steve marcus/Associated Press University of Nevada Las Vegas student Alicia Karau is shown with her "C-leg," a computer-controlled prosthetic leg, at her Las Vegas apartment on Feb. 9. Karau performed as a dancer and actress before she lost her leg to cancer.

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High-tech leg gives woman hope she'll dance one day

• By ncs-import
• February 20, 2005