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Day: October 8, 2018

Cochise County vaccinating Naco residents after sewage spill reaches residential areas

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Naco, AZ (Cronkite) – Francisco Romo wasn’t sure why volunteers had come to his small home to vaccinate him and his wife, Lydia, but the elderly couple complied. They’re now protected against hepatitis A, B and tetanus. The reason for the house call lies just a few yards from the Romos’ house. A burst pipeline is leaking raw sewage at a rate of 300 gallons per minute every day as officials figure out a way to permanently fix it. Cochise County officials declared a state of emergency on Sept. 9. Leaking…

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Warrior Women: Despite What Gamers Might Believe, the Ancient World Was Full of Female Fighters

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World Wide (Conversation) – One of the great things about computer games is that anything is possible in the almost endless array of situations on offer, whether they are realistic or fantasy worlds. But it has been reported that gamers are boycotting Total War: Rome II on the grounds of historical accuracy after developers introduced women generals, apparently to please “feminists”. But while it’s true that the Romans would not have had female soldiers in their armies, they certainly encountered women in battle – and when they did it created…

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