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Woman Eats Husband's Ashes to Cope

Really, it's supposed to be cooler today. These are the five things you need to know on August 9.

After a false alarm yesterday, today really should be cooler with highs around 88 degrees and a 70 percent chance of rain. There could be up to a half inch of precipitation after 8 a.m. 

The cheapest gas in the area is at the RaceTrac on Marietta Highway and Prominence Point Parkway for $3.58 a gallon. 

Elementary schools are serving pizza or lasagna roll-up with Texas toast, garden peas, salad and fresh fruit. Middle and high schools are serving chicken chow mein with pork fried rice, and a mini veggie egg roll. 

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In the weird news world, a woman featured on the reality TV show My Strange Addiction took to eating her dead husband's ashes in order to cope. This this is in a faraway land? No. She's a Southerner. This happened in Fayetteville, TN, just north of the Alabama-Tennessee state line. 

Do you have a seventh or eighth grader? They're holding scoliosis screenings Wednesday at Check back with Patch later today to see what the testing includes and what they should be prepared for. 

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