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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Epilogue: No longer a victim, woman learns from attack, is stronger for it
- By MARGARET REIST / Lincoln Journal Star
- Mar 14, 2011
- Mar 14, 2011 Updated Mar 21, 2011
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By MARGARET REIST / Lincoln Journal Star
Fourteen years ago, Heidi Hess was attacked by an itinerant comic and became part of a national story. She didn't like being a victim then, she says, and hasn't been one since.
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