Front from left, Janie Arnett, Brianna Bowers; back, Daylan Thompson, Jina Kilpatrick, and Andrea Hammer smile while testing out equipment in the Cardiac Rehab Center at the hospital. CDN | Shiann Dawson

The Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab program launched recently at Clinton Regional Hospital, and according to staff, it’s already drastically improving the lives of locals who face heart issues.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats spent the first day of the federal government shutdown blaming each other for the dysfunction, as iconic sites representing the nation’s core identity — from the Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii — were temporarily closed.

(AP) – A woman who was inside a Michigan church when her father and three other people were killed says she and the gunman locked eyes during the chaos and she was able to look into his soul, seeing his pain and a feeling of being lost. She said she instantly forgave him “with my heart.”

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