Cancer survival improves as lung cancer deaths ease for women
The national cancer report shows death rates falling 1.1 percent annually since 1993 and new cancer cases easing about 0.5 percent yearly. Female lung cancer diagnoses and deaths have begun to decline, while five year survival rises for prostate, colon, kidney, melanoma, leukemia, and breast cancers, though lung cancer remains the deadliest with limited early screening.
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Washington
Cancer
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
Brenda Edwards
NCI
Modest fashions gain traction as girls push stores
Eleven year old Ella Gunderson urged Nordstrom to offer varied fashions for young shoppers after complaining about low cut styles. Fashion editors say a gentler, modest look is rising, with higher waistlines, lower hemlines and layered outfits gaining appeal as a new feminine trend.
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Redmond
Wash
Nordstrom
Ella Gunderson
Ella
Britney Spears
Gigi Solis Schanen
Seventeen Magazine
Schanen
Broward union leader convicted of racketeering fraud
Walter J. Browne, head of a Broward County local of the National Federation of Public and Private Employees, was found guilty on federal charges including racketeering conspiracy and fraud for taking payoffs and spending dues on lavish meals, junkets, and cars. Prosecutor Lawrence LaVecchio said he bled the union dry.
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Miami
South Florida
Walter J. Browne
Broward County
National Federation of Public and Private Employees
Lawrence LaVecchio
Son accused of stealing police car in Florida
A police officer's son, 20, stole his father's patrol car in the early hours and used it to pull over his ex girlfriend, Tabitha McKenzie, who is pregnant with his child. He had earlier harassed her with more than a dozen calls before stealing the keys while his father slept. McKenzie alerted her family. her stepfather arrived and the suspect returned the vehicle.
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Auburndale
Fla
Richard Melius
Lakeland
Mark Melius
Tabitha McKenzie
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
McKenzie
Melius
Planes Searched After Bomb Threat At Two Airports
Authorities evacuated 19 passengers from American Airlines Flight 4543 at Philadelphia International Airport after a telephoned bomb threat. The plane and a Boston flight were searched. nothing was found and passengers were rescreened.
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Philadelphia
Boston
American Airlines
Philadelphia International
Mark Pesce
Pesce
Capitan Mountains blaze grows fire threats cabins loss
A Capitan Mountains fire jumped containment lines with a late day spot fire on the northeast flank as temperatures rose. Fire crews protected private property in the Capitan Gap area while 12 cabins and several outbuildings were destroyed.
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Capitan, N.M
Capitan Mountains
Jackie Denk
Capitan Gap
Denk
Houdini Exhibit Sparks Magician Ethics Debate
In Appleton Wisconsin the Outagamie Museum opened an Houdini theme exhibit revealing escape methods including a side panel in a trunk. Magicians object citing ethics while museum insists the info is already documented and that the display enhances appreciation. The collection features a straitjacket jail cell and 38 artifacts with a backstage area showing how tricks were done.
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David Copperfield
Ronald “Rondini
Lindberg
Houdini
Appleton
Defense portrays Peterson case as flimsy murder claims
Redwood City California AP Scott Petersons defense lawyer Mark Geragos attacked the case as circumstantial saying there is evidence his son was born alive He contradicted prosecutors portrayal of him as a liar who carried out a murder over an affair with Amber Frey Geragos argued the case hinges on evidence and offered innocent explanations for Peters ons behavior He noted only a few dates with Frey and suggested he did not want a child or a relationship with Laci
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Redwood City
Calif
Scott Peterson
Mark Geragos
Rick Distaso
Peterson
Amber Frey
Nant
Laci
Geragos
Frey
Scott
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