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Dentists turn Halloween candy into treats for troops

Dentists and Halloween candy usually do not mix. But about two dozen Long Island dentists are offering a new spin on the holiday - "buying back" trick-or-treat sweets for $1 a pound and sending them to American troops overseas.

The buyback program benefits Operation Gratitude, a Van Nuys, Calif.-based nonprofit that supplies troop care packages. Long Island participants include dentists and...

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