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Piloting Pets

AP News 72 days ago

Jeff Bennett, a volunteer with Pilots N Paws, flies 14 unwanted dogs from a shelter in Montgomery, Ala., to rescue groups waiting in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 3, 2009. The charity transports animals from euthanasia shelters to other states for adoption. (AP ...

A paw and a prayer: Pilots save shelter animals

AP News 72 days ago

Salvation from above: Volunteer pilots fetch animals from full shelters, fly them to new lives Lady Di is a lovely purebred collie with a pleasant disposition, just like lots of other dogs dumped at shelters in areas that lack anywhere near enough ...

Civil rights figure's son will seek Ala. pardons

AP News 103 days ago

Son of late civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy will apply for Ala. pardons for him The son of a late civil rights leader said Friday that he plans to seek pardons on behalf of his father, who was arrested many times ...

Unity goal as modern South marks Civil War's 150th

AP News 105 days ago

Diversity, equality part of the message as modern South prepares for Civil War's 150th To mark the Civil War's centennial 50 years ago, some whites donned Confederate uniforms or hoop skirts and paraded to sentimental notions of the Old South, partly in ...

Obama to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16

AP Features 118 days ago

President Barack Obama is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, tennis legend Billie Jean King and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The White House announced the list of recipients Thursday. ...

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