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Lana Backman

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
72
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Sep 30, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Eagle 106.9/107.5
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Written by Lana Backman

    Mom's Would Do Anything for Their Sons (opens the original)

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    A mother wants her adult son to experience love and intimacy, but he’s never had the opportunity. What can she do? For some families, the answer is to call Saurora Grace. Grace, 31, says she has worked as a sex surrogate for three years and has been hired more than 500 times. Her clients include men and women ranging from 21 to 80. Some were born with disabilities; others are living with injuries, including paralysis, that have changed their relationships and sex lives. Speaking to The Sun, Grac

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Written by Lana Backman

    A Night Of Passion Almost Turns Deadly (opens the original)

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    A Liverpool couple weighing a combined 1,000 pounds miraculously survived after their bedroom floor caved in during an intense night together, sending them plunging three stories down. The pair and their bed tore straight through multiple apartment floors before crashing through a wall into the basement laundry room. Emergency crews rushed to the 250-year-old building and managed to pull the lovers out, who somehow escaped with only minor injuries despite half the structure collapsing around the

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Written by Lana Backman

    The Anti-Rape Device (opens the original)

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    How far should a person be able to go to protect themselves from sexual assault? That question put South African inventor Sonette Ehlers and her proposed device, the Rape-aXe, at the center of a heated debate. Ehlers designed the device to be worn internally. It contained small hooks intended to catch an attacker during penetration, causing pain and making the device difficult to remove without medical help. Her aim was to interrupt an assault, give the victim a chance to escape and potentially

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Written by Lana Backman

    Everything We Know About The Extinction Of Dinosaurs Is Wrong! (opens the original)

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    For years, the dinosaur extinction story went like this: an asteroid hit, dust blocked the sun, plants died, and the food chain collapsed. But new research suggests there was a terrifying first chapter: Earth may have burned before it went dark. Superheated debris from the impact fell back through the atmosphere, sending intense heat toward the ground. Animals caught out in the open were especially vulnerable, while those that could hide underground or shelter in water had a better shot at survi

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Written by Lana Backman

    Millipedes Were Earth’s First Cleanup Crew (opens the original)

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    Millipedes may have been crawling on land nearly 460 million years ago, more than 80 million years before vertebrates arrived and long before dinosaurs, trees or flowering plants. Researchers completed the first evolutionary family tree covering every living millipede order by combining DNA from modern species with evidence from fossils. It suggests millipedes are about 35 million years older than their oldest known fossils. Millipedes evolved the ability to release irritating or toxic chemicals

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