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OTHER EDITIONS: Carson Times Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:41 AM PST Cancer weakened, but did not soften Christopher Hitchens. - 11:28 pm BAGHDAD (AP) â€" Nearly nine years after American troops stormed across the Iraq border in a blaze of... North Platte teen battles cancer Lexington Clipper-Herald Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:04 AM PST NORTH PLATTE - He won't be sipping eggnog or hanging with friends this Christmas. Instead, a North Platte teen will be fighting for his life. Lance Oltmanns is a 15-year-old sophomore at North Platte High School who is battling Stage Two Hodgkin's lymphoma. A's Bailey sets fund-raising event to help fight cancer The Philadelphia Inquirer Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:54 AM PST Andrew Bailey is encouraged by the response to his first local fund-raising event. The Paul VI graduate and two-time all-star relief pitcher for the Oakland A's will hold the Bailey Bowl on Jan. 7 at Pennsauken's Pinsetters Bowl & Bar. The evening will include bowling and dining, a silent auction, and the chance to mingle with athletes. Mill Valley man retains sunny outlook despite living with life-threatening skin cancer Marin Independent Journal Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:50 AM PST At the beginning of next month, Anders Norlin of Mill Valley will have his body scanned to determine if the cancerous tumor in his abdomen has grown, shrunk or remained the same size â€" a crucible he and his wife, Tes, endure twice a year. Lavished with a mother's gift of love San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:41 AM PST Dear Abby: After battling cancer, my beloved mother died. After the funeral, we looked through her room and saw an old jewelry box one of us had given her years ago. The latch was rusty, but we got it open. There was no... Cancer survival rates increase Sussex Express Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:25 AM PST CANCER survival rates have improved by 3.7 per cent across the South East in ten years, figures show. Cancer Patients Report Easier Recovery, Inner Strength and Renewed Optimism from 'Inner Engineering' Yoga and ... PRWeb Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:13 AM PST Isha Foundation Offers Scholarships for Cancer Survivors to Attend Program with Sadhguru in Houston in May (PRWeb December 25, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/12/prweb9063725.htm Sponsored by Derbyshire Times Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:12 AM PST This Christmas, World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is offering your readers the chance to remember loved ones lost to cancer with a Candle of Hope pin badge. West Nyack ballplayer goes to bat for boy with cancer The Journal News Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:37 PM PST St. Joseph Regional High School baseball player Corey Lerche, left, of West Nyack, will take part in a home run derby Tuesday and honor Sean DePatto, a 9-year-old Garnerville boy with leukemia. Cancer slows, but does not stop man’s work with Bible translators The Frederick News-Post Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:16 PM PST David Pennington's initial encounter with Wycliffe USA Bible translators in 2005 moved him to become a volunteer with the international organization, which works to translate the Bible into languages from around the world

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