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How to make waking up suck less

Also in today's Reddit Digest: new Reddit hires, a cancer fighter's AMA, organized crime, and the speed of a toilet flush.

On Apr 10, 2013 by Mike Fenn

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We’ll see you at the movies, Roger Ebert

The Chicago Sun-Times, the newspaper where Ebert plied his trade for decades, reported his death at the age of 70 after a battle with cancer.

On Apr 4, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Outspoken blogger Arijit Guha loses battle with colon cancer

Guha started the "Poop Strong" campaign to fight colon cancer, and convinced an insurance CEO to cover the entire cost of his cancer treatment.

On Mar 26, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

Why is Facebook censoring this tattooed cancer survivor?

There doesn't seem to be anything indecent about a picture showing a breast cancer survivor's tattoo covering her bare chest. But Facebook keeps pulling it.

On Feb 19, 2013 by Jordan Valinsky

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On Twitter, Hugo Chavez announces post-surgery return to Venezuela

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced his return to his homeland on Twitter after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba in December.

On Feb 18, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Reddit helps a terminally ill user get cryogenically frozen

On Thursday, Jan. 17, Kim Suozzi, who suffered from terminal brain cancer, was declared legally dead at a hospice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Here is what probably happened next.

On Jan 21, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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ESPN anchor Stuart Scott announces he has cancer again

Athletes and media showered love on longtime ESPN anchor Scott after he announced on Twitter that his appendiceal cancer had gone into remission.

On Jan 15, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

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Terminally ill “Star Trek” fan loses battle with cancer

Before he went "into the future," Trek fan Dan Craft got to see a special screening of the not-yet-released Star Trek Into Darkness, thanks to Reddt and director J.J. Abrams.

On Jan 7, 2013 by Mike Fenn

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Dying “Star Trek” fan gets private “Into Darkness” screening

Thanks to Reddit and director J.J. Abrams, a terminally ill man with just weeks to live got to see the next Star Trek film.

On Dec 31, 2012 by Mike Fenn

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With just months to live, 17-year-old records a final song

17-year-old guitarist Zach Sobiech, who suffers from a terminal bone cancer called osteosarcoma, wrote and recorded "Clouds" for the world to remember him by.

On Dec 17, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger

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