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This is my local zoo. Mahal is a youngster orangutan about the age of my daughter Amara - he's 5. He was rejected by his mother and found a new home here with his adoptive mother MJ. We've been watching him grow up and it is really neat. This iPad thing has gone national and what's also cool is that it has brought the older male Tommy out to socialize - now he actually responds to people in the zoo.
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Griner lifts Baylor past Notre Dame for national title, perfect season
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Police bring suspect's mother in, but she refuses to negotiate. Hopefully, this headline will be out of date quickly.
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A fired Episcopal High School teacher returned Tuesday afternoon packing an AK-47 assault-style rifle in a guitar case and gunned down Head of School Dale Regan before killing himself, Jacksonville police said.The Rev. Kate Moorehead, the dean of St. John’s Cathedral and the Episcopal Diocese of Florida, called Regan a beloved and dedicated educator whose loss stunned those who knew of her love for the school where she first began teaching in 1978. Regan was 63.“We ask you to please pray for us as a community,” Moorehead said. “We have full confidence that Dale Regan is already with God and in heaven with our lord and savior Jesus.”Police identified the killer as former Spanish teacher Shane Schumerth, 28.
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White House Chief of Staff William Daley is stepping down from his post and will be replaced by Budget Director Jack Lew, NPR's Scott Horsley has confirmed.
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesWhite House Chief of Staff William Daley.The news, first reported by the Los Angeles Times and quickly followed by other news outlets, puts "a veteran staffer of the White House, Capitol Hill and State Department in a critical position at a difficult time for the president" — a reelection year — as the Times says.
Daley became chief of staff one year ago, succeeding Rahm Emanuel (who went on to become mayor of Chicago). Last November, some of Daley's duties were shifted to deputy Pete Rouse.
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