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My favorite line from this: Lawrence McRae on getting his first prostate exam ... "This must be a white man's disease!" upon seeing much more white men get tested. When he realized how few minorities get tested for diseases like prostate cancer, he started a personal crusade to change that.
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Your morning headlines: In a "big deal" moment, Pakistan is saying Islamist militants are now a bigger security threat than longtime enemy India; automatic overdraft fees are illegal after regulations came into effect this week; and in news you shouldn't be surprised about... Steven Slater, the flight attendant who jumped on a plane's emergency slide to quit his job, might be getting his own reality show. Telling people how to quit their jobs, natch.
Happy Tuesday. Do something.

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