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A firearms expert says it's possible, but saline implants aren't bulletproof vests A Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon says a woman's size-D breast implants might have saved her life when a gunman opened fire at her office. Lydia Carranza was working at the Simi Valley dental office July 1 when her co-worker, the gunman's wife, was shot and killed. Carranza was just a few feet away. She survived a gunshot to the chest, but the the bullet left a scar and deflated the implant. "She's just one lucky woman," Dr. Ashkan Ghavami told the LA Times. "I saw the CT scan....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- An extradition hearing for a California woman who allegedly poisoned her Marine husband was postponed Wednesday in West Palm Beach. Authorities said Cynthia Sommer killed her husband to get money for breast enhancements and a more luxurious lifestyle. Before arsenic was found in her husband's body, she was left a $250,000 lump-sum payment from Todd Sommer's life insurance policy and a $6,000 death gratuity. She also was to get nearly $1,900 a month from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office told the judge that an extradition warrant has not been...