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Cancer patients often have to deal with side effects from their treatments. They may need speech therapy or help rebuilding their strength. The STAR program is helping break down the barriers to rehabilitation services.

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Thanks to drugs recently approved by the FDA, patients with the blood cell cancer multiple myeloma are living longer and without the pain. Don Wright was diagnosed 10 years ago and is currently training for his training for his 71st marathon.

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Angry Shias in the Pakistani city of Quetta protest and refuse to bury the victims of a weekend bombing, calling for action against the killers.

Carefully developed breeds are overpowering Eastern filbert blight, which had threatened to crush the U.S. hazelnut industry.

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The federal government once considered whistle-blowers a nuisance, or worse. But over the past few years, that attitude has slowly started to change. More agencies have been reaching out for tips about fraud and abuse, even if digging through the stacks of complaints can present a challenge.

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The environment secretary is set to meet food retailers and trade bodies later to establish what is being done to restore consumer confidence.

A large pod of dolphins proved to be an unexpected spectacle for tourists taking a boat trip near San Diego, California.

A 10-year-old boy is rescued by RAF helicopter after falling 165ft (50m) down a snow-covered mountain in the Lake District.

Save The Children says that more than 800,000 children could be saved each year if mothers breastfed immediately after birth.

Flooding and landslides in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi leave at least 15 people dead, officials say.

Blink-182's Travis Barker says he won't travel to Australia because he is still suffering the effects of a near-fatal plane crash in 2008.

As Bayern Munich prepare to face Arsenal, Raphael Honigstein looks at Pep Guardiola's impending arrival

Patrick won the Daytona 500 pole Sunday, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any race in NASCAR's premier circuit. It's by far the biggest achievement of her stock-car career.

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A father who lost his two daughters in the Hillsborough disaster has been reunited with the policeman who tried to help them on the day of tragedy.

The search for missing Wales rugby fan Ben Thompson, who disappeared after watching the Six Nations' Ireland match, is entering its third week.

Japanese shares rise after finance ministers of the G20 group of nations avoid singling out Japan for criticism over the recent yen weakness.

A law intended to help people in Wales become healthier, more active and more environmentally aware will be launched later.

A Russian court will try the late anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, in a highly unusual criminal case against a dead defendant.

Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday in Arkansas in an apparent suicide. She was 37. An autopsy is pending.

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa calls for "another four years of revolution" as he is re-elected for a third term with more than 50% of the vote.