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Extra, Extra: 9/11-Related Cancer Diagnoses Have Tripled Recently
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Emma G. Gallegos
Published Aug 14, 2016
Modified Aug 15, 2016
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- Cancer diagnoses in the WTC Health Program has tripled over less than three years, officials say.
- Ryan Lochte and three of his swimming teammates were robbed at gunpoint in Rio.
- Here's a pretty sweet photo of last night's storm in Harlem.
- Leslie Jones was brought out to Rio for her wonderful Olympics commentary but her beach commentary on the "Game Of Thrones" "war" waves today is pretty excellent, too.
- Alec Baldwin says he paid $190,000 for a painting, but he claims he was given a bad copy.
- More than 7,000 people have been rescued from serious flooding in Louisiana.
- Adele turned down the NFL's Super Bowl halftime show offer.
- Nabisco apparently had some disturbing action figure playdates back in the day.
- Trump has been caught once again using a Star of David image.
- And finally, this swan is ready to take on any and all soccer bros:
Kicking a soccer ball with a swan
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