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Taking out the rivers' trash, one piece at a
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• Memphis, Tennessee -- In the past 15 years, Chad
  Pregracke has helped pull more than 67,000 tires
  from the Mississippi River and other waterways
  across the United States. But that's just
  scratching the surface. He's also helped retrieve
  218 washing machines, 19 tractors, 12 hot tubs,
  four pianos and almost 1,000 refrigerators.
  "People intentionally dumped (these) in the
  river," Pregracke said. For Pregracke, removing
  this debris has become his life's work. Sometimes
  called "The Rivers' Garbageman," he lives on a
  barge about nine months out of the year with
  members of his 12-person crew. Together, they
  organize rivers cleanups across the country. It's
  a dirty job, but Pregracke, 38, took it on
  because he realized that no one was doing it.

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• The U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that the former
  aircraft carrier USS Forrestal had been sold for
  scrap for one penny. The ship will be towed from
  its berth in Philadelphia to Brownsville, Texas,
  for dismantling. The Forrestal, named after
  former Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, was
  decommissioned in 1993.
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• First-borns get better grades in school,
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