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Conservation group seeks money to purchase Mo. prairie near Kansas City
(State News ~ 10/08/15)
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- A conservation group is raising money to pay for an unplowed stretch of native prairie on the outskirts of Kansas City. The Snowball Hill Prairie was placed in conservation protection after it was acquired in June through effort of the Missouri Prairie Foundation and the Platte County Land Trust. ...
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St. Louis taxicab regulator files suit against Uber
(State News ~ 10/08/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The battle between St. Louis-area taxicab regulators and Uber has escalated again with a new lawsuit that seeks to stop operation of the ride-hailing company in the region. The St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission lawsuit, announced Wednesday, alleges that Uber violates Missouri law by allowing unlicensed and improperly vetted drivers to operate...
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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay seeks to expedite addition of 80 new police officers
(State News ~ 10/08/15)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis' mayor says he's looking to add 80 new police officers in the city as soon as possible to address concerns about St. Louis' rising number of homicides. Francis Slay said adding the additional officers would bring the police force back to full strength of roughly 1,300 in the city where 154 killings have taken place this year...
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Woman charged with stealing from the elderly
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
A former bookkeeper at Crowley Ridge Healthcare Center in Dexter, Missouri, was arrested Monday and charged with financial exploitation of the elderly. Sandra D. Campbell, 48, of Dexter was allegedly using funds from the resident trust account at the center to purchase clothing items for herself...
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Three Missouri men face weapons charges in East Cape Girardeau incident
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
Three men connected with an Oct. 3 shooting incident in Southern Illinois were arrested in Cape Girardeau on weapons charges Saturday. Marlon T. Williams, 40, of Springfield, Missouri; Cedric J. Lucious, 26, of Cape Girardeau; and Ronnie A. Lucious, 38, of St. Louis each were charged with a single count of unlawful possession of a weapon...
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Cape County Republican Women's Club to host Wallingford
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
The Cape County Republican Women's Club will host state Sen. Wayne Wallingford at its monthly meeting Friday at Dexter Bar-B-Que, 236 Broadview St. in Cape Girardeau. Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, recently accepted the position of chairman of Vets4Energy, a group of volunteer veterans who act as advocates for energy policies to sustain national security, and recently returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., where he met with members of seven national Senate offices, including those who work for both of Missouri's senators.. ...
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Sikeston woman killed in I-55 crash
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
A Sikeston, Missouri, woman was killed Wednesday during a single-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55, just north of the Jackson Main Street exit. Bethany Venable, 29, was driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer when she traveled off the left side of the roadway, overcorrected, traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Drug collection bin returns to Jackson PD
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
The Jackson Police Department has announced the return of its prescription drug collection bin. Canceled Drug Enforcement Agency programs caused multiple police departments to do away with collection bins earlier this year. The bin is in the front lobby of the department and is available 24/7, no questions asked...
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Missouri pastor asks to retract guilty plea in fraud case
(State News ~ 10/08/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri pastor sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting he bilked $3.3 million from at least 18 mostly elderly investors wants to rescind his guilty plea, challenging the constitutionality of the federal laws under which he was prosecuted...
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As Bush campaigns, Florida struggles with his Common Core legacy
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Jeb Bush's signature achievement in education policy as Florida governor may be at risk of coming apart. A champion of what became known as Common Core education standards, Bush pushed a set of high-stakes tests for students and a system of grading schools as the centerpiece of an education agenda that defines much of his legacy in office...
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Skiing for sport: Kassidy Hawkins is not a typical high school athlete
(Community ~ 10/08/15)
Kassidy Hawkins is not a typical high school athlete. Hawkins, a freshman at Jackson High School, water skis competitively and participated in the American Water Ski Association's National Championships in August. The competition, sponsored by Goode Ski Technologies, was held in West Palm Beach, Florida...
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Jackson police seek burglary suspect
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
The Jackson Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying a person of interest in a burglary. The department released a photo of a man believed to be involved in a burglary at BG's Old Tyme Deli, 252 E. Jackson Blvd. Anyone with information is asked to contact the police department at (573) 243-3151...
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Students attend SEMO ag field day
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
More than 645 high-school students on Wednesday attended Southeast Missouri State University's annual Agriculture Education Field Day, where they learned about a variety of agriculture-related topics, from biotechnology and genetics to sustainable gardens...
