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Calling All Cell Phones
Almost everyday in class I hear random ringtones interrupt the blabbering professor. Ringtones that range from the new Fall Out Boy song to various oldies like Brown Eyed Girl. Cell phones are definitely everywhere you go, but where do the old cell phones go when a bigger, better or even faster phone comes out that everyone must have?
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Obesity Rates High in North Country

Imagine barely being able to get out of bed, feeling continuous pain throughout your body, and having trouble breathing. Imagine you are obese. Obesity is a problem in America with about 127 million overweight, and 60 million obese adults, according to the American Obesity Association (AOA).
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Desperate, Homeless, and Furry

Plattsburgh State University College (PSUC) students Maria Earle, and local resident Angel Lacroix, were getting ready to leave Earle's apartment on Broad Street. Leaving the top floor apartment of 68 Broad Street, the two stumbled upon a visitor on the washing machine. Staring them down, he didn't move or flinch. Keeping their gaze, the intruder opened his mouth, and let out a loud, bellowing meow.
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Wood Stoves: Worth the Risk?

Take a drive through rural Northern New York and you will see many quaint country homes with smoke curling from the chimney. With rising heating costs, many people are returning to more traditional practices of heating their home with a wood burning fireplace or wood stove. Though using a woodstove to heat your home on a frosty spring morning might seem like a very benign activity, devastation may follow if the proper precautions are not taken.
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Lake Champlain Transportation Co. Takes Ferry Transportation into the Future

As the sun shines off the lake with a slight wind blowing through your hair, it is a perfect time for a stroll on the top deck of the Plattsburgh-Grand Isle ferry. People have been doing this since the ferries first arrived on Lake Champlain in 1826 as a nice way to pass the time before arriving at your destination.
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The Battle to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

"How do we control women's bodies?"

Senator Diane Savino believes this is generally what some members of our government's administration are asking themselves.

If the human papillomavirus (HPV) was spread by shaking someone's hand, "we wouldn't be having these concerns," she said.
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 Sex Offenders Present in the North Country

They are rapists, child molesters, and perverts and they are living next door to you. They are the hit of a national television show, Dateline NBC, which lures would-be online predators into precarious situations where they admit they have a problem and need help.
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