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Whatever happened to? Investigation into missing Adji Desir of Immokalee
Adji Desir has been missing from Immokalee since Saturday evening, Jan. 10, 2009.
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of articles about people and issues that were in the news in 2009, but haven’t been recently. Have a story suggestion? Post it
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Herhold: The Top 10 local stories of 2009
To understand the top stories of 2009 in Santa Clara County, you had to follow the money, know the past and watch the kids.
In a year without a single theme, economics influenced almost everything. History made the news painful to swallow. And parents
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Chronology of news events in 2009
Sarah Palin announces she will resign as Alaska governor, effective July 26.
Statue of Liberty crown reopens to tourists for first time since Sept. 11, 2001.
Robert McNamara, Pentagon chief who directed escalation of Vietnam War despite private doubts,
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Accused Jaycee Dugard kidnapper Nancy Garrido's lawyer troubles continue (watch video)
PLACERVILLE - Accused kidnapper Nancy Garrido will continue to have two court-appointed attorneys representing her at least until late next month.
A decision to remove her original attorney, Gilbert Maines, has been delayed pending further review by a
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Teens pick their tops in movies, TV, Facebook groups for 2009
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Summit Entertainment
After her vampire sweetie leaves her, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is consoled by her friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner).
WE LAUGHED, we cried, we harvested digital strawberries. Life was
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Teens pick their tops in movies, TV, Facebook groups for 2009
class="headlinemain"> Top entertainment on the cheap
Summit Entertainment
After her vampire sweetie leaves her, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is consoled by her friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner).
WE LAUGHED, we cried, we harvested digital strawberries. Life was
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Judge declines to halt attorney layoffs
A public employee union is expected to ask a Fresno County Superior Court judge today to temporarily halt the layoff of six attorneys in the Public Defender's Office.
Public Defender Ken Taniguchi says he needs to lay off the attorneys by the end of
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BEST CARTOONS OF 2009: Gallery 1
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Goodbye 2009: Don't let the door hit you
on the Internet and TV news. In the following weeks, frustrated by missteps in the investigation, hundreds of people rioted, venting their anger in downtown Oakland, smashing windows and setting cars ablaze.
Many Bay Area residents will happily herald
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Worst Dads of the Year 2009
Michael Monahan put his kids, ages 3 and 6, in the trunk of his Pontiac Trans Am for several minutes while he went inside a sailing shop.
Police discovered that Las Vegas dad Robert Blue chained his daughter to her bed because she was overweight. She
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Headline makers
Some of the women who have made the headlines in 2009, left to right: Lady Gaga, Gail Trimble, Rihanna, Susan Boyle (top), Heather Brooke, Neda Agha-Soltan, Arlene Phillips, Jaycee Lee Dugard (middle), Fiona Pilkington, Vanessa George, Christina Schmid
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50 things we learned in 2009
more than 700,000 copies of her album the first week.
In this Nov. 22, 2009 photo, Adam Lambert performs during the closing act of the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Lambert is scheduled as the guest star on "So You Think You Can
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Jaycee, Budget, 49 Fire and Sully Headline Wild 2009 in News
SACRAMENTO, CA - From the uncommon heroism of Chesley Sullenberger to the unspeakable evil of the Sandra Cantu case, from the budget battles at the State Capitol to the battle to save homes in Auburn from the 49 Fire to the incredible return of Jaycee
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Letters to the Editor for Jan. 2
I have lived through many administrations and man shifts in the direction of our government. I rejoiced when I attended a caucus and found so many young people involved in our politics after years of disillusionment. They sent a clear message to the
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Top stories for 2009: 50 most-read local stories on NevadaAppeal.com in 2009*
Cousin: Japanese captured Amelia Earhart
Dayton kindergartner unwraps soldier dad during classroom celebration
Jaycee Lee Dugard timeline
Stepdad: Jaycee Lee Dugard enjoys 'happy' reunion
Follow Jaycee Lee Dugard press conference
Carson teen
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Celebrating a Year of Highs and Lows
1 The Dow industrials closed the second quarter at 8447.00, up 838.08 points, or 11%, for the period but down 3.8% for the year.U.S. combat troops pulled out of cities across Iraq. The handover of control to domestic forces, the first step in a U.S.
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Daily guide
Chat noon with the Job Doc.
