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• Implant helps paralyzed man stand, take steps

  Thu May 19, 2011
  • I almost cried while reading this article. He was a star athlete at Oregon State University (where I graduated from college and we were there at the same time) and he was on our championship baseball team. My heart sunk when I heard about his accident.

• New Mexico woman killed in attack by 4 dogs

  Tue Apr 26, 2011
  • I used to work in a humane society and my favorite dogs were probably the pitbulls. I was actually afraid of them before I went to work there. They were the sweetest, most loving dogs I had ever met.

• Is gluten really bad for your body?

  Sun Apr 24, 2011
  • I have non-celiac gluten intolerance and people with that or celiac cannot have rye. It has gluten in it.

• More than 2 million babies stillborn every year

  Wed Apr 13, 2011
  • That was probably the most insensitive comments I have ever read online. What if you were one of those parents that lost a baby this way? Would you have felt the same? A friend of mine had a uterine rupture almost 2 years ago and unfortunately her daughter was born still at 32 weeks.

• Woman stabs pit bull to death to save toddler, pet

  Tue Apr 5, 2011
  • There are bad apples in every dog breed. I used to work in a humane society and I loved working with the pitbulls. Some of the absolute sweetest dogs I had ever met were in fact pitbulls.

• Should a student with a life-threatening peanut allergy be removed from class?

  Tue Mar 22, 2011
  • ...John Gault, the the first time I had to do this, I was 7.

• Should a student with a life-threatening peanut allergy be removed from class?

  Tue Mar 22, 2011
  • I went to school with several children who had this severe of a peanut allergy and we went through the same precautions to protect them. Doing this taught compassion and empathy, good hygiene practices, and to think about what we do because there can be consequences.

• Girl, 4, treks quarter mile through snow to save family

  Fri Feb 11, 2011
  • Mocha, I love how you assume that my son isn't in a 5 point harness when he is in one. I have sat him in many seats and he can get out of all of them. Thankfully, he DOES know that he only allowed to get out of his carseat when we are stopped and ready to leave the car.

• Girl, 4, treks quarter mile through snow to save family

  Fri Feb 11, 2011
  • I have a 4.5 year old son and he knows how to get himself out of his restraints even though he is ALWAYS buckled in. In fact, I have never met a child his age that didn't know how.

• ‘Glee’ effect? Baby names of 2010 reflect love of TV, movies

  Thu Dec 2, 2010
  • When I was younger, I hated my first name (Shayna). I wanted something less unique and now I wouldn't trade it for the world. It fits me perfectly. With that said, I do like a lot of the popular names.