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  • Man, 90, saves wife of 68 years in wheelchair from fire in North Carolina 

    08/08/2015 2:41:23 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 13 replies
    nydailynews.com ^ | rachelle blidner
    A 90-year-old man pulled his wife of 68 years to safety in her wheelchair as a fire ravaged their North Carolina home. Arthur Schneider jumped into action after a lightning storm hit a street transformer, causing flames to crawl through his Asheboro house, he told the Daily News Saturday. Arthur immediately thought of his wife Rosemary, 89, who has Parkinson’s disease and dementia. She was all the way at the back of the house and cannot walk. “I had to go back and get her,” Arthur said. “She’s part of me.” The smoke alarms “were all buzzing” as the power...
  • Vilsack signs meth bill (Not Schiavo)

    03/24/2005 6:20:44 AM PST · by joshhiggins · 11 replies · 435+ views
    Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier ^ | March 23, 2005 | TODD DORMAN
    DES MOINES --- Gov. Tom Vilsack declared a Statehouse victory in the war against methamphetamine Tuesday, tempered by the hard reality that the drug's grip on Iowa remains strong. Vilsack signed a bipartisan bill on the Capitol steps placing tough new limits on the sale of pseudoephedrine --- a common cold and allergy medication that's also a critical meth ingredient. Supporters predict the limits, which take effect May 21, will help shut down hundreds of secret labs where "cookers" mix a volatile array of chemicals to make meth. Iowa law enforcement agencies seized a record 1,427 labs in 2004. "This...