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Getting older isn t something people typically want to talk about or even think about, but a Milwaukee non-profit is making it easier for families to just that. Colleen Fechtmyer is 66, but said it s never too early to think about the future. My husband and I have been more proactive decluttering, cleaning out our house and just pre
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Just about everyone who s played with a projectile toy has gotten a version of the warning You ll shoot your eye out! But in a report published Monday in the medical journal BMJ Case Reports, doctors
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