Amanda Tanner
Daines and Amanda Tanner’s dog jumped onto their bed a few months ago and pawed their bodies while they were trying to sleep. It was around 5:30 a.m. on a Saturday, the one day the couple hoped to sleep in each week. Amanda had never seen Axel, their 1-year-old border collie, so active that early.…

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All-American, Heisman Trophy contender and Doak Walker Award finalist are excellent superlatives for any college football player. However, Michigan running back Blake Corum takes more pride in his recent accolade. Corum was among the 22 college football players selected for the AFCA Allstate Good Works team for his giving back to the community. The Wolverines…

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A teenage farmer in Maine faced a hard summer after dealing with a lack of sunshine, flooding rains, invasive animals and a devastating break-in, but remains steadfast in his focus on community and business as pumpkin harvest season begins. Brayden Nadeau, a 13-year-old resident of Poland, Maine, told Fox News Digital, “It takes hard work.…

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When a 17-year-old brain cancer patient was saddened about missing her senior homecoming, her caregivers decided to bring the dance to her. In May, Megan Krafty, a Huron, Ohio resident, was diagnosed with a brain tumor after suffering seizures. Once she had surgery to remove part of the tumor, Krafty came to the Cleveland Clinic…

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