Breakdown of Deaths by Specific Cancers
San Francisco Gate - Here is a look at the most common cancers and the deaths they caused in 2003. Lung cancer: men, 89,964; women, 68,122 Colon, rectum cancer: men, 28,007; women, 27,951. Breast: men, 380; women, 41,620. Prostate: men, 29,554
Update 1: Obituaries in the News
Forbes - POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) - Laurel Hester, a cancer-stricken law enforcement officer who fought to ensure that her pension benefits would be extended to her longtime domestic partner, died Saturday according to her partner. She was 49. Hester was a
‘Good Night’ makes the list
Cleburne Times-Review - THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.) Of the five movies nominated for Best Picture this year, one stands out as a film that should be required viewing for everyone. To call Good Night, and Good Luck a cautionary tale is beyond understatement. The
What price to save a life?
Baltimore Sun - When it was reported last week that a California drugmaker planned to charge as much as $100,000 per year for an experimental cancer treatment simply because it could, policymakers and medical ethicists suddenly came down with a severe case of
News briefs from California
Monterey County Herald - SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former real estate broker who pleaded guilty to selling condominiums illegally in Huntington Beach has received at least a temporary reprieve from being sentenced. Phil Benson, 73, of Hayden, Idaho, was facing immediate arrest
Politics Notebook for Feb. 19
Baton Rouge Advocate - The Louisiana Board of Ethics imposed its first fines for violations of the law requiring reporting of federal hurricane relief business dealings by elected officials and their kinfolks. But it suspended the fines for late filing of the required