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Hopkins 'Dream Team' Gives Hope To Cancer PatientsFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 3:00PMThere are just five "Stand Up to Cancer Dream Teams" across the nation and Baltimore has one of them. That's critical for cancer patients in Maryland who are benefitting from breakthrough research.

Roger Ebert to review movies for public televisionFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 3:00PMFilm critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak and eat after cancer surgeries, said Friday that he is returning to television on a movie review show that he is producing for public television.

ISS Recommends That Response Genetics Shareholders Vote Management’s Gold Proxy Card to Re-Elect Experienced DirectorsFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:57PMLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX) (the “Company” or “RGI”) announced today that Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), the nation’s leading voting advisory service, has recommended that shareholders vote in favor of substantially all of the Company’s board nominees at RGI’s annual meeting of shareholders, scheduled for September 21, 2010. ISS recommends ...

Komen takes breast cancer battle on the roadFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:55PMBIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure is again taking the Komen on the Go education and outreach program around the country. Friday at Miles College, students got a chance to seek a big pink trailer on campus.

COLUMN: Canada cashes in on exporting deathFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:55PMCanada is a killer. Despite our reputation as a peaceful, peacekeeping nation, the victims of the carnage we cause number in the thousands – actually tens of thousands – every year.

Law and tobacco control in Sri LankaFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:53PMIn his groundbreaking book The Legal Heritage of Sri Lanka (1999) Justice A R B Amerasinghe, a former Judge of the Supreme Court felt impelled to declare: “...I deal with the destruction of the traditional techniques of dispute resolution at some length because it is necessary to understand why the adversarial system introduced by the British has progressively brought the administration of ...

Former Vassar President DiesFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:51PMVirginia B. Smith, an influential former president of Vassar College, noted for raising faculty salaries and recruiting minority students, has died in Alamo, Calif. at age 87.

Iran to Release Sarah Shourd TonightFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:50PMOne of the UC Berkeley grads will be released, according to Iran. 2009 detention of American hikers by Iran - United States - Iran - University of California - California

Roger Ebert reviving his 'At the Movies' program on PBS: reportFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:47PMAmerican film critic Roger Ebert announced Friday he will revive his “At the Movies" program on public television -- where it first aired. The film review program will be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) starting January 2011 after it ran for 24 seasons on ABC. The last episode...