Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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■ Roy Sanchez, a New Jersey state trooper, used a computer cable and a decorative arrow to make a tourniquet to save the life of a man who was bleeding profusely after he accidental­ly shot himself in the leg. ■ Ramon Nuiry, 57, faces a charge of possessing a firearm on school grounds and other counts after police in Miami said security video showed him returning to campus and taking a handgun from his 8-yearold son’s backpack that he had forgotten when he dropped the child off at school.

■ Tracy Dean, a school bus driver in Alpine, Utah, said she tries to treat students as if they were her own children to explain why she began braiding the hair of 11-year-old Isabella Pieri, whose mother died two years ago, every morning when she gets on the bus.

■ Cassandra Bryson said a day care center in Kissimmee, Fla., didn’t have her permission to share a video on social media of her 2-year-old daughter’s terrified reaction to an Easter bunny’s visit to a classroom that was featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

■ Ken Marsh, a spokesman for Alaska’s Fish and Game Department said it’s “never a good idea” to approach a moose with a calf after a man escaped with minor injuries when he kicked a moose that was blocking a trail and the moose stomped on his foot in return.

■ James Stephens, a former state worker in Georgia, filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit after he lost his job when he “pocket-dialed ” his boss who overheard Stephens making critical comments as he talked to his wife, which resulted in an ultimatum to Stephens to either resign or be fired.

■ Sharon Gongwer of Goshen, Ind., finally received a wayward postcard that her mother had mailed to her from Southern California nearly 60 years ago after the manager of a nearby motel found it tucked away in a drawer while cleaning out cabinets.

■ Lizzy Martinez, 17, a high school student in Bradenton, Fla., said she felt humiliated when school administra­tors said her appearance was distractin­g her classmates and gave her adhesive bandages to cover her nipples when she didn’t wear a bra to school under a long-sleeved gray shirt.

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