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Jimmy Carter to undergo radiation for cancer on his brain
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter announced Thursday that he will begin radiation treatment on cancer that is on multiple spots on his brain. "I get my first radiation treatment for the melanoma in my brain this afternoon," Carter said during a news conference where he talked openly about his cancer and how he would cut back on his work with the Carter Center...
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Football preview: Young Jackson team working to fill void left by last season's star seniors
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
The Indians graduated 15 seniors from a team that went 10-2 and reached the Class 5 state quarterfinal round for the second year in a row, and the majority of those players had significant roles on the team.
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Fogle to plead guilty to sex with minors, child porn
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Longtime Subway pitchman Jared Fogle agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to allegations he paid for sex acts with minors and received child pornography in a case that destroyed his career at the sandwich-shop chain and could send him to prison for more than a decade...
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St. Louis police shoot, kill suspect during home search
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A black 18-year-old fleeing from officers serving a search warrant at a home in a crime-troubled section of St. Louis was shot and killed Wednesday by police after he pointed a gun at them, the city's police chief said. The shooting drew protests throughout the day, with many of the roughly 150 people who gathered at the scene Wednesday afternoon questioning the use of deadly force. ...
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Traffic fatalities rise 13 percent so far this year
(Local News ~ 08/20/15)
More than 500 people have died as a result of traffic crashes in Missouri this year, a 13 percent increase over the same time last year. Missouri Department of Transportation figures show 519 lives had been lost as of Aug. 17. Sixty-one percent of those killed did not wear a seat belt, according to a news release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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School board president says colleague's remark 'unprovoked'
(Local News ~ 08/20/15)
Nancy Voelker, president of the Perry County School Board in Perryville, Missouri, released a statement Wednesday, saying board member Mark Gremaud's recent derogatory comment toward a female board member was "unprovoked." "The discussion was not about teachers, students, farmers or any other conjecture you may see on social media," she said in the statement. "We were discussing board procedures and board behaviors."...
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Friends, not foes: Cape, Jackson mayors try to help each other
(Local News ~ 08/20/15)
With their proximity and efforts to continue growing their cities, it would be easy for Cape Girardeau and Jackson to be pitted against each other as rivals. Rather than compete with each other, the mayors of the two towns are making efforts to work as a team...
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Football preview: Al Young returns to lead Cape Central football team after historic season
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
Young amassed 1,446 yards from scrimmage and 25 touchdowns on 122 touches as a junior, averaging 11.9 yards per touch while leading the Tigers to the state title game.
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2nd Annual Horseshoes 4 "everyday" HEROES Tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 08/20/15)
Come on out to the Al Friga Farm (Paul Friga) located on Highway 77 between Chaffee and Oran (off of County Road 248) to the 2nd Annual Horseshoes 4 "everyday" HEROES Tournament on Saturday, October 10 beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Banners and Signs will be posted so you can easily find your way!)...
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Football preview: Scott City hopes state baseball success carries over to football season
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
The ball may be shaped significantly different, but the Scott City Rams are looking for some of the success and magic they had the last time they suited up for coach Jim May.
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Football preview: Senior led Kelly team ready for second varsity season
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
The Hawks wrapped up their inaugural varsity campaign with a 4-6 record and a 63-14, opening-round loss to Caruthersville in the Class 2 District 1 playoffs.
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Football preview: Chaffee football team expects to rebound after winless season
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
The Red Devils claimed their first SEMO South Conference title in more than 30 years in 2013, but a plethora of key departures and an injury-plagued season sent Chaffee spiraling to a winless 2014 campaign.
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Football preview: St. Vincent hopes last year's strong finish leads to a better start this season
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
St. Vincent second-year coach Nathan Rowland hopes the gains continue after initial pains. The Indians lost their first five games last season as the new coach and a young group of Indians, heavy on sophomores, went through an adjustment period. "We had a bunch of guys playing varsity for the first time after having a very large senior class and losing people in starting positions," Rowland said. ...
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Football preview: Positive Perryville team focused on future
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
Perryville coach Mike Wojtczuk knows there's nothing his players can do that will change the past, so his team is adopting a new mindset this season, one that's entirely devoted to what lies ahead.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
Today is Thursday, August 20, the 232nd day of 2015. There are 133 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On August 20, 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force before the House of Commons, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky was assassinated in Coyoacan, Mexico by Ramon Mercader, a Spanish Communist agent working at the behest of Josef Stalin. ...
