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WATCH: Child Cancer Patients Sing Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Stronger’

Whatever you think, you’re probably not as tough as these kids.

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‘You Were a Beaut’: The Most Touching Tweets About Adam Yauch’s Passing

Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys’ rapper known as MCA, inspired innumerable musicians over his career. The humbling tributes flowed in when he died Friday at 47 after a two-year battle with cancer.

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Bride Accused of Faking Cancer to Receive Wedding Donations

The honeymoon is over for Jessica Vega, a 25-year-old woman who has been charged with lying about being terminally ill in order to collect up to $20,000 worth of goods and services for her May 2010 wedding.

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Reading While Eating for April 2: Joke’s on You

Monday’s links recap April Fools’ Day and check out the science behind laughter.

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‘The Tutu Project’: Donning Pink Frills to Fight Breast Cancer

Forget pink ribbons. Photographer Bob Carey put on a pink tutu in an effort to raise money for breast-cancer charities.

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Tearjerker Alert: Woman Induces Labor So Dying Husband Can Meet His Child

Mark Aulger passed away on Jan. 23, surrounded by his family, his new baby in his arms.

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Cancer Campaigners Push for a Bald Barbie Doll

Nursing and medicine have been two of Barbie’s many careers. Now a group is campaigning for her to take on the opposite role — that of a cancer patient who has lost her hair

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Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011): A Career in Quotes

After an arduous fight with esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens — journalist, writer, intellectual and prominent atheist — died Thursday at the age of 62.

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Europe Bans Airport X-Ray Scanners that U.S. Still Uses

Citing safety concerns, the European Union has ordered its airports to remove X-ray scanners, one of two types of machines still used in the U.S.

Cancer-Stricken Woman Asks Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a Date

It can’t hurt, right?