Hank Paulson, Economy, Credit Crunch, Maureen Dowd, Barack Obama, Mortgages, Bailout, Aaron Sorkin, Rescue, Ben Bernanke, Election 2008, Nancy Pelosi, The American President, 700 Billion, Business News
Jean Chatzky

If credit dries up and there is no plan, more of your neighbors will lose their homes. Those homes will sit empty because potential buyers will not be able to come up with financing.

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Vegan Celebrities for Animal Rescue, Sanctuary, and Hope

Ani Phyo | Posted 10.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Vegetarian, California, Animal Rights, Alicia Silverstone, Author, Gala, Persia White, Vegan, Los Angeles, Animal Acres, Animals, Organic, Sanctuary, Rory Freedman, Debra Skelton, John Schneider, Ed Begley Jr, Skinny Bitch, Healhty, Farm, Activists, Rescue, Food, Raw Food, Actress, Jerry Cesak, Juliano, Madeline's Bistro, Ani Phyo, Celebrities, Girlfriends, Style News
Ani Phyo

Numerous celebrities, including Alicia Silverstone, Debra Skelton, Ed Begley Jr., and Jerry Cesak were there helping save our animal friends from cruelty and neglect.

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