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Local Briefs 05/22/12
Leader-Telegram
Gunderson's right leg was amputated about 4 inches below the knee at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn., where he is recovering. Initial reports indicate Gunderson stepped onto ground that already had been tilled and was pulled into the running ...

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Local boy plays hard, despite heart disease
Natchez Democrat
Still, when Jennifer grew concerned that Austin wasn't crawling with other toddlers' his age, she realized it wasn't because of his heart problems or his amputated left leg, but because she never let him out of her arms. Jennifer's husband, Derrick ...

The West Australian
Brave kids make leaps and bounds
The West Australian
Doctors discovered the cancer had spread to Cole's lung and after three months of treatment, the brave teenager and his parents made the difficult decision to amputate his right shoulder and arm to give him the best chance of survival.

Wounded warriors ride a surfboard's nose, and it smells like...victory
San Jose Mercury News
His left leg, mutilated five years ago in Iraq, was finally amputated six inches below the knee in February. A sergeant, Kumamoto had been assigned to lead a resupply detail to a forward operating base in 2007, when the Humvee he was riding in was ...

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3 Razorback football players charged with burglary
KLAS-TV
One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be...More>> Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago.

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A realistic look at 'New Hampshire and the Civil War'
The Keene Sentinel
This was not a drone-like war of the future but a battle of muskets, when fighters, Heald describes, “saw the enemy with the naked eye, of head-on clashes of yelling, shooting, striking masses.” The Southern terrain and weather took its toll.

Text message sender sued for encouraging distracted driving
CNET
In 2009, David and Linda Kubert were struck head-on by a truck as they rode their motorcycle. The driver of the truck, Kyle Best, was texting back and forth with Shannon Colonna when the vehicle drifted into oncoming traffic, striking the motorcycle.

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Puma Press
Scuba diving course creates new frontier for student with artificial leg
Puma Press
Since the injury that left him disabled as a teenager, he has faced challenges head-on to see his visions for himself come to life. Jurgens lost his leg on May 9, 1994. Driving alone on a county road just outside Greely, Colorado in a '72 Chevy pickup ...

The Weight Of The Nation
A.V. Club New York
Much of the series is dedicated to unearthing why it's taken so long for so many to deal with this problem head on. But watching Nation makes it pretty clear pretty fast: Once you stare directly at the problem, it can overwhelm you to the point of near ...

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Segna celebrates chance to take part in Smith ride
InsideHalton.com
Calling it one of the worst breaks he had seen — the fibula and tibia broke in 11 places — he said it may be necessary to amputate. The 37-year-old asked him to do anything he could to save her leg so she could continue to compete in triathlons.