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8:57 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Kalamazoo running community verifying safety of Boston Marathon runners from area

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Kalamazoo Area runners club asking those who ran in Boston Marathon to check in on Facebook to show they are safe
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO, MI - Some of the 38 local athletes who participated in the Boston Marathon on Monday are checking into a Facebook Group to let their families and friends know they are safe after two explosions injured at least a dozen people near the finish line just before 3 p.m.
8:49 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Kalamazoo doctor says Boston Marathon "robbed of its usual joy"

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Dr. Eric Blackwell finished Boston Marathon an hour and a half before two explosions
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
BOSTON, MA -- Dr. Eric Blackwell has run more than 15 marathons, each ending with a feeling of joy and accomplishment. Monday's Boston Marathon was robbed of that. Blackwell, a physician at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, finished the race an hour and a half before the two explosions that killed two and left dozens of others injured.
1:59 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Eight percent of teen girls in SW Michigan forced to have sex

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The survey in schools was sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
KALAMAZOO, MI -- It appears young women in southwest Michigan are less likely to have experienced sexually assault compared to young women statewide. Still, one of every 12 high school girls in the region reports that she has been physically forced to have sexual intercourse, according to a 2011-12 survey.
10:56 am
Mon April 15, 2013

Working to reduce teen pregnancy in Calhoun County

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Coalition of agencies called Teen Pregnancy Partnership of Calhoun County working to raise awareness about high teen pregnancy rate
A local discussion and action group is hoping to keep people's minds on an important community health topic.

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