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Community rallies behind Lorelai Clubb
(Editorial ~ 08/20/15)
It's encouraging to see a community rally around a cause or individual facing challenges. We see it time and again in Southeast Missouri. But each example, always unique, is inspiring. The latest comes from a 12-year old girl who is receiving treatment for acute myelid leukemia...
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Toilet paper tube light bulb
(Community ~ 08/20/15)
Materials n Electrical tape n Eight D batteries n 0.7 mm Pencil Lead n Mason jar n Two wires with alligator clips n Toilet paper roll Instructions STEP 1: Use the electrical tape to secure all of the batteries together in a series. STEP 2: Use the electrical tape to secure the alligator clips to the sides of the toilet paper roll...
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No vacancy: Dorm space scarce at some universities
(Community ~ 08/20/15)
CEDAR CITY, Utah -- Incoming freshman Gabrielle Szczerbiak isn't getting the traditional college housing experience she expected. She will have a roommate, and there are rules -- no boys in the bedrooms and a curfew. But the rules aren't being imposed by any college dorm. They're actually the wishes of the married couple who are taking in the 18-year-old music major after she got stalled on a rural Utah university's housing waitlist...
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Out of the past: Aug. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 08/20/15)
The Cape Girardeau City Council votes 5-1 to place a quarter-cent park-tax proposal before voters on the November general election ballot; the three-year sales tax levy would fund construction of a regional sports complex at Shawnee Park, the purchase of park land and improvement and beautification projects in other city parks...
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St. Louis County gets $26M from federal housing agency
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- St. Louis County will receive $24 million to aid community betterment projects in distressed areas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Wednesday. HUD Secretary Julian Castro was in Clayton to announce that award and another $2.4 million to help north St. Louis County communities damaged by tornadoes and severe storms in 2013...
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St. Louis to refund $5.6M paid on red-light camera tickets
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The city of St. Louis said Wednesday it will refund roughly $5.6 million to motorists who paid red-light camera tickets over the past year and a half, after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down the ordinance governing the cameras in the city...
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County criticized for belatedly charging Ferguson protesters
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis County faces criticism from several organizations over belatedly filing criminal cases against protesters arrested in Ferguson last year after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The action is a "blatant violation" of constitutional rights and an "appalling misuse of our already overburdened court system," said the American Civil Liberties Union in a Tuesday statement released jointly with the St. ...
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Missouri pastor gets 7 years for $3.3M investment scheme
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A pastor who admitted bilking $3.3 million from at least 18 mostly elderly investors was ordered Wednesday to spend seven years in federal prison and repay the victims, many having described in detail how the scheme plunged them or their parents into financial ruin...
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3 firefighters killed in Washington state wildfire
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
TWISP, Wash. -- Three firefighters were killed and three to four others were injured, at least one critically, on Wednesday as raging wildfires advanced on towns in north-central Washington, authorities said. Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said the deaths, in a wildfire near Twisp, had been confirmed, but he said he was not releasing further details about the circumstances. ...
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Audit: Millions of dollars mismanaged after Joplin tornado
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- An audit of Joplin found enough mismanagement over its hiring of a master developer after a May 2011 tornado that devastated the southwest Missouri city that the findings have been turned over to authorities, the state auditor said Tuesday...
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Tree pluribus unum: Many fruits stem from artists' grafts
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Plums, peaches, nectarines and cherries all grow on one of Sam Van Aken's fruit trees. The trees blossom in a riot of red, white and pink each spring. The artist calls his creations the Tree of 40 Fruit. And the tree at Syracuse University, and others like it, really does bear 40 or more varieties of stone fruit, thanks to carefully planned grafts...
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Brittany McClanahan
(Obituary ~ 08/20/15)
Brittany McClanahan, 22, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. She was born June 23, 1993, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Scott McClanahan and Elizabeth Scott. Survivors include her son, Malakhi Pearson, and his father, Monteal Pearson; her mother, Elizabeth Scott; her father, Scott McClanahan; five siblings, Amber, Brianna, Hank, Sydney and Victoria; grandparents; a niece; aunts; uncles; and cousins...
