His future looked grim until Alice, a domestic Pony of the Americas who’d recently lost her newborn, accepted him as her own.

Eight parks were in exclusive company on the Legislature’s funding priority list, a boost for the growing freeform sport.

They may no longer be able to keep up with the skills demanded by employers or the flexibility sought by students.

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