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URBANA After 25 years of taking medicine twice a day for rapid heartbeats and feeling tired a lot, Joan Peressini can't believe how much energy she has now. A volunteer at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Peressini, 73, of Champaign says she used to feel out of breath trying to walk up one flight of stairs at the hospital. read more

Labor Days Vol. 2 Welcome once again to What are you reading?, the weekly column where the Robot 6 team runs through what comics and other stuff they've been checking out lately. As Chris is in Bethesda this weekend, I'm filling in for him as your host. Our special guests this time are Philip Gelatt and Rick Lacy , creators of the Labor Days graphic novels published by Oni Press. Volume two, Just Another Damn Day , is now available in finer retail establishments everywhere. (You ca