Summer and spike in crashes create need for blood

07/17/11 PANAMA CITY - The Central Gulf Coast Blood Services region is facing a critical shortage of blood with May and June having the lowest donation levels in more than a dozen years.The decrease in donations is due in part to people traveling for summer while students are out of school.That, coupled...

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Help prepare low-income children with needed school supplies

07/17/11 The school-supply drive of The Seattle Times Fund for the Needy runs through Labor Day. Please help homeless and low-income families send their children back to school equipped to learn.

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07/19/11 Dave Thompson, left, and Dr. Dick Schindler are among a five-man team ready to bike across North America from Aug. 1 until Labor Day weekend. -- Trey Mewes/trey.mewes@austindailyherald.com

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