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Don Leiner
(Obituary ~ 08/20/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Don Leiner, 72, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Don was born Feb. 20, 1943, to H.C. "Bud" and Dorothy Belk Leiner in Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Scott City High School in 1961. Don worked as a conductor for Union Pacific Railroad 40 years. On June 24, 1967, he married Patricia Bishop in Scott City...
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Jackson police report 8/20/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/20/15)
The Jackson Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n A 14-year-old girl was cited into juvenile court on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. n A 14-year-old girl was cited into juvenile court on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/20/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/20/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Russell L. Graham, 52, 3105 Meadowlark Lane, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for domestic assault. n Ryan J. Hallam, 31, 45 West End Blvd., Apt. 403, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for a probation violation for driving while intoxicated...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 8/20/15
(Local News ~ 08/20/15)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today n Minutes of the Aug. 17 meeting n None at this time n Items listed on agenda n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n Sheriff office monthly report n Juvenile office car log report n Approve Wright County request to exchange BRO funds for soft match credit...
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Suspect dies after jumping from police car
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
OVERLAND, Mo. -- An investigation is underway after a suspect jumped from a suburban St. Louis police car onto an interstate highway and died the next day from his injuries. Authorities say 29-year-old Brian Strothkamp Jr. was being driven in an Overland police car to the St. Louis County Jail about 11 a.m. Friday. He had been arrested on a domestic-assault charge...
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Scientists find how obesity gene works, a clue to treatment
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
Scientists finally have figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat -- a major discovery that could open the door to a new approach to the problem beyond diet and exercise. The work solves a big mystery: Since 2007, researchers have known a gene called FTO was related to obesity, but they didn't know how and could not tie it to appetite or other known factors...
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Manager credited with saving dozens in massive motel blast
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
SEATTLE -- A fast-acting manager who evacuated a Washington motel minutes before a massive explosion is being credited with saving dozens of lives, including some who were staying in rooms that were reduced to rubble. The blast Tuesday night critically injured a gas company worker and knocked back firefighters, but the guests were safely away before it tore apart the Motel 6 in Bremerton...
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Steven Tyler to headline music festival with country band
(Entertainment ~ 08/20/15)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Aerosmith's Steven Tyler will be performing with country band Loving Mary next month at the inaugural Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Tennessee. The two-day festival will be Sept. 26 to 27 on a horse farm in Franklin, Tennessee. Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Wilco, Weezer and The Decemberists also will be featured...
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U.N. to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site
(International News ~ 08/20/15)
VIENNA -- Iran will be allowed to use its own inspectors to investigate a site it has been accused of using to develop nuclear arms, operating under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work, according to a document seen by The Associated Press...
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ISIS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar in Palmyra
(International News ~ 08/20/15)
DAMASCUS, Syria -- The 81-year-old antiquities scholar had dedicated his life to exploring and overseeing Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, one of the Middle East's most spectacular archaeological sites. He named his daughter after Zenobia, the queen who ruled from the city 1,700 years ago...
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Hackers expose millions on cheating site; some in U.S. government
(International News ~ 08/20/15)
LONDON -- Hackers say they have exposed unfaithful partners across the world, posting what they said were the details of millions of people registered with cheating website Ashley Madison. A message posted by the hackers alongside their trove accused Ashley Madison's owners of deceit and incompetence and said the company had refused to bow to demands to close the site...
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Molina's homer pushes Cardinals past Giants
(Professional Sports ~ 08/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Yadier Molina's 100th career home run in the bottom of the eighth inning snapped a tie, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Wednesday night. Molina added an RBI single in the first and rookie Stephen Piscotty homered in the third for St. Louis, which took two of three from the NL West-contending Giants. The Cardinals are 77-43 overall and 46-19 at home, both tops in the majors...
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Central football team begins season ranked fourth in Class 4
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/15)
The Central football team will enter the season as the fourth-ranked team in the state's Class 4 media football rankings, which were released Tuesday. The Tigers return two key starters in senior Al Young and junior Kway'Chon Chisom from their 2014 team, which wrapped up a 12-3 season with a 48-21 loss to Webb City in the Class 4 state championship...
