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The Ride To Conquer Cancer presented by Silver Wheaton announced 2,104 riders helped raise $9.1 million for the BC Cancer Foundation as the sixth annual Ride commenced in British Columbia on Saturday. Funds raised through B.C.’s largest cycling fundraiser support cutting-edge cancer research and enhancements to care at the BC Cancer Agency.

A new study suggests that a third of young nurses working in a Quebec hospital quit their jobs after four years. The alarming statistic was revealed in a research that followed nurses aged 35 and younger at a downtown Quebec City hospital.

Volusia County deputies arrested a 450-pound man after they said they found marijuana hidden under his “stomach fat,” according to The Smoking Gun. Christopher Mitchell, 42, was arrested Friday after a drug-sniffing dog alerted deputies during a traffic stop. A search turned up 23 grams of marijuana he had hidden on himself, authorities said, along with cocaine, a handgun and …

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NAVB: Quote) has won FDA approval for the expanded use of its lymphatic mapping agent – Lymphoseek – for guiding sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in head and neck cancer patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. This approval marks the second indication for Lymphoseek in the U.S.

Three children were hurt after a cannon malfunctioned at the Orem Summerfest parade. A Civil War reenactment group fired a cannon on 800 East, just south of Center Street, at the beginning of the parade. When the cannon went off, a spark landed on “a large pouch that contained additional charges for the cannon,” according to an Orem Police news …

A Mississippi woman says her 3-year-old granddaughter cried all the way home after the family was asked to leave a KFC restaurant because of the child’s facial scars — which are the result of a dog attack.

Six people were killed in a fire that ripped through a Newark home early this morning. Fire officials say the fire started in a two-story home on South 15th Street near Madison Avenue just before 4 a.m. The flames also spread to the house next door.

Kim Kardashian wore a see-through top while watching Kanye West perform at the Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee on Friday. She shared photos of the experience on Instagram “Oh hey 100,000 people! #Bonnaroo,” she captioned the first shot.

A virus that has sickened tens-of-thousands of people in the Caribbean is starting to trickle into the United States. The virus, chikungunya, is spread by mosquitoes, and is notable for causing severe joint pain.

Researchers have shown that sunscreen cannot be relied upon alone to prevent malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, according to research* published in Nature. The work supports the approach taken by public health campaigns that call for people to use a combination of shade and clothing to protect their skin, applying sunscreen to the areas you can’t …

Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger have been dating for nearly a decade, but it looks like there’s still no chance of marriage in their future.