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sports.yahoo.com - 5/28/2008

Carano wants to be fighter first, star later - MMA - Yahoo! Sports

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LAS VEGAS There was a loud knock on the door and Gina Carano peered outside. Police officers were there. Suddenly, she got a queasy feeling in her stomach. Her heart sank. She was expecting the worst news possible. Her older sister, Casey, had been missing for six months, the direct result of a losing battle with the drugs Ecstasy and methamphetamine. She was anorexic, had drug-induced ...

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