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Therapy, music and friendship: Program helps veterans Andrew Jansen, Springfield News-Leader Morgan Robertson approached John Cowen and asked if she could touch his hand.  Cowen said yes and Robertson positioned the 87-year-old Army veteran's fingers on the fretboard. At first, the sound was muted. But as Cowen pressed harder on the strings, the music grew louder.  "I've always loved music," Cowen said. Cowen, a piano player and drummer, played in a dance band on weekends when he was stationed in Germany after the Korean War. But he'd never touched a guitar.  Robertson...

Christchurch has had 59.2 millimetres of rain since December 20, more than the average for the month of 46.8mm. Hamilton said the rain had given firefighters some short-term relief, but all it would take was a couple of days of dry, windy weather to dry vegetation out again. “The hills are still brown. We don't want people to be complacent.” The fire risk across Christchurch was high, he said, while the wet weather encouraged new growth that ended up becoming dry and adding to the fuel. STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Fire and Emergency New Zealand announce new fire restrictions - including a ban...