LOS ANGELES | Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:02pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Want a piece of the action with Don Draper?

Emmy-award winning TV show "Mad Men" is offering a walk-on role in the 1960s advertising drama in a charity auction that will partly benefit lung cancer treatment and research.

The 10-day auction, which starts on Thursday on eBay at 3.ly/madmen, is a unique twist on the smoking seen in "Mad Men", which meticulously recreates the...

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By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES | Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:35am EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cathy Jamison wants a pool in her absurdly tiny garden. She has just been diagnosed with terminal stage 4 melanoma, and she wants that pool. Now.

Cathy, played by award-winning actress Laura Linney, is an uptight suburban teacher with an immature husband and a brat for a son. She is also the lead character in America's first TV comedy about cancer.

But the "The Big...

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BBC News
17:24 GMT, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 18:24 UK

A specialist cancer unit for teenage patients has been opened by the Duchess of York in Newcastle.

Sarah Ferguson's daughters Eugenie and Beatrice also visited the unit at the city's Great North Children's Hospital.

It is the result of a £1.7m charity effort and replaces the existing centre which opened in 1998.

The duchess, who was joined for the opening by X Factor winner Joe McElderry,...

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CNN
May 16th, 2010
06:56 PM ET

Heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio died Sunday morning after a battle with stomach cancer, his wife announced.

"Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45 a.m. 16th May," Wendy Dio said in a message posted on his official website.

Dio, 67, followed Ozzy Osbourne as Black Sabbath's lead vocalist in 1979.

"Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before...

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By Madison Park, CNN
May 10, 2010 8:10 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- A California bill may soon create a living donor registry -- the first for any state.

Spurred by Apple co-founder and transplant recipient Steve Jobs, the bill has gained support from major politicos, including California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and is expected to land on his desk this summer.

Meanwhile, on the East Coast, a far more sweeping transplant bill would make every person an organ...

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