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'Significant' Cancer Levels Discovered At School District In Region, Report Says 'Significant' Cancer Levels Discovered At School District In Region, Report Says
'Significant' Cancer Levels Discovered At School District In Region, Report Says A study has found that people living near or who attend school in a New York school district had "significant" higher cancer incidents. The study found the number of residents of all ages living within the Northport-East Northport School District had a "statistically significant," higher rate of cancer, reported ABC 7 Eyewitness News. The types of cancer found in excess included pancreatic cancer, malignant melanoma of the skin, uterine (corpus) cancer, and prostate cancer," the study said. The study also found that people living within the area of Northport Middle School had particularly …

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Hero Dog Credited With Saving Life Of CT Baby Hero Dog Credited With Saving Life Of CT Baby
Hero Dog Credited With Saving Life Of CT Baby There are dogs and then there are hero dogs. That's what the Connecticut parents of a 9-month-old baby are saying after their dog helped save the child's life.  The incident took place on Monday, Dec. 13, when Hartford County residents Kelly and Jeff Dowling, of Glastonbury, said on Twitter, their Boston terrier Henry kept going into the baby's room and waking their daughter. "Last night the dog kept breaking into the nursery and waking the baby," the couple wrote on Twitter. "She’s been sick, and I was getting so fed up with him." Until the baby stopped breathing. The couple rushed th…

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by Kathy Reakes