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Apr 12, 2009 8:43 AM CDT

Ginsburg Shows No Signs of Slowing Down

Symposium celebrates 'midpoint' of justice's career

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has shown no signs of slowing, despite cancer surgery in February: Since then, she's attended every Supreme Court session, written more opinions than all but one other justice, and raised plenty of questions from the bench. A symposium celebrating Ginsburg’s service almost seemed designed to quash...

Dungeons & Dragons
Co-Creator Dead at 61

obituary

Apr 10, 2009 1:20 PM CDT

Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dead at 61

(Newser) - Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. His D&D collaborator, Gary Gygax, died in March 2008. Though the two engaged in much legal wrangling over their property, they resolved their dispute in the 1980s. Arneson, who enjoyed a second career as an...

Fawcett Out of Hospital

Apr 9, 2009 9:29 PM CDT

Fawcett Out of Hospital

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett is out of the hospital and back home again, People reports. The 62-year-old actress, who's suffering from anal cancer, had been admitted more than a week ago because of internal bleeding not directly related to the cancer. With her pain subsiding, she left today with longtime companion Ryan...

Farrah Fawcett
'Critical' in
LA Hospital

Apr 5, 2009 5:29 AM CDT

Farrah Fawcett 'Critical' in LA Hospital

Ryan O'Neal at bedside of unconscious actress

(Newser) - Actress Farrah Fawcett is in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital in her latest battle with cancer, friends tell Radar. The 62-year-old former Charlie's Angel, initially diagnosed in 2006, has undergone chemotherapy as well as recent stem cell treatment in Germany. Long-time love Ryan O'Neal and their son, Redmond,...

Michelle Visits Cancer Patients

Apr 1, 2009 11:07 AM CDT

Michelle Visits Cancer Patients

First Lady will sit with JK Rowling at dinner tonight

(Newser) - Michelle Obama spent the morning visiting a cancer center in London with Sarah Brown, the Guardian reports. The trip is the first in a number of engagements the first ladies will share—including a dinner for spouses of leaders tonight at 10 Downing Street, where Michelle will be seated next...

Cop Who Harassed NFL Player Apologizes

Mar 27, 2009 6:11 PM CDT

Cop Who Harassed NFL Player Apologizes

(Newser) - A Dallas police officer who pulled out a gun on an NFL running back rushing to see his dying mother-in-law apologized today, the Dallas Morning News reports. "I wish to publicly and sincerely apologize to the Moats family... and to all those who have been rightfully angered by my...

Eating Red Meat Daily
Raises Death Risk: Study

Mar 24, 2009 3:35 AM CDT

Eating Red Meat Daily Raises Death Risk: Study

Experts say cutting red meat consumption could save many lives

(Newser) - Daily consumption of red meat has been linked to higher mortality rates in the most comprehensive study on the subject ever made, the Washington Post reports. Researchers studied more than 500,000 middle-aged and elderly Americans and found that those who consumed 4 ounces of red meat a day were...

Jade-Isms
Recalled:
'Thatcher—
Ain't She a
Prostitute?'

Mar 23, 2009 1:29 PM CDT

Jade-Isms Recalled: 'Thatcher— Ain't She a Prostitute?'

Controversial star was oft-quoted

(Newser) - Jade Goody, the reality star who stirred up controversy—and then won the hearts of many during her public battle with cervical cancer—died yesterday. The Mirror remembers some of her most well-known quotes:

“Has Greece got its own moon?”
“Sherlock Holmes invented toilets.”
“Margaret Thatcher—

...

Jade Tributes Roll,
Funeral Planned

Mar 23, 2009 11:47 AM CDT

Jade Tributes Roll, Funeral Planned

From prime minister to a prince, tributes flood in

(Newser) - Tributes for Jade Goody are pouring in from all corners of the world, and the buildup of flowers outside her Essex home has some comparing her to “a kind of Princess D from the wrong side of the tracks,” the Telegraph reports. Among those mourning the reality TV...

OK! Prints
Jade Tribute
—but She's
Not Dead

Mar 17, 2009 12:42 PM CDT

OK! Prints Jade Tribute —but She's Not Dead

Gossip rag runs death issue while reality star lives

(Newser) - OK! magazine jumped the proverbial gun today with the release of an issue “in loving memory” of British reality-TV star Jade Goody—who is still alive, the Guardian reports. The edition bills itself as the "official tribute issue 1981-2009," containing photos and recollections of Goody along with...

