Author: Eric Adler
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Untold story revealed: Operation Bella and how KC’s Jason Kander helped save 383 lives
Inside the ballroom, 383 Afghan men, women and children — fake guests invited to a fake wedding — waited in anxious hope that the ruse might work and they could escape the country with their lives. Meanwhile, just beyond their walls, armed Taliban fighters looking to kill or imprison them searched the streets of Mazar-e-Sharif.…
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Woman proves that legs aren’t required to tackle ballroom dancing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. • For JoAnne Fluke, it is all about the freedom … the movement … the feeling. Oh, the feeling of ballroom dancing in a wheelchair. The cha-cha. The salsa. The “downright sexy rumba,” she said. Then there is the Viennese waltz. “It makes me feel beautiful, elegant, like a lady,” Fluke said.…