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Giants' Rookie: 'Take That, Cancer'

Rob Quinn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:29:55 CST

Rookie Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich is happier than most to be playing in the Super Bowl: “2 yrs ago I was told I might never walk again. Just WALKED off plane in Indy to play in the Super Bowl. Take That Sh*t Cancer," Herzlich tweeted after arriving in Indianapolis yesterday....

McMahon Has Pneumonia, Bone Cancer

Harry Kimball — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:34:01 CST

Ed McMahon has been hospitalized for almost a month with pneumonia, and was recently diagnosed with bone cancer, Entertainment Tonight reports. McMahon’s wife, Pam, has been with the sickly former Tonight Show sidekick, and her “deep faith is helping her through this difficult time,” a source said. McMahon, who is...

Bone Drug Reduces Breast Cancer Relapse

Harry Kimball — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:21:18 CDT

A drug designed to protect cancer patients' bones also renders breast cancer relapses less likely, a new study says. Funded in part by the drug's maker, Novartis, researchers found that even two injections of Zometa a year cut tumor recurrence by 35% in more than 1,800 pre-menopausal women.

Liz Claiborne Dead at 78

Peter Fearon — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:03:26 CDT

Designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles aimed at career women revolutionized everyday fashion sense in America and brought feminine new looks to the workplace, is dead at 78. She was the first woman founder of a Fortune 500 company. Claiborne died Tuesday in New York, after a lengthy battle with bone...

Largest Oil Spill in US Seeps Under Brooklyn

Dustin Lushing — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:54:25 CDT

Underneath the ground of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a dark blob of gasoline, solvents, and associated poisons that composes the biggest oil spill in US history. It's accumulated from a century's worth of smaller leaks and waste dumping, reports New York magazine, and ExxonMobil has quietly accepted the blame, but done...