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Georgene Thomas of Mount Washington listens with others Saturday during a Western Pennsylvania Kidney Support Group meeting at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Jefferson Hills.
In the two months since he began dialysis after his kidneys began to fail, Michael Quinn thought there must be something wrong with him. The Sutersville man has experienced shortness of breath, severe cramping in his legs and generally feels "wiped out" after the sessions, which remove the waste from his blood three times a week, three hours a day. (Today)
Jennifer Martine
Americans love chicken. It's the most popular meat in grocery stores, on restaurant menus and in our own kitchens. There's no food we're more familiar with, and there's certainly no shortage of ideas for how to prepare it. If you Google "chicken recipes," you could spend the next 10 years just trying to read through the 6 million-plus results. (Today)
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The contrail of a high-flying plane adds an exclamation to the changing leaves along Main St. in Zelienople.
As summer fades and autumn is ushered in, the tranquil green palette of summer foliage is transformed into a vivid palette of reds, oranges, golds and browns. Back country roads will soon be lined with Sunday drivers hoping to catch a glimpse of Pennsylvania's autumn splendor. (Today)
Last week I described how seven years ago Angel Paz, an Ecuadorean farmer, turned his property into a birding destination by building a trail through the jungle to an Andean cock-of-the-rock breeding ground called a "lek." I also described how Paz talked to ground dwelling antpittas and called them onto the trail. How he became a bird whisperer is a lesson in patience and persistence. (Today)
Visitors to Fushimi-Inari Taisha pass under thousands of orange gates en route to a shrine near Kyoto, Japan.
TOKYO, Japan -- Even before we left American soil, a Japanese friend now living in the States was excited about our trip. "As a Japanese person, I'm so thankful that you're going there," Shiori Iinuma told us, hastening to add with a laugh, "not that I speak for all Japanese people." And yet she easily could have. (Today)