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Alaskan Pararescuemen Receive Medals for Afghanistan Rescues
Channel 2 NewsThree Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 212th Rescue Squadron received medals for their heroic actions in Afghanistan. Senior Master Sgt. Christopher "Doug" Widener, Master Sgt. Brandon Stuemke, and Staff Sgt. Aaron Parcha were awarded the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Ceremonies
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Lance Armstrong Stripped of 7 Tour Titles from USADA
JIM VERTUNOThe U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased 14 years of Lance Armstrong's career Friday - including his record seven Tour de France titles - and banned him for life from the sport that made him a hero to millions of cancer survivors after concluding he used banned...Tags: Cancer, Lance Armstrong, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Cycling, Sports
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Letters to the Editor - May 23
Remember those who served on Memorial Day To the editor: Memorial Day is set aside for us to remember and honor those who gave their lives in service to our country. Thanks to them, we can be with family and enjoy a day of picnics. We should also take...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Memorial Day, The Herald-Mail, Crime, Law and Justice
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Oklahoma tornado survivor describes friend's heroism
A few hours after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City area, ravaging neighborhoods and two elementary schools and killing at least 51 people, Edie Cordray sent an urgent message to members of her church in nearby Norman. "Please pray for my...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Natural Disasters, Elementary Schools, Schools
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Memorial Day 2013 TV programming and marathons
Channel Guide MagazineMemorial Day 2013 in the United States is Monday, May 27. Leading up to and including that day, over Memorial Day 2013 weekend, there will TV programs remembering veterans; special programming of other sorts; and also several programming marathons of... -
Superman, a hero with staying power
My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the world's most recognizable man. He appeared on more radio broadcasts than Ellery Queen and in more movies than Marlon Brando, who...
Tags: Media Industry, Superman (fictional character), Heart Attack, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ku Klux Klan
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Cellphone toss: Is National Review writer's act heroic or criminal?
Talk about taking issues into your own hands. National Review writer Kevin Williamson did just that Wednesday night, in what’s now become either an infamous public outburst or a heroic arts effort. During a performance of the musical “...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Kevin Williamson, Music, Entertainment
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Glendale police officers honored for service
Officer Bryan Duncan was running late to a drunk-driving enforcement operation on March 17 when he witnessed a major traffic collision on the Foothill (210) Freeway that quickly escalated into an inferno. Duncan jumped off his motorcycle, ran toward the...
Tags: Culture, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Witnesses, U.S. Secret Service
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Boy, 3, falls into Jordan Creek, nearly drowns; Allentown police praise 'heroic' rescuers
A 3-year-old boy fell into the water at the Jordan Park dam in Allentown on Thursday evening and was under as long as 10 minutes as his distraught mother screamed and bystanders pulled him out, witnesses said. On the Jordan Creek bank, the boy was blue...
Tags: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Catasauqua, Witnesses, Prosecution, Allentown
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Herald Examiner photographers reflect on the good ol' days
Nick Souza doesn't remember developing the film of what he considers his most noteworthy front-page photo. He doesn't even recall printing the image. What he does remember is "standing on a giant ladder in the middle of Broadway" to photograph co-...
Tags: Arts, O.J. Simpson, Aeromexico, Charles Manson, Los Angeles Lakers
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Jim Thorpe ruling portends disturbing questions about Ira Hayes
There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...
Tags: Justice System, Pittsburgh, Fines, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Harbor of Grace DAR chapter learns about a hero
At the Saturday, Feb. 9 Harbor of Grace Chapter meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the membership was treated to a presentation by Dawn Fairchild, "Image of a Hero - Recreating George Washington's Revolutionary War Uniform." Fairchild...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), George Washington
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