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Angie's List: Oil changes for your car

Does your car need an oil change every 3,000, 5,000 or 7,000 miles? In today’s Angie’s List report, how often depends on a variety of factors.

Lung cancer mystery

(WXIA) Samantha Mixon looks and feels great, but she is fighting stage four lung cancer and all the assumptions that people make about her disease.

New best friends

(WGRZ) She was a dog that no one wanted until a western New York woman read about her online. Jessica Czamara of Niagara Falls had to meet Maggie because they share something significant. Both of them are deaf.

Boys Scouts of America to allow gay youths

Openly gay youths will now be allowed to join scouting after more than 60% of the Boy Scouts of America 's 1,400 members voted for the historic policy change.

Plane parts strike home

(WXIA) Federal aviation officials are investigating what caused parts of a Chinese Airline cargo jetet to crash on top of a house in metro Atlanta.

Obama limits drone use

(NBC News) President Obama said Thursday the terrorist threat has changed and our fight against it should be scaled back.

Storms on the horizon?

(NBC News) Federal forecasters say 2013 will see another busy Atlantic hurricane season.

Getting Kids Moving

(NBC News) Students may need to break a typical school rule: Get up from their desks and give in to their natural impulse to move around.

Back to the beach

(NBC News) Memorial Day weekend is here and it's back to business along the Jersey Shore.

Tornado simulator putting shelters to the test

The job of cleaning up in Oklahoma is just beginning. Monday's EF5 tornado had winds topping out over 200 miles per hour.

Crooks rob cops

(KHAS) It's big news for a small town. It's almost unbelievable. Friend, Nebraska is home to less than 1,200 people. "It's just like your basic small town USA," says Vickie Himmelberg.

Slimming paunchy pooches

(WYFF) If your pooch is a porker, don't worry. There is help. Nick Arkon is a canine personal trainer. "I love animals and I want to see animals in a healthy state of mind," he explains.

Teammates rally for victim's family

(KFOR) Friends and family who lost their little girl in the Moore tornado gathered in Oklahoma City Wednesday afternoon to remember her and raise funds for recovery.

Heroes in the storm

(KFOR) In times of crisis, you won't find many people more extraordinary than Shannon Workman. On Monday night she became the "Paul Revere" of natural disasters.

Fall from grace

(WHDH) Stephen Doran, a former Massachusetts State representative and math tutor, has been charged with dealing drugs.