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Mammography saves lives
Strong, Fighting Spirit Needed To Fight Breast Cancer – Survivors

Following the Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is celebrated every October, a number of breast cancer survivors in the United States and around the world have been sharing their stories and the journey to total recovery from the fatal, debilitating disease.

A baby orca known as J53 was born into the J Pod, spotted near San Juan Island last October 24.
Confirmed Orca Baby Boom: 6th Baby Whale Born

A baby orca was spotted last Saturday in San Juan Islands in Washington, confirming the 6th baby orca to be born this year from whale pods of Puget Sound.

Social Experiment Shows How People React When Someone Is Bullied In Front of Them
WATCH: Social Experiment Shows How People Respond When Someone Is Bullied In Front of Them

Bullying is a perennial problem with one out of three kids being bullied in school. UP TV did a social experiment to see if people will stand up to bullies when they see them bullying a child before their very eyes.

Sarani, a female snow leopard, is presented before her four-month-old cubs were introduced to the public at the Brookfield Zoo on October 7, 2015 in Brookfield, Illinois.
Can the Iconic Snow Leopard Be Saved? Global Communities Scale Up Conservation Efforts

Species, notably the snow leopard, are under threat from climate change. This has prompted leading wildlife conservation organization World Wildlife Fund to work in tandem with partner-organizations and governments of the 12 Snow Leopard Range countries to scale up conservation efforts.

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Look east before sunrise in late October for a beautiful conjunction of bright planets.
Jupiter, Venus and Mars Create Cosmic Triangle in Skies This Week

Starting pre dawn on Monday this week, a cosmic conjunction between Jupiter, Venus and Mars will be visible in the skies until Halloween.

Nine-year-old Kim Phuc is seen here running with her brothers and cousins after being hit by napalm during Vietnam War.
Vietnam War's 'Napalm Girl' Receiving Laser Treatment To Heal Decades Old Wound

More than 40 years after becoming part of a Pulitzer prize winning pic that captured her naked and burning during the Vietnam War, Kim Phuc, who is also known as "Napalm Girl," has a new chance to heal herself as she is undergoing a laser treatment in Miami that will ease her decade-long pain.

UFO Over Ulan-Ude
Russian Woman Claims Seeing UFO Hovering At Ulan-Ude Skies

A Russian woman claims she saw a saucer-like object hovering over the skies of Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia in Russia. She describes the UFO as having a lot of green lights and some blue and red lights too.

Megaladon shark tooth found along the beaches of North Carolina.
Giant Shark Teeth of Ancient Megalodon Found in North Carolina Beach

A local beach goer apparently discovered an ancient shark tooth the size of a hand on North Topsail Beach.

The area along the Mekong River has experienced numerous cross-border crimes in recent years.
China Cracks Down on Illegal Activities Along Mekong River, Ties Up with Neighbor Countries

In an effort to combat drug trafficking and illegal immigration along the Mekong River, China will establish a law enforcement center in Yunnan Province, in cooperation with Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, according to a report by China Daily.

Hot Dogs
Hot Dogs And Sausages Contain Mystery Meat, Human DNA: Report

Hot dogs, along with hamburgers, pizza, and pies, are one of the United States' all-time most popular foods, with 7 billion consumed at backyard cookouts and baseball ballparks between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and almost $5.25 billion spent on sausages and frankfurters last year. Clear Foods just released a report after doing molecular-level analyses of major hot dog and sausage brands' ingredients labels. Although brands such as Butterball and Eckrich received high scores, others contained human deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), while certain vegetarian "veggie dogs" contained meat.

The program reimburses individuals up to 50 percent of medical costs not covered by the national basic medical insurance system.
Medical Insurance Program to Alleviate Woes of Low-income Individuals

The Chinese government is further pushing for a program that would provide medical insurance to low-income individuals, according to a report by China Daily.

Workers make the final check on products made by a factory in Dongguan, China's manufacturing hub.
More Foreign Firms Expected to Close, Move Out of Dongguan

More foreign companies are expected to join in the new wave of closures in Dongguan, a key manufacturing city in southern China's Guangdong Province, amid a slowing economy, according to a report on CRNTT.com, the website of the China Review News Agency.

Xi leaves the country amid high hopes of further cooperation between the U.K. and China.
President Xi Bids UK Crowd Farewell

President Xi Jinping waved at crowds while a limousine drove him from Albert Square in Manchester, concluding his weeklong state visit to the United Kingdom, according to a report by China Daily.

The Trans-Asian Raiway project will connect Kunming, capital of Yunnan, to the rest of the ASEAN countries like Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
China Confident on Completing Eurasian Trans-Asian Railway

The Chinese government has expressed confidence that it will overcome political and financial obstacles to be able to speed up the development of the Eurasian Trans-Asian Railway, the China Economic Weekly reported.

The DNA of an unborn person repeatedly failed the paternity of his 34-year-old twin brother, who was forced to become uncle of his own biological son, because he was a human chimera.
Ghost DNA of Unborn Twin Causes Chaos in the Paternity Test

First ever recorded case of ghost DNA influencing paternity of a human chimera has been reported. A man filed for a paternity test and returned negative results, only later to find out that the father of his son was no other than his unborn twin brother who shared his genetic makeup.

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