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Bronx resident earns spotlight in Reader's Digest

A Bronx man has been thrown into the spotlight after being selected by Reader's Digest as the winner of its Life's Best Stories challenge. Erik Zeidler won for his tale about a snake bite that changed

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Mar 13, 2012, 1:20 PM

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