Who Knew? 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) Ted Reinstein meets some musicians who play a very unusual instrument, finds a family ski area that holds its own with the big boys, and makes the acquaintance of the third ugliest dog
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Is Kate Gosselin on the Cover of People Magazine Serious or Silly?
Kate Gosselin on the cover of People magazine has a new look, as reported at Fox News. Her famous short blonde hair is now long. She wears a purple sleeveless top, showing off her arms, and she flashes a big smile. Her divorce with
Jon Gosselin is
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Nancy Garrido lawyer kicked off case again
SACRAMENTO, CA - The lawyer seeking to represent one of Jaycee Dugard's accused kidnappers has been again removed from the case.
Gilbert Maines has been fighting to keep his job as Nancy Garrido's court-appointed defense lawyer since last fall, when
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Lawyer Again Kicked Off Jacyee Dugard Case
SACRAMENTO (CBS 5 / AP) ―
The lawyer seeking to represent one of Jaycee Dugard's accused kidnappers has been again removed from the case.
Gilbert Maines has been fighting to keep his job as Nancy Garrido's court-appointed defense lawyer since
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Why was courthouse shooter free?
The man who killed four police officers recently in the state of Washington also had a serious and lengthy criminal history, as did Phillip Garrido, who kidnapped 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991.
If such criminals are a serious danger to society,
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Women Who Stay in Abusive Relationships: No Mystery Here
Abused women frequently stay with the men who beat them. This has been called battered women's syndrome, and it is not the same as Stockholm syndrome. Stockholm syndrome has gained a lot of media coverage since the story of Jaycee Lee Dugard
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Survivor's tale highlights special CASE meeting
Maria Suarez tried not to weep, but her eyes misted in the memory of a life shattered from the time she was an innocent girl of 16, the age when she was stolen off the streets of Los Angeles and sold into sexual slavery for $200.
take control.
Suarez
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Child abductee: Family’s love got me through
For 4 and a half years, the boy was tortured, terrorized and sexually abused. And the only thing that he had to cling to was what ultimately saved him — the love of his family.
“What really made me hold on strong was just knowing that my parents will
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Paraguayan kidnappers free wealthy rancher
The brother of a wealthy rancher abducted in northern Paraguay said Monday that his family is giving 30 cattle to the poor on orders from the kidnappers.
The donation of 10 animals each to three indigenous communities "is a request from the
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New law allows Calif. to trim inmate population
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California will begin to reduce its prison population by about 6,500 inmates over the next year under a state law that takes effect Monday.
The bill was signed as part of last year's state budget package. Under it, early release
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Bail set at $20 million for suspect in Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping; new lawyer also named
PLACERVILLE, Calif. - A judge has set bail at $20 million for a woman accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years.
In setting the high bail amount, El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister said Thursday
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Misheloffs preparing for 21-year anniversary of daughter's abduction
the lead investigator on the Misheloff case. "It generates more calls, and gets more people thinking, and the chance of more possible tips."
DUBLIN — Maddi and Mike Misheloff never wanted or sought attention, but they need it.
Since their daughter
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Virginia state police monitor registered sex offenders
HAMPTON -
Senior Trooper J. Steven Pruitt pulls his unmarked State Police cruiser to the side of a Hampton street, parking across from a modest home with a pickup truck out front.
He dons his wide-brimmed state trooper's hat, grabs a clipboard and a
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Who Let the Prisoners Out?
Over the next year, thousands of so-called low-risk felons can earn early release credits and then be sent home without parole supervision.
It's a move California is undertaking to save money and reduce prison overcrowding.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Dugard daughters' birth certificates released: Phillip Garrido is father
MARTINEZ, CA - The birth certificates of Jaycee Dugard's two daughters were made available Wednesday and they confirm what has been widely reported: kidnapping and rape suspect Phillip Garrido is the father of two girls.
The birth documents for the two
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Jaycee Dugard case: New birth certificates issued for girls
Jaycee Dugard's two girls now have birth certificates, with both listing Dugard and Phillip Garrido as their parents, and their birthplace as the home outside Antioch where authorities say Garrido and his wife, Nancy, confined Jaycee to a secret
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Concord teen abducted on her way to school, released unharmed
taking the report seriously.
CONCORD — A 14-year-old girl told police she was abducted as she walked to school Thursday morning and spent several hours riding with her captors before she was released unharmed.
The girl told police she was walking on
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Dugard Issued California ID Card
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Kidnapping victim Jaycee Lee Dugard has taken some official steps toward putting her life together after she allegedly spent nearly two decades in captivity.