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Police can't confirm rifle-toting man that caused school lockdown
(Local News ~ 08/20/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The identity and motives of an alleged gun-toting man in black that caused a Poplar Bluff High School lockdown Tuesday remain unknown. Police say surveillance footage failed to produce clear images of the individual. The campus was placed in lockdown at 8:08 a.m. Tuesday after a teacher saw a man walking near campus at the intersection of Westwood and Harper streets with what appeared to be a rifle...
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105 counties in Missouri eligible for disaster aid
(Local News ~ 08/20/15)
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced Wednesday farmers in more than 100 counties that suffered losses from natural disasters this summer now are eligible for assistance. Farmers in 105 counties, including Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry, who sustained losses from severe storms, tornadoes, strong winds and flooding between mid-May and late July are eligible for low-interest loans and other federal assistance, according to a news release from the governor's office...
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Malden woman requests judge change in murder trial
(Local News ~ 08/20/15)
KENNETT, Mo. -- A Malden, Missouri, woman charged in the death of her child made another appearance in court Wednesday and requested a change of judge. Mary Patricia Tucka, the attorney for suspect Tina Burton, is requesting Judge Stephen Sharp. On Wednesday, she appeared before Circuit Judge Robert Mayer...
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St. Louis judges plan sculpture to honor slaves
(State News ~ 08/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Judges in St. Louis are seeking a sculpture to honor the roughly 400 slaves who petitioned Missouri courts for freedom in the 1800s. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the judges are seeking proposals for the sculpture that will sit on the east side of the Civil Courts Building downtown...
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Nation briefs 8/20/2015
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Authorities had not started clearing tons of logs and mud to search for three men believed buried by a landslide because the debris that crashed into a southeast Alaska town was too unstable Wednesday and posed a danger to rescuers. ...
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Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl in the 1960s, dies at 78
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
NEW YORK -- Yvonne Craig, who played the sexy, crime-fighting Batgirl in the 1960s TV hit "Batman," has died. She was 78. Craig died Monday at her Los Angeles home from complications from breast cancer, her family said. She began her career as a ballet dancer, the youngest member of The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, with which she toured for three years...
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Woman's death after Katrina still haunts New Orleans
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
NEW ORLEANS -- Amid the chaos after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans, Vera Smith's body decayed for four days on a sidewalk until her horrified neighbors covered her with dirt, a makeshift plastic shroud and a bleak epitaph: "Here lies Vera. God help us."...
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Kangaroo-type pet on loose in Arizona
(National News ~ 08/20/15)
TUCSON, Ariz.-- Authorities say one or two wallaroos, a type of kangaroo, have escaped from a north Tucson home. Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman Tracy Suitt said a person reported at least one pet wallaroo went missing. A video captured the kangaroo-type animal hopping down a north Tucson street. Suitt said a second animal may have escaped. He said it's legal in Arizona for the animals to be kept as pets, and they are not considered aggressive...
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Student lives in 96-square-foot house
(Community ~ 08/20/15)
POULTNEY, Vt. -- A college student in Vermont is living in a 96-square-foot house he built to reduce his carbon footprint -- and save money. The Rutland Herald reports Green Mountain College senior Rob Dunn has been living in the two-story Poultney home since August 2014. ...
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Networks, stars to raise awareness for education
(Community ~ 08/20/15)
NEW YORK -- The four largest broadcast networks will simultaneously air a fundraising special for education next month featuring Stephen Colbert, Scarlett Johansson and other celebrity entertainers. The Entertainment Industry Foundation said Tuesday that ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will air the one-hour telecast at 7 p.m. ...
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Death Railway affected Cape family
(Column ~ 08/20/15)
After my last column about the Death Railway, I received a phone call from a Cape Girardeau resident whose brother was an American POW who worked as slave labor on the Death Railway. Her call led me to do more research about the infamous Japanese POW camps in Burma and Thailand, and to learn more about the Americans held prisoner in them...
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Prayer 8/20/15
(Prayer ~ 08/20/15)
O Lord Jesus, in everything we do may we do it for your glory. Amen.
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Births 8/20/15
(Births ~ 08/20/15)
Daughter to Matt R. and Jessyca F. Vincent of Portageville, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Name, Brooklyne F. Weight, 7 pounds, 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Vincent is the former Jessyca Roberts, daughter of Tina Roberts and Chris Rudd, both of Wardell, Missouri. Vincent is the son of Cheri Pepper and Scott Pepper, both of Portageville. He is a member of the U.S. Marine Corps...
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