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Parting Shot — 7.16.09

ORG XMIT: PAGP111 Double hand transplant recipient Jeff Kepner, 57, of Atlanta, Ga., left, lifts one of his transplanted hands while wife Valerie, center, and Dr. Joseph Imbriglia look on during a news conference at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh on Thursday, July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene Puskar / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: PAGP111 Double hand transplant recipient Jeff Kepner, 57, of Atlanta, Ga., left, lifts one of his transplanted hands while wife Valerie, center, and Dr. Joseph Imbriglia look on during a news conference at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh on Thursday, July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene Puskar / The Spokesman-Review)

Double hand transplant recipient Jeff Kepner, 57, of Atlanta, Ga., left, lifts one of his transplanted hands while wife Valerie, center, and Dr. Joseph Imbriglia look on during a news conference at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Story here. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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