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No overall increased cancer risk for those exposed to WTC site
A new study has some good news for people who lived or worked in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center – exposure to dust and debris from the fallen twin towers has not resulted in an overall...
Tags: Mesothelioma, American Medical Association, Environmental Issues, Thyroid cancer, Prostate
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Office workers trained in CPR make life-or-death difference
On the morning of July 10, attorney Jerald Gale was reading an e-mail in his office on the 20th floor of a Koreatown high-rise. That's the last thing the 58-year-old husband, father and avid cyclist remembers before losing consciousness. Gale's heart...
Tags: Heart Problems, Cardiologists, Lungs and Airways, Police Arrests, Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Frank Wilson dies at 71; Motown writer, producer
Motown's Frank Wilson wrote and produced hit records for such big names as the Supremes and the Temptations, but he was best known for a single recorded in Los Angeles that featured his own voice — and was never released. Copies of his "Do I Love...
Tags: England, Berry Gordy, Bunny (music group), The Temptations (music group), BBC
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Charles Rosen dies at 85; pianist wrote 'The Classical Style'
Charles Rosen, the renowned pianist and prolific writer whose award-winning book "The Classical Style" has been read by music students around the world, has died. He was 85. The New York-born musician had been suffering from cancer and died Sunday...
Tags: Authors, Barack Obama, Princeton University, Human Interest, Music
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Screenings to help treat the right cancers
Cancer is running out of places to hide. A new blood test can ferret out a single cancer cell tucked away among a billion healthy cells. Radiologists are using crystal-clear 3-D mammograms to find suspicious spots and lumps that they never could have seen...
Tags: Blood, Health Treatments, Medical Procedures and Tests, Radiology, Arizona State University
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William Raspberry dies at 76; prize-winning columnist
William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and one of the most widely read black journalists of his generation, has died. He was 76.
Raspberry, who had prostate cancer, died Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C.,...Tags: News Media, Periodicals, Gun Control, Journalism, The Washington Post
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'Onion Field' cop killer dead at 79
L.A. NOWGregory U. Powell, who kidnapped two Los Angeles police officers in 1963 and killed one of them, has died, the California Department of Corrections said. He was 79.... -
Joseph Wambaugh: 'Onion Field' killer a 'conscienceless sociopath'
L.A. NOW'Onion Field' killer dead at 79: Joseph Wambaugh, who chronicled the killing of a Los Angeles police officer in the onion fields of Kern County, said there are "no third acts" Gregora Ulas Powell, the hardened, small-time criminal who earned infamy half a... -
Onion Field killer's death brings closure for LAPD, chief says
L.A. NOWThe dramatic killing of LAPD Officer Ian Campbell in a Kern County onion field left a deep and lasting impression on the Los Angeles Police Department and changed the way officers were trained.... -
The Siren's Call: Cellular Situations
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCancer lends itself to the realms of myth. Siddhartha Mukherjee gave the disease some regal treatment in the title of his prize-winning book "The Emperor of All Maladies," but cancer's no emperor. It's a beast. Where actual mythological monsters are...Tags: Authors, Nick Owchar, Oxford (Talbot, Maryland), Diseases and Illnesses, Injuries and Wounds
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Joseph Wambaugh on 'Onion Field' killer (Google+ Hangout)
L.A. NOWGregory U. Powell, who kidnapped two Los Angeles police officers in 1963 and killed one of them, has died, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. He was 79. The Times will host a Google+ Hangout at 3 p.m....... -
Ben Davidson dies at 72; Oakland Raider, fixture in beer commercials
Ben Davidson, an iconic face of the 1960s-era Oakland Raiders and later a popular fixture in Miller Lite TV commercials, has died. He was 72.
Davidson, who had been receiving treatment for prostate cancer, died Monday night, former Raiders coach John...Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, AFC West, Robert Altman, Washington Huskies, John Madden
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