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Roanoke Times)

Tracey Lane fell back on her church family and neighbors in Narrows when her son, Jarrett, died in the Virginia Tech shootings. Nearly a year later, her strength has helped them, too. NARROWS Tracey Lane pulled up to her home the night of April 18, back from an errand no parent ever would want to run. Shed gone to her son Jarretts Blacksburg apartment to pick up his suit. The plan had been ... Read more

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)

Im in trouble again. The proximate cause is not my failure to accept the fact that Barack Obama is as good as were going to get as president given our fouled up election system, but that Im not enthusiastic about it. As a fellow journalist put it, You ... Read more

High roller of home loans (Orange County Register)

Over five years, Quick Loan Funding wrote $3.8 billion in mortgages to people with shaky credit. Read more

Cherokees contribute $25,000 to Special Olympics (Muskogee Phoenix)

TAHLEQUAH Some very special athletes received a big boost recently when the Cherokee Nation provided the Special Olympics with $25,000. In addition, the tribes Marshal Service raised more than $5,000 for the organization at the recent Polar Plunge in Tahlequah. Read more