Dugard was issued a California identification card in November and has
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El Dorado teens plead not guilty in mom murder
El Dorado County prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty for a teenager accused of murdering his 14-year-old girlfriend's mother.
Authorities say 19-year-old Steven Colver plotted with Tylar Witt to kill her mother because the woman stood
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Missing Morgan: The Family's Pain
As a mother, I cannot even begin to imagine coping with the horror that the Harrington family now lives with.
Robin Sax: Morgan Harrington was a 20-year-old Virginia Tech education major who wanted to be a teacher. She spent time working with
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Jaycee Dugard case: Ex-parole agent expresses remorse over Dugard
A retired federal parole agent said Tuesday he is sorry that neither he nor any of his colleagues discovered that Jaycee Dugard was living in her alleged captor's Antioch backyard during the years Phillip Garrido was under their supervision.
Houston
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Lawyers for Couple in Dugard Case Want to Talk to Her
Jaycee Lee Dugard, shown in this family photo, was kidnapped at age 11 and allegedly held as a sex slave for 18 years.
Jaycee Lee Dugard, shown in this family photo, was kidnapped at age 11 and allegedly held as a sex slave for 18 years.
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Couple accused of abducting Dugard seek visits
SAN FRANCISCO -- A couple being held on charges of abducting a girl more than 18 years ago and keeping her in their backyard wants permission to visit each other in the jail, a defense lawyer said Thursday.
Phillip and Nancy Garrido have pleaded not
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Lawyers say suspects, Dugard 'acted as a family'
SAN FRANCISCO — The Northern California couple charged with abducting and raping Jaycee Dugard are parental figures in a close, caring family who deserve in-jail visits with each other, a defense attorney said Friday.
Deputy Public Defender Susan
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Pastor Denies Saying Dugard Lives In Antioch
ANTIOCH, Calif. -- The pastor of a Danville church that is providing financial assistance to kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard refuted a newspaper story Saturday claiming Dugard lived nearby where she was held captive.
The Contra Costa Times reported on
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Jaycee Dugard and family relocated to East Bay safe house
Jaycee and her two girls, or the long-term counseling they need to recover, Hanes said.
South Lake Tahoe resident Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted in front of her home in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. in 1991, is shown in this 1991, file photo. (AP
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Trust for Jaycee Dugard continuing to receive donations
A story Saturday about a need for contributions to a trust for living expenses and counseling needs for kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her family has prompted more donations said Mari Hanes, associate pastor of East Bay Fellowship.
The Danville church
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Dugard diary shows conflicted emotion on captivity
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jaycee Dugard, the Northern California woman who was kidnapped as a child and held prisoner for 18 years, kept a diary in which she wrote of longing for freedom and feeling both emotionally trapped and protective of the man charged
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Diary excerpts show Dugard longed to be free
This family photo released by Carl Probyn on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, shows his stepdaughter, Jaycee Lee Dugard who went missing in 1991. (AP Photo)
SAN FRANCISCO Jaycee Dugard, the Northern California woman who was kidnapped as a child and held
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Garrido charmed prison, parole officials for years, state files show
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Phillip Garrido is accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and repeatedly raping her.
Phillip Garrido apparently had a
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Jaycee Dugard's abductor confessed
THE parole documents of Jaycee Dugards abductor have been released and reportedly reveal a confession by Philip Garrido of abducting, raping, and fathering two children with the young woman who was missing for 18 years. According to Sacramento,
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Garrido case spurs changes at Calif corrections
Parole records show Phillip Garrido complained in 2008 about having to wear a monitoring device because he had not been in trouble with the law for 19 years - nearly as long as he allegedly held Jaycee Dugard captive in his backyard.
The documents
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Garrido case spurs changes at Calif corrections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The state has revamped the way it monitors parolees following the botched supervision of the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her prisoner for 18 years, the head of California prisons said Tuesday.
Corrections
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How Calif. kidnapper fooled feds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Phillip Garrido apparently had a way with people. Over the years, he charmed the prison officials and parole agents supervising him to the point that they lauded him in letters.
Even when they detected him acting "real weird" or
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Calif. sheriff fights request from Jaycee Dugard's alleged abductors to see each other in jail
PLACERVILLE, Calif.
- Authorities in California are fighting a couple's request to see each other in jail while they await trial on charges of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard.
