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LAS VEGAS, NV - DECEMBER 20: Surgeon Kevin Debiparshad works on a leg lengthening surgery for an 18-year-old patient at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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Noses can be made smaller, breasts bigger — and legs longer. Here’s the brutal procedure

When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad’s operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.

TAGGETY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 7: In this handout image supplied by Stephen Henderson of the County Fire Authority, A bush blaze rages during the fight to save the township of Taggety from bush fires on February 7, 2009 in Taggety, near Marysville, in Victoria, Australia. Victoria Police have revised the bushfire disaster death toll to 181, the worst in Australia's history. (Photo by Stephen Henderson/CFA via Getty Images)
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After this Australian town burned down, experts warned against rebuilding. Nobody listened

Statue of King Sejong with Korean loanwords from English like 'dipeikeu,' 'inteonet,' 'dijiteol'

English words have invaded Korea. The government is fighting back

BETTY O'MEARA OBITUARY - Handout photo dated June 1979, of Betty O'Meara, from left, Frances Mary, and Dave. Betty O'Meara was a victim of the Palisades Fire of January 7, 2025, for James Rainey story. (Photo courtesy of Frances O'Meara)

Malibu movie theater owner, with a ‘servant’s heart,’ died in the Palisades fire

Deputies raced to evacuate Altadena residents, wondering if their station would burn, too

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The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine was surrounded by flames. Then a family came to its rescue

In the ruins of Palisades fire, confronting my elusive Malibu life

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