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This Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers, Thursday, June 1, 2023, not to use off-brand versions of the popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy sold online because they might not contain the same ingredients as the prescription products and may not be safe or effective. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

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FDA warns consumers not to use off-brand versions of Ozempic, Wegovy

By JONEL ALECCIA JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer
Thu,06/01/23-9:05AM, 475 Reads
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Wake Forest's Bennett Lee, left, tags out LSU's Tre' Morgan, right, at home plate in the eighth inning of a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

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Bennett Lee delivers winning hit after making big defensive play in Deacons' 3-2 win over LSU in CWS

By ERIC OLSON ERIC OLSON - AP Sports Writer
Mon,06/19/23-9:25PM, 475 Reads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A few minutes after he made the defensive play of the game, Bennett Lee delivered the hit that put Wake Forest on the inside track to the College World Series finals.
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The Stockyards - Part 2

By CECILY BATEMAN CECILY BATEMAN
Wed,11/08/23-3:08PM, 475 Reads
People these days seem to be focused on where their food comes from. All I'm going to say is be careful what you ask for. For some background, when the Brumfield Homestead, that of my beloved grandparents Thomas Colter "T.
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Washington Parish Tourism Director Patty Alford, Town of Franklinton employees, and Tourism Commissioner Ella Bickham participate in Love the Boot litter campaign picking up trash along Washington Street in Franklinton. All 65 parishes had clean up efforts across the state.

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Parish Tourism Commission receives 10 trash receptables to fight litter in the parish

Thu,05/04/23-4:54PM, 475 Reads
The Washington Parish Tourism Commission is pleased to be selected as one of the 98 recipients of the 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful trash receptacle grant program made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
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