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- Bout with breast cancer inspires a new career/ "My Story" Oct. 15, 1998
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12/17/2019
Powerful story I contributed to for the Washington Post - she was a victim of sex trafficking. Charged with murder she faces possible life in prison/ Washington Post 12/17/2019
Susan Berger contributed to this report from Kenosha.
10/29/2019
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04/15/2019
‘If I had known cancer was linked to implants, I would never have gotten them’/Washington Post 4/13/2019
Jennifer Cook with husband David and son David Cook Jr. She had her implants removed and got treatment for a breast implant-associated lymphoma. (Stacy Roth)
02/18/2019
01/20/2019
Vaginal mesh has caused health problems in many women, even as some surgeons vouch for its safety and efficacy/Washington Post 1/20/2019
Katrina Spradley had a vaginal mesh implanted in 2008. Years later, she started having physical problems. A physician discovered that the device had eroded through Spradley’s vagina. (Terry Spradley)
09/28/2018
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02/09/2018
Woman who was convicted in 'huffing' crash that killed Highland Park girl is out of prison/ Feb. 9 2018 Chicago Tribune
Carly Rousso, who was convicted of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide after she struck and killed a 5-year-old on Labor Day 2012, was released from prison. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Carly Rousso, who was convicted of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide after she struck and killed a 5-year-old on Labor Day 2012, was released from prison. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
01/27/2018
The Bill Cosby We Loved Is Gone/ 1/27/2014 Smerconish.com
Originally posted in January 2014 reprinted on Smerconish.com
Read story here http://www.smerconish.com/culture/bill-cosby-gone/
01/07/2018
I Love Oprah/ originally published in 2011 reprinted on Smerconish.com 1/7/2108
I wrote this in 2011 - reprinted on Smerconish.com in light of Oprah’s speech at the Golden Globes . Read the story here: http://www.smerconish.com/culture/love-oprah/
12/25/2017
After Uber driver killed on the job, family finds solace in other violent crime victims/ Chicago Tribune/12/24/2017
Grant Nelson, an Uber driver from Wilmette, was killed by a passenger last May. (Courtesy of Todd Nelson)
READ STORY HERE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-uber-driver-killed-family-copes-20171224-story.html