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Ecology Days-Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/08/15)
The 5th & 6th grade students of Guardian Angel School, Oran, MO, along with their science teacher, Jodi McVay, and a parent chaperone, Maddie Reed, enjoyed Scott County Ecology Days at General Watkins State Park. The students and their teacher stopped to pose for a picture. Everyone had a very enjoyable day...
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Charleston Senior Night
(Submitted Story ~ 10/08/15)
On October 16th, Charleston High School will celebrate Senior Night at the home football game against Herculaneum. There will fun for everyone! All senior athletes and up to 2 parents/guardians will be invited to a tailgate party from 5:45-6:30. Our football game will begin at 7:00. ...
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Hands Around the Capitol
(Submitted Story ~ 10/08/15)
Staff and Consumers from SADI traveled to Jefferson City on October 6th to participate in Hands across the Capitol. A celebration in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The representatives from SADI joined other individuals with disabilities and supporters from all across Missouri to join hands and form a ring around the Missouri Capitol. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
Today is Thursday, October 8, the 281st day of 2015. There are 84 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On October 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000 people...
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Heroes Way helps honor fallen veterans
(Editorial ~ 10/08/15)
It's a small token. Nothing can replace them. But for the Missourians who served in Iraq or Afghanistan and paid the ultimate sacrifice, Heroes Way and the state of Missouri are working to keep their memory alive. Heroes Way recently held a fundraiser in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Survivor story: Brenda Hanle
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
Brenda Hanle was just a little overdue for her annual mammogram when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2014. "I was only about four months late," she says. She assumed it would be a routine mammogram, as she showed no symptoms of breast cancer...
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Making use of mammograms: After 40 years of use, doctors say mammograms are still the best way to detect breast cancer
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
"Mammography is wonderful because it can find the cancer before it's palpable, that is before you can feel it. ... We've found that with mammography, we can find cancers before they become palpable, with the idea being that the earlier we find something, hopefully it's going to allow us to remove it before it's become metastasized, and should give an improved outcome and survival," says Dr. Mark Gates, a radiologist and president of Cape Radiology Group...
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Gene test examines who can skip chemo
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
Doctors know many women don't need chemo, but there are no great ways to tell who can get by without it Many women with early-stage breast cancer can skip chemotherapy without hurting their odds of beating the disease -- good news from a major study that shows the value of a gene-activity test to gauge each patient's risk...
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Life after breast cancer: From reconstruction to preventing recurrence to long-term side effects, the journey continues after becoming cancer-free
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
For the majority of women who have been diagnosed with, are getting treated for or have beaten breast cancer, survivorship is a daily, ongoing journey. "One of the fortunate things, I think, in the advancement of our treatment of breast cancer is that survivorship is now a huge part of that, and I think is a must," says Dr. ...
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Oregon gunman killed himself after two officers wounded him
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
ROSEBURG, Ore. -- The gunman who fatally shot nine people at an Oregon community college last week killed himself in front of his victims after two police officers wounded him, authorities said Wednesday. When two plainclothes detectives spotted Christopher Harper-Mercer in the doorway of a campus building, he fired at them, and the officers quickly returned fire. ...
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Coast Guard ends search for 33 missing crew members from sunken cargo ship
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Coast Guard officially ended its search Wednesday for the missing crew members from a U.S. cargo ship that sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin. Petty Officer Mark Barney said the search for survivors from the El Faro ended at 7 p.m...
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S.C. still on edge from floods; 2 die in truck
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- It could take until the weekend for the threat of flooding to ease in storm-tattered South Carolina, where a senator warned of a potential billion-dollar cleanup bill, two more people died in the floodwaters and the flagship university sent a home football game 700 miles away...
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Anxious Israelis told to be on alert amid wave of attacks
(International News ~ 10/08/15)
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian assailants carried out a series of stabbings across Israel on Wednesday, jolting an anxious country unnerved by weeks of unrest as clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators raged across the West Bank. The violence forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off a high-profile visit to Germany and prompted him to tell the nation to be on "alert" for further trouble. ...
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Russia fires cruise missiles into Syria
(International News ~ 10/08/15)
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Russian warships in the Caspian Sea fired cruise missiles Wednesday as Syrian government troops launched a ground offensive in central Syria in the first major combined air-and-ground assault since Moscow began its military campaign in the country last week...