Lawyers for El Dorado County filed papers in court Tuesday opposing
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Jaycee Dugard case: County levels $24,000 bill on Garrido property
Phillip or Nancy Garrido, owns the property. Ron Garrido did not return a call Tuesday.
Contra Costa County will slap a $24,000 lien on the property near Antioch where Phillip and Nancy Garrido kept Jaycee Dugard in sexual bondage for years, after a
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Lawyer: Dugard kidnapper is mentally ill
A lawyer representing the Northern California man charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard says her client is mentally ill and incapable of trying to manipulate his victim from jail.
Susan Gellman, a deputy public defender in El Dorado County,
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Jaycee Dugard, Family File Claims Against California
Jaycee Lee Dugard, shown in this family photo, was kidnapped at age 11 and allegedly held as a sex slave for 18 years.
Jaycee Lee Dugard, shown in this family photo, was kidnapped at age 11 and allegedly held as a sex slave for 18 years.
ANTIOCH, Calif.
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Judge: Dugard Suspects Can Talk To Each Other
PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- The Northern California couple charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years must be given the opportunity to speak to each other while in jail, a judge said Friday.
Phillip and Nancy Garrido have
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Couple held in 18-year kidnapping allowed calls
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Phillip and Nancy Garrido can talk by telephone in two tightly controlled, five-minute calls over the next six weeks, a judge in California ruled Friday, but they cannot visit each other in the El Dorado County jail.
The defendants
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Jaycee Dugard to California: Why Wasn't Anyone Watching the Garridos?
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (CBS/AP) Jaycee Dugard and her family have taken the first steps towards suing the state of California for lapses officials made while Jaycee and her daughters were allegedly held captive by Phillip and Nancy Garrido.
Photo:
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California loses another bid to keep lid on parole records for Dugard suspect Phillip Garrido
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An appeals court Monday rejected an attempt by state corrections officials to avoid turning over additional documents relating to the bungled parole of Phillip Garrido.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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Renewed effort to find Kristen Modafferi
They've tried handing out prayer cards, offered a $50,000 reward, pasted photos onto NASCAR race cars, hired a private investigator and flown to San Francisco dozens of times to hunt for clues.
But after nearly 13 years, the parents of Kristen
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ABC to air video of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard
NEW YORK -- ABC says it will air home video Friday of kidnapping victim
Jaycee Dugard, who was rescued last August after 18 years in captivity.
The network says Dugard, her mother, Terry Probyn, and her half-sister
Shayna will be seen and heard for the
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Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard shares home videos
NEW YORK — Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, is seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos set to air on ABC Friday.
The appearance by Dugard, 29,
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Kidnap Victim Jaycee Dugard Reveals Home Videos
NEW YORK (AP) ―
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, is seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos set to air on ABC Friday.
The appearance by
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Videos of former captive an attempt to ward off paparazzi
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. —Newly released videos of Jaycee Dugard, her mom and half-sister show them preparing cookies, riding and petting horses, and Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn,
pleading for peace from the prying lenses of paparazzi.
The footage,
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George Stephanopoulos fears for 2,000 missing kids a day
In the annals of statistics abused by the press, there is one, true leader in the field, a number so lacking in context that it is tantamount to fraud to report it, and yet it is an undying staple of scare stories: I speak of the number of missing kids
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Governor tells state officials to stop shredding sex offender files
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered state corrections officials Tuesday to stop destroying sex offenders' parole files and to make as much of their contents public as possible.
The move follows the arrest of a paroled sex offender accused of killing a 1
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Missing Woman Has No Interest in Reuniting With Father After 14 Years
The California woman who was found last week after going missing 14 years ago at age 8 has no interest in reuniting with her father, police said today. "Jessica is very adamant about not seeing him," Walnut Creek, Calif., police Det. Shawn Wallace said
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Pittsburg auto wrecker guilty of unlawful disposal
Jaycee Dugard case. The Molinos have never been suspects in that case; the wrecking yard was often frequented by Garrido.
MARTINEZ — An embattled Pittsburg auto wrecker with a history of environmental infractions has pleaded guilty to criminal charges
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Horseback therapy promotes healing
A 1990 incident on the edge of a New Zealand cliff changed Scottsdale resident Dyane Golding's life.
Golding fell of the cliff accidentally and broke her back. Doctors diagnosed her as a paraplegic, but Golding wouldn't accept that.
"I knew I was never
