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'Faith, Hope, Healing and Strength'
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, women, cancer, survival )

Lone
- 57 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
BILLINGS, Mont. - In a celebration of life for those who survived cancer, as well as a time of somberness when remembering those who didn't, 50 Montana American Indian and local women received honorary shawls in a Pink Shawl Ceremony Oct. 2 to recognize
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Patrick Swayze Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer
Society & Culture  (tags: actor, dirty dancing, death, sadness, cancer )

Lone
- 98 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
updated 19 minutes ago Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. "Patrick Swayze
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Neighbor Who Stole From Cancer Patient Gets 4 Years, 9 Months in Prison
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, women, cancer, stealing, news, prison )

Lone
- 120 days ago - star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH -- Debilitated by breast cancer, Jody Short of Mansfield was grateful two years ago when a neighbor offered to help care for her after she came home from the hospital.
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Naomi Sims, the First Black Supermodel, Dies of Cancer at Age 61
Society & Culture  (tags: cancer, supermodel, dies, sadness, women )

Lone
- 139 days ago - nydailynews.com
Naomi Sims, the first black supermodel, died of cancer Saturday in Newark at age 61, the New York Times reports.
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Let's Do It - NOT!   video
Society & Culture  (tags: verichip, implants, cancer, RFID chips, social control, government control, surveillance technology, health, spying )

RC
- 507 days ago - youtube.com
The verichip is being pushed as a "lifesaving device," "security for you and your family" using catchwords designed to make us feel good about being catalogued and classified for the future. BEWARE the verichip.
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Students Honor Cancer Survivors
Society & Culture  (tags: cancer, good kids, death, interesting, women, GoodNews, treatment, health, children, study, news, GoodNews )

Kim
- 613 days ago - ksfy.com
Patrick Henry Middle School was filled with pink today in honor of cancer survivors and family members lost to cancer. The school put together a special "Wall of Hope" as part of a series of awareness events leading up to the 20th Annual Avera Race Again
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Rockefeller Law Victim Turned Activist Veronica Flournoy Dead at 39
Society & Culture  (tags: stopthedrugwar!, activists, Rockefeller laws, unjust, cancer, health, inmates, prison, drug law reform, politicians, lies, deceit, corruption, children, ethics, freedoms, government, humans, interesting, law, media, money, police, politics, rights, safety )

Barb
- 848 days ago - stopthedrugwar.org
Prison opened Flournoy's eyes to the injustice of the drug war, and she never forgot her fellow prisoners. Flournoy participated in rallies designed to pressure polticians to undo the Rockefeller laws and even consented to using her terminal illness in...
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