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Obituaries in the news
article 2008-12-06 | Author: The Associated PressForrest 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 ......
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Edwards: Passion for health reform keeps me going
article 2008-10-05 | Author: Jocelyn NoveckElizabeth 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 ......
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Ailing Kennedy addresses Democratic convention
article 2008-08-26 | Author: Walter R. MearsHis 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 ......
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FBI investigates new attacks on Calif. scientists
article 2008-08-04 | Author: Marcus WohlsenThe 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 ......
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Sen. Kennedy returns home to sail following brain cancer surgery
article 2008-06-10 | Author: Glen JohnsonFresh 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 ......
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Costa, Ford and Burch are fashion's big winners
article 2008-06-03 | Author: Samantha CritchellFrancisco 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 ......
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Study: US children's cancer rates highest in Northeast, lowest in South, but still rare
article 2008-06-02 | Author: Lindsey TannerSurprising research suggests that childhood cancer. ......
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Bone-building drug Zometa fights breast cancer spread, may lead to wider use, doctors say
article 2008-06-01 | Author: Marilynn MarchioneA 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 ......
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Kennedy has major cancer bill in Senate
article 2008-05-27 | Author: Andrew MigaSen. 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 ......
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Ted Kennedy is found to have cancerous brain tumor
article 2008-05-21 | Author: Glen JohnsonFor 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 ......
