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For two years, Nancy Gavarone has kept a secret from her mother, who has dementia: the rape and murder in 2008 of her mother's sister, Jane Morgan, at age 84.

She was born Nancy Louise Monroe 52 years ago in Tucson, Ariz., but the name this free-spirited woman prefers is Monroe -- which is why her clothing boutique in the Village of Hamburg is called Monroe's Place. It also features a sandwich shop with a fireplace.

In the late 1990s, Nancy Rowe was worried about diabetes. I was predisposed to it, said Rowe, 56. My mom has it, my dad has it and my uncle died from it. I wanted to take precautions and stop it. I decided it wasn't going to happen to me. What Rowe did was change her lifestyle. She started eating healthy and began bodybuilding.

U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan Headed for Another Record By Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — With the deaths of four U.S. soldiers Tuesday, the U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan now has lost more troops this year than in all of 2008, and August is on track to be the deadliest month for American troops there since U.S. operations began nearly eight years ago. The numbers reflect the rising pace of combat in Afghanistan and come at a difficu