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Hello. I'm David Kerr, professor of cancer medicine from University of Oxford. We've approached the time of year in which we both look backward and forward. It is a time to pause for reflection and ...

Within the next day or two, severe winter weather will be over the heads of many Georgia residents. Stores are already seeing shelves emptied of bread and water bottles as families make preparations.

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