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Nuclear black market seeks IS extremists
(International News ~ 10/08/15)
CHISINAU, Moldova -- In the backwaters of Eastern Europe, authorities working with the FBI have interrupted four attempts in the past five years by gangs with suspected Russian connections that sought to sell radioactive material to Middle Eastern extremists, The Associated Press has learned. ...
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House conservatives oppose McCarthy, search for alternative
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
WASHINGTON -- The House's most hard-edge conservatives are anxious to derail Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid to become speaker, but they're outnumbered and their chosen candidate lacks support. That leaves the Californian the heavy favorite when Republicans pick their candidate to replace John Boehner on Thursday...
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Auto experts: Top managers probably knew of VW cheating
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
DETROIT -- Auto industry insiders strongly suspect the emissions cheating scandal at Volkswagen is much wider and reaches higher up the corporate ladder than the company is letting on. Volkswagen's new CEO, Matthias Mueller, was quoted Wednesday as telling a German newspaper the investigation so far has found that a few software developers tampered with the pollution controls on some of VW's diesel engines. He said top executives would not have gotten involved in the software...
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Births 10/8/15
(Births ~ 10/08/15)
Son to Brad Morris and Mary Beth Adams of Leopold, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 12:02 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. Name, Thad Michael. Weight, 9 pounds, 14 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Adams is the former Mary Beth Bohnsack, daughter of Joe Bohnsack and Patty Bohnsack, both of Leopold. She is a teacher at Jackson Junior High School. Adams is the son of Tim Adams and Lora Adams, both of Patton, Missouri. He is a table games dealer at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau...
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Calif. wants renewable energy for half its power by 2030
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Jerry Brown dramatically increased California's climate-change goals Wednesday, committing the state to use renewable energy for half its electricity and make existing buildings twice as energy-efficient in just 15 years. Brown tried for an even stronger measure that also would have enforced a 50 percent drop in petroleum use by 2030, but was defeated by oil interests. ...
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Clinton subject to hack attempts from S. Korea, Germany, China
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, which stored some 55,000 pages of emails from her time as secretary of state, was the subject of attempted cyberattacks originating in China, South Korea and Germany after she left office in early 2013, according to a congressional document obtained by The Associated Press...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 10/8/15
(Local News ~ 10/08/15)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today n Minutes of the Oct. 5 meeting n None at this time n Items listed on agenda n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n A donation to County Park Honors and Memorial Program n Gazebo contract at Cape Girardeau Common Pleas Courthouse...
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Speak Out 10/8/15
(Speak Out ~ 10/08/15)
Are there no cameras in the area of the floodwall gates? If not maybe some could be put up and catch who is creating graffiti. Put the faces on KFVS news and in the Missourian. Congratulations to all the kids who performed at the Jackson Band Festival Tuesday night. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/8/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/15)
* Medical assists were made on North Fountain Street at 1:09 p.m.; North Main Street at 2:37 p.m.; North Main Street at 3:02 p.m.; Linden Street at 3:35 p.m.; Napa Circle at 4:41 p.m.; East Cape Rock Drive at 8:20 p.m.; and South Frederick Street at 9:08 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/8/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilty. n Coleena Whiters, 38, of McClure, Illinois, was arrested on suspicion of forgery. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault...
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Fred McLard
(Obituary ~ 10/08/15)
Fred Henry McLard, 78, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, at his home near Pocahontas. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church in Pocahontas. A Masonic service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday...
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Lorna Long
(Obituary ~ 10/08/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lorna Fay Long, 59, of Marble Hill passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, at her home. She was born Feb. 29, 1956, in Hayti, Missouri, the daughter of Woodrow W. and Maggie C. Russell Long. Lorna worked for Walker and Associates as an in-home care provider...
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Eugene Gessert
(Obituary ~ 10/08/15)
Eugene "Gene" John Gessert, born Aug. 6, 1934, passed away Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, in Houston. He was born and raised in Portsmouth, Iowa, and married Rita Mechura on July 21, 1956. He is survived by his loving wife, Rita, of 59 years; sons, Robert (Lise) and Kelly (Ann) Gessert; daughters, Lori (Mark) Meador and Stacey (Daryl) Downs; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...
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Patricia Allemang
(Obituary ~ 10/08/15)
Patricia Allemang, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, at her home. She was born Nov. 18, 1916, in St. Louis to Edward and Anna Stahl Smith. She married George Allemang on Sept. 3, 1938. He preceded her in death Jan. 30, 1998. Patricia attended Washington University in St. Louis where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. After college, she worked in the admissions office at Webster College...
