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October is breast cancer awareness month. Women in the United States get breast cancer more than any other type of cancer except skin cancer. Breast cancer is second leading cause of cancer death in American women — only second to lung cancer.

One day, two men were fishing when a game warden slipped up on them and asked to see their fishing licenses. One of the men took off running, so the warden started chasing him.

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Every now and then, I get a bug up my butt to drive long distances. Part of the motivation is to see forest types that I don’t normally get to see in the Lake States. Forest management varies from region to region, as our great North American forests change.