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Freeman reporter Schweitzer dies at 44 after battling cancer Kingston Daily Freeman Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:00 PM PDT KINGSTON â€" Blaise Schweitzer, a reporter for the Freeman since 1987, died on Friday at Benedictine Hospital. He was 44. Single Mom's Big Heart Pays Off FOX 5 New York Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:55 PM PDT A trip to the supermarket paid off for a struggling single mother with a big heart. Cynthia Glenn took in her brother's children after he died of cancer. Watch the report from Fox 5's Christina Park (video, left). Medal of Honor Vet and WWII Hero Passes Away FOX 13 Utah Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:54 PM PDT ROY, Utah - Veterans and others in Utah are mourning the loss of one of the most decorated war heros in the nation. 84-year-old George E. Wahlen of Roy, Died of lung cancer this morning. Isotope shortage to affect Edmonton Edmonton Sun Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:53 PM PDT Thousands of Edmonton patients seeking certain cancer and organ tests may find the supply has run dry this summer. Family says prayer cured son’s cancer; U.S. priest’s sainthood sought Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:51 PM PDT Ryan Blute prayed and recovered from cancer, but he also was treated with interferon therapy. Volunteers arrested to raise money for cancer research WVVA Bluefield Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:49 PM PDT Relay for Life volunteers arrested more than fifty people to help raise money for cancer research. The citizens were brought to Pirates Island Paradise in Welch and they were not released until a ransom At 96, she's a survivor The Brantford Expositor Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:43 PM PDT It has been more than 60 years, but the fear Alice Wood said she felt when she was diagnosed with cancer is still vivid in her memory. It was the mid-1940s when Wood, then a young mother of five children, the oldest among them 12, learned she had cervical cancer.[...] Hawaii cancer researcher gets national award Honolulu Advertiser Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:41 PM PDT Dana-Lynn Koomoa, a junior researcher at the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i, is one of 11 young scientists in the nation who were selected to receive a 2009 Young Investigator Award from the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. Kaiser debuts new Cancer Treatment Center in South San Francisco San Mateo County Times Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:39 PM PDT The facility is expected to treat as many as 1,000 patients per year. Parole hearing scheduled for Manson follower Susan Atkins Los Angeles Times Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:36 PM PDT The convicted murderer, who has terminal cancer, may get one last chance for a 'compassionate release' from state prison. Last year, doctors diagnosed Susan Atkins with terminal cancer, prompting a failed bid by the Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer to receive a "compassionate release" from state prison.

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