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When 18-year-old McKenzi Gordano learned that she had Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, she didn't know what to say. "I didn't have a first thought," she recalls. "I blanked out. And then I started crying."

But McKenzi, who was valedictorian of her senior class and is currently studying education at Northwestern State University, refuses to allow the diagnosis to slow her down.

"Doctors recommended that I quit college," says McKenzi. "I said, 'you're crazy!' The world needs another teacher and I'm going to be that teacher."

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Shreveport has some very unique and special things of which  we should be proud. We are home to the very first Shriners' Hospital for Children, anywhere in the USA. This year they are celebrating 90 years. What is amazing, the Shriners do so much work behind the scenes tha

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Prying your children away from their video game consoles and getting them to play outside for an hour might be somewhat of a task, but a new study suggests that all you have to do is keep them active for seven minutes to keep them healthy and physically fit.

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We all do it at some point, and we try so hard to do it when people aren't looking.

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Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty are participating in the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure on Saturday at the CenturyLink Center in Bossier. Though it's for a good cause, they're still being very competitive.

As negotiated on the air last week, Erin gets an 11-and-a-half minute head start, but after weekend reflection she decided this wasn't enough and demanded more!

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A person has to do what a person has to do. While eating dinner at my house, one grandchild decided she didn't like steak. Beautifully cooked rib eye steak that melts in your mouth. How could anybody not like steak? Immediately, my son and daughter sprang into action and convinced her that it wasn't steak we were eating for dinner, it was pork chops.  She liked pork chops.

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It's the question famously posed in the classic rom-com 'When Harry Met Sally': Can men and women just be friends if they find each other attractive? A new study claims to have the answer: no.

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Bullying has been around forever, but it’s really come to the forefront over the last few years with experts and educators weighing in with different ways to solve this problem that affects so many kids.

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A few months ago, in a crowded Minden Recreational Center in Minden, LA I was enjoying a Summer day softball game. People where everywhere and the team of 5th graders I was watching had a very enthusiastic group of parents cheering them on

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So do you think a doctor and a garbage truck driver would be compatible?

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Sounds like the title of a Rod Stewart album from the 1970s, I know, but someone with a lot of time on their hands decided to conduct a study to see if the myth was true:

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You may be surprised to find out how many items that your kids have with them at school can make them sick. An organization tested backpacks, three-ring binders, and lunchboxes, and found that 75% had elevated levels of toxic chemicals called phthalates.

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