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Fred Smith, health hazard?

Fred Smith bragged about his company's health care plans.

At the UNC-TV debate tonight, the Republican gubernatorial candidate talked about his businesses' efforts to stress medical testing for its workers.

He then told a story about one employee thanked him for it because he learned that he had high cholesterol during one of the rounds of testing.

Back in the press room, Dome's colleague, Greensboro reporter Mark Binker, wondered aloud how much high cholesterol Smith's statewide barbecue tour has caused in North Carolinians.

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