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Around the Nation
5:54 am
Mon October 29, 2012

Re-Educating Coyotes To Fear Humans In Mass.

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Coyotes have moved into the Boston suburb of Belmont, Mass. The Boston Globe says they've lost their fear of humans because people feed them. So, Belmont is training volunteers for coyote hazing. Their job is to harass coyotes — shouting at them, throwing objects their way, even squirting them with water hoses.

Around the Nation
4:22 am
Mon October 29, 2012

Key West, Fla., Celebrates The 'A-Conch-Alypse'

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Monkey See
4:14 am
Mon October 29, 2012

Impersonating The President: From Will Rogers To Obama's 'Anger Translator'

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Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele cooperate to impersonate President Obama in Comedy Central's Key and Peele.
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Political commentators will be working overtime in the countdown to the presidential election. So will political comedians, including the candidates' impersonators.

Impersonators have been part of the political landscape for so long, it's hard to imagine a time without them: Rich Little, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell, Dan Aykroyd, Darrell Hammond, Tina Fey and other comedians have all famously done their turns as candidates. Remember "I can see Russia from my house"?

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Business
4:14 am
Mon October 29, 2012

Months After Scandal, Komen Still Sees Declines

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Originally published on Mon October 29, 2012 5:45 am

In the months since the controversy over the Susan G. Komen Foundation's shifting position on funding for Planned Parenthood, the organization has seen a decline in fundraising and attendance at its main event, annual races held around the country to raise money for breast cancer prevention and treatment.

Shots - Health News
3:17 am
Mon October 29, 2012

Pricey New Prostate Cancer Therapy Raises Questions About Safety, Cost

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Radiation therapist Jean Etienne holds a range compensator, which shapes the depth to which the proton beam enters a patient's body to target a tumor.
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Proton machines, like the one above, that can carefully target tumors hold promise for prostate cancer patients. But the therapy can be quite expensive.
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The ProCure Proton Therapy Center has a luxurious lobby that's more country club than cancer clinic.
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Bill Snedden video-blogged his proton therapy experience at the ProCure Center.
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Originally published on Mon October 29, 2012 9:42 am

Bill Sneddon had a feeling he was in trouble when his doctor called with his latest test results.

"I just had a premonition that something's not right," said Sneddon, 68, of Ocean Township, N.J.

And, sure enough, Sneddon's instincts were right. He had prostate cancer.

"Well, it's an eye-opener, you know. I didn't know if I had to buy a yard sale sign, you know," he said. "It's a shocking thing ... It always happens to someone else."

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