Ahmed Abu Laban, 60, Denmark imam
Boston Globe - Abu Laban died late Thursday at the Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen after battling lung cancer, said a spokesman for the Islamic Faith Community. A Palestinian immigrant who became Denmark’s leading imam, Mr. Abu Laban entered the international
Series MVP Burdette dead at 80
Chicago Sun-Times - Lew Burdette , MVP of the 1957 World Series when he pitched the Milwaukee Braves to their only championship, died Tuesday. He was 80. Burdette had been ill for an extended period with lung cancer. Family members were with him when he died at home
New no-smoking frontier: condos and apartments
Christian Science Monitor - There really is no evidence that even a fleeting whiff of cigarette smoke will give you lung cancer, but that’s how proponents of these policies seem to be advancing their cause,” says Jacob Sullum, senior editor at Reason Magazine, who
Texas Gov. Urged Against Cancer Order
CBS News - If the medical community developed a vaccine for lung cancer, would the same critics oppose it claiming it would encourage smoking?” Perry has ordered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules requiring Merck & Co.’s new Gardasil
JR s Big Tip
Bay Weekly - Last November, the 60-year-old Hvizda was diagnosed with both lung cancer and a brain tumor. Surgeries and treatments have cost more than medical insurance covers. So the community banded together to fill the gap. First came the hearts, each
Lew Burdette, 80; hurled Braves to title
Boston Globe - WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Lew Burdette, MVP of the 1957 World Series when he pitched the Milwaukee Braves past the New York Yankees to their only championship, died yesterday. He was 80. He had lung cancer. Mr. Burdette, who came to the Boston Braves
Congressman Norwood coming home; won’t resign office
Athens Banner-Herald - AUGUSTA - Congressman Charlie Norwood said Wednesday he is leaving Washington and returning home to Augusta to receive hospice care, foregoing further treatment for lung cancer that has spread to his liver. John Stone, a spokesman for the seven-term