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"The clinic has decided to forego all balances owed to the clinic by its patients." And, 7 other things worth your time.

Quote of the day

“The one thing that people are forgetting is that the real hero is the mother. She ran out in front of the guns, screaming ‘bambino, bambino, bambino!’ She faced the guns, I didn’t. I was holding them. But she was — like most mothers — they’re heroes.”

— Martin Adler, 96, a World War II veteran who was recently reuinted with three Italian…