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Hooked on Science: Toaster hot air balloon10/8/15
(Community ~ 10/08/15)
* 30-gallon clear trash bag n Four-slice toaster n Large tub Step 1: Place the four-slice toaster into the large tub. Plug the toaster plug into an electrical outlet. Step 2: Turn the toaster settings to the highest and push down the levers until they lock...
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Students help first lady harvest White House garden
(Community ~ 10/08/15)
WASHINGTON -- A gloved Michelle Obama wielded a pitchfork Tuesday to show some student helpers how to harvest the sweet potatoes in her White House garden. "We've got to dig these babies up," she said of the orange tubers as beads of perspiration on her forehead glistened in the afternoon sun. Students from four District of Columbia schools participated in the yearly fall harvest...
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Trio wins Nobel Prize for mapping how cells fix DNA damage
(International News ~ 10/08/15)
STOCKHOLM -- Tomas Lindahl was eating his breakfast in England on Wednesday when the call came -- ostensibly, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It occurred to him that this might be a hoax, but then the caller started speaking Swedish. It was no joke: Lindahl and two others had won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for pioneering studies into the way our bodies repair damage to DNA...
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Sleeping Idaho hunter wakes up to black bear biting his head
(National News ~ 10/08/15)
BOISE, Idaho -- A hunter camping in central Idaho woke up when a black bear started biting his head, and he couldn't get medical care for three days because he was in such a remote wilderness area. Idaho Fish and Game officials said in a statement Wednesday that 29-year-old Stephen Vouch of Boise had been hunting bighorn sheep with friends and awoke to the attack at 2 a.m. Friday...
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Aid group seeks fact-finding mission over Kunduz strike
(International News ~ 10/08/15)
GENEVA -- Doctors Without Borders called Wednesday for an independent fact-finding mission to investigate a U.S. airstrike on its hospital in Afghanistan that killed at least 22 people. The group, which believes Saturday's airstrike in Kunduz may have been a war crime, appealed to the U.S., Afghanistan and other countries to mobilize a little-known commission to look into the tragedy...
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Poplar Bluff student receives scholarship
(Community ~ 10/08/15)
Meghan Little of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was awarded the $1,000 Mary E. Loughead Scholarship by the Three Rivers Community College Foundation to help pay for her teacher training at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. Little is a graduate of Doniphan High School...
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Breast cancer awareness events
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
THURSDAY, OCT. 8 The Bold and the Beautiful event Concepts Styling Salon, 107 W. Drive in Cape Girardeau, will host its ninth annual Bold and the Beautiful event and fundraiser. Deals and a gift with purchase will be available all day, and a reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. ...
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Survivor story: Helen McCain
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
Helen McCain of Bloomfield, Missouri, was diagnosed with breast cancer 18 years ago. She was encouraged to go in for a mammogram by her family doctor. "We had a doctor down in Arkansas, and when I went in, he said that I felt 'electric' when he touched me, and he told me that I needed to get a mammogram," McCain says...
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Survivor story: Nancy Fields
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
Nancy Fields almost skipped her annual mammogram in 2013 because all of her previous mammograms had come back negative, showing no sign of breast cancer. "I wasn't planning to go in for a mammogram that year, but I had an appointment with my gynecologist and she said that I'd better go because, as you get older, your chances [of getting breast cancer] get higher. t's a good thing I listened to her," Fields says...
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USS Cole anniversary
(Column ~ 10/08/15)
The short memories of many have led them to believe "The War on Terror" began with the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. This idea ignores the 1998 Al Qaeda bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, as well as the bombing of the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen in 2000...
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Prayer 10/8/15
(Prayer ~ 10/08/15)
O Heavenly Father, may our hearts always be at peace, trusting in you. Amen.
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Out of the past: Oct. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 10/08/15)
For nearly two hours, city council members take Mayor Gene Rhodes to task over the way he represented the city in a three-county effort to establish future highway needs for the area; the mayor also is assailed for changing design plans for the renovation of city hall...
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'More at stake': Though rare, young women do get breast cancer, and are affected differently.
(Health ~ 10/08/15)
Katie Lorenz found a lump in her breast while taking a shower on Nov. 4, 2014. "I feel like I know my body, and that lump wasn't there before," she says. "I just thought it was an infection or a cyst and I wanted to have it taken care of before it got bigger."...
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