Don Imus Diagnosed
With Prostate Cancer

Mar 16, 2009 10:00 AM CDT

Don Imus Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Radio host tells audience of diagnosis

(Newser) - Shock-jock Don Imus, best known for stirring near-universal ire with his "nappy-headed hos" comment, announced on-air this morning that he has stage 2 prostate cancer, WCBS-TV in New York reports. Imus, 68, voiced confidence that "his doctors will beat it," Fox News reports, and speculated that the...

Priest Visits Dying Jade
at Home

UPDATED

Mar 15, 2009 4:35 PM CDT

Priest Visits Dying Jade at Home

'Just a matter of when' for reality star in 'coma-like state'

(Newser) - A priest visited Jane Goody today as her publicist warned that "it's just a matter of when" for the dying British reality TV star, PerezHilton.com reports. "She is unconscious a lot of the time, almost in a coma-like state," the rep went on. "She comes...

Goody Goes Home to Die

Mar 11, 2009 9:27 AM CDT

Goody Goes Home to Die

(Newser) - Cancer-stricken reality star Jade Goody left her London hospital and returned home today, the Mail reports. New husband Jack Tweed, as well as a nurse from the hospital, accompanied her. Goody, who has only weeks to live, wants to die at home and was “thrilled” at the prospect of...

Surgeons
Remove
6 Organs to
Save Girl, 7

Mar 10, 2009 1:53 PM CDT

Surgeons Remove 6 Organs to Save Girl, 7

Child has six vital organs removed so doctors can find a cancerous tumor

(Newser) - A smiling 7-year-old was released from a New York hospital today after surgeons undertook a rare, high-risk operation to save her life, USA Today reports. The operation, performed last month, called for surgeons to temporarily remove her stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver and large and small intestines in order to reach...

'Chanting' Intruder With Hammer Frightens Goody

Mar 9, 2009 9:30 AM CDT

'Chanting' Intruder With Hammer Frightens Goody

Jacko offers support; possible movie in talks

(Newser) - A hammer-wielding woman was arrested after sneaking into the London hospital room of dying reality-TV star Jade Goody yesterday, the Mail reports. Goody, whose husband had stepped out momentarily, awoke to the intruder “chanting and praying” over her. “Jade was very, very frightened and she screamed,” her...

Why a Dying TV Star
Became a Phenom

OPINION

Mar 9, 2009 8:14 AM CDT

Why a Dying TV Star Became a Phenom

Goody's death offers reality in an immaterial world: Bunting

(Newser) - A poll last week found that, after Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela, the public figure Britons most respected was Jade Goody—the British reality TV star dying, very publicly, of cervical cancer. Once dismissed as racist and ignorant, Goody has become "a parable of modern-day redemption," writes Guardian ...

Obama Stem Cell Order Won't Cover All Embryo Research

Mar 9, 2009 4:33 AM CDT

Obama Stem Cell Order Won't Cover All Embryo Research

Stem cell order will not tell Congress to allow creation of new lines

(Newser) - Barack Obama is set to lift the Bush administration's restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, but his announcement today won't cover all such experiments, the New York Times reports. The president's action will allow scientists to do research using existing stem cell lines, and those embryos left over...

Now is Kennedy's Chance
for Health Reform

Mar 8, 2009 6:45 PM CDT

Now is Kennedy's Chance for Health Reform

'Stars are better aligned' with friendly president, business community

(Newser) - Recent praise of Ted Kennedy has “the feeling of a grand farewell,” but don't bury the cancer-stricken senator just yet, Eleanor Clift writes in Newsweek. Far from it—the liberal lion is "burning up the phone lines" as the third and best shot at enacting his cherished...

Goody Christened
in 'Final Goodbye'

Mar 7, 2009 9:21 AM CST

Goody Christened in 'Final Goodbye'

Cancer patient Jade Goody in 'emotional service' with sons

(Newser) - Terminally ill British reality star Jade Goody was christened today along with her sons in a ceremony at a London hospital chapel, the BBC reports. The “very pale and fragile” Goody had a “smile and a kiss for everyone” at the “very short and emotional service,”...

Edwards Tells Elizabeth 'It's My Kid': Enquirer

Mar 4, 2009 11:11 AM CST

Edwards Tells Elizabeth 'It's My Kid': Enquirer

Concerned ex-lover will go public, Edwards cops to love child first

(Newser) - John Edwards has come clean to his wife about the baby he fathered with ex-mistress Rielle Hunter, reports the National Enquirer (the publication that broke the news of the affair). Hunter has been “edgy” over cancer-stricken Elizabeth Edwards’ upcoming book, and the tabloid says John’s confession is an...