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• Obituaries in the news

  article 2008-12-06  |  Author: The Associated Press
  Forrest J AckermanLOS ANGELES (AP) — Forrest J Ackerman, the sometime actor, literary agent and magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited with coining the term "sci-fi," died Thursday. He was 92.Ackerman died of heart failure at his Los Angeles ......

• Edwards: Passion for health reform keeps me going

  article 2008-10-05  |  Author: Jocelyn Noveck
  Elizabeth Edwards said Saturday that her passion for reforming the nation's health care system has been "a great refuge" for her during the recent turmoil over her husband's extramarital affair.Edwards, who has incurable breast cancer, also said medical tests this week showed that her condition hadn't worsened since ......

• Ailing Kennedy addresses Democratic convention

  article 2008-08-26  |  Author: Walter R. Mears
  His voice firm, his wave familiar, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told a cheering Democratic National Convention Monday night that his is "a season of hope" for an era of justice and fair prosperity with the election of Barack Obama as president.Kennedy spoke of the future and said he means to ......

• FBI investigates new attacks on Calif. scientists

  article 2008-08-04  |  Author: Marcus Wohlsen
  The FBI is investigating two firebombings targeting scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as the latest in a rash of attacks against biomedical researchers who experiment on animals, authorities said.One scientist and his family, including two small children, were forced to flee from a second-story window ......

• Sen. Kennedy returns home to sail following brain cancer surgery

  article 2008-06-10  |  Author: Glen Johnson
  Fresh from his hospitalization for an aggressive surgery on a cancerous brain tumor, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy announced it was "good to be home" at his family's Massachusetts compound Monday and headed out for a sail.Kennedy left the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, on Monday morning and ......

• Costa, Ford and Burch are fashion's big winners

  article 2008-06-03  |  Author: Samantha Critchell
  Francisco Costa, Tom Ford and Tory Burch were the big winners at Monday night's Council of Fashion Designer of America awards, the industry's top honor.Costa, designer for Calvin Klein, was beckoned to the podium by actress Eva Mendes, who had presented the prize alongside Victoria Beckham and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Each ......

• Study: US children's cancer rates highest in Northeast, lowest in South, but still rare

  article 2008-06-02  |  Author: Lindsey Tanner
  Surprising research suggests that childhood cancer. ......

• Bone-building drug Zometa fights breast cancer spread, may lead to wider use, doctors say

  article 2008-06-01  |  Author: Marilynn Marchione
  A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease.It is the first large study to affirm wider anti-cancer hopes for Zometa and other ......

• Kennedy has major cancer bill in Senate

  article 2008-05-27  |  Author: Andrew Miga
  Sen. Edward Kennedy's battle with a malignant brain tumor is likely to put a dramatic personal stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40 years ago: The nation's war on cancer.Kennedy had already begun work on an overhaul of the 1971 National Cancer Act when his tumor ......

• Ted Kennedy is found to have cancerous brain tumor

  article 2008-05-21  |  Author: Glen Johnson
  For much of his life, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has taken on the role of caregiver, watching over his extended family after tragedies, pushing for sweeping health care, retirement and education legislation, answering the phone to field the concerns of a constituent.Now he is the one in need after being ......