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Local News Digest SouthtownStar Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:01 AM PDT MERRIONETTE PARKBenefit for sheriff's officer A benefit will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at 115 Bourbon Street, 3359 W. 115th St., for a Cook County sheriff's police sergeant who's fighting breast cancer. Jill Sitasz-Wermes, 42, of Chicago's Garfield Ridge community, had surgery in 2009 and faces large medical bills, her brother, James Minor, said Friday. Tickets for "Jill's Fight Like a Girl ... Mudgal's voice creates magic at cancer patients' fundraiser Calcutta News Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:00 AM PDT Ragas gave a healing touch at the Chinmaya Mission auditorium here when renowned classical singer Shubha Mudgal rendered verses of Kabir at a fundraiser for cancer patients. West Covina Chili's seeking donations for cancer awareness San Gabriel Valley Tribune Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:00 AM PDT September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and to help raise money and awareness for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Chili's Grill and Bar Restaurant West Covina, 2929 E. Garvey Ave., is hosting the Create-A-Pepper promotion and Donate Profits Day. Final numbers in for Relay for Life Williston Herald Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:55 AM PDT The Upper Missouri Relay for Life surpassed its fundraising goal in the fight against cancer. Skin cancer rates 'higher' in North Down U TV Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:43 AM PDT Skin cancer rates in North Down are more than double those in other parts of Northern Ireland the Public Health Agency said, and the organisation is warning of the need to use suncream and avoid sunbeds. Japanese animated film director Kon dies at 46 Detroit Free Press Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:37 AM PDT Acclaimed Japanese animated film director Satoshi Kon, known for "Tokyo Godfathers," ''Millennium Actress" and other prize-winning movies, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 46. Skin cancer rates highest in North down U TV Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:28 AM PDT Skin cancer rates in North Down are more than double those in other parts of Northern Ireland the Public Health Agency said as the organisation warns of the need to use suncream and avoid sunbeds . Starry Night: American Cancer Society benefit at Trump National Golf Club Daily Record Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:20 AM PDT On May 22, The American Cancer Society hosted the Starry Night Gala at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. What you're saying Detroit Free Press Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:15 AM PDT I also had endometrial cancer (Susan Ager's "Close Call, Grateful Patient," 6/27) It has been two years now since my diagnosis. I had the traditional (surgery and) felt weak and tired for about five weeks, but I healed well without complications. I was also informed I was cured. Thank you for going public. We hear about breast cancer all the time, but other cancers can kill us too. Hospital at centre of cancer misdiagnosis scandals makes secret payouts to patients Daily Telegraph Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:08 AM PDT A hospital has made secret compensation payouts to victims of misdiagnosis in a scandal over "botched" cancer care.

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