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Aaron Sankin

California Ballot Fight Pits Lance Armstrong Against Big Tobacco

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: California Cigarette Tax, Big Tobacco, California Cigarette Tax Measure, California Smoking Measure, Smoking Lobby, Prop 29 Cigarette Tax, California Smoking, Ca Proposition 29, Video, Proposition 29, Ca Prop 29, California Proposition 29, California Prop 29, Ca Cigarette Tax, Prop 29, Lance Armstrong Cancer, Lance Armstrong Foundation, California Taxes, Livestrong, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cycling icon Lance Armstrong has, at various points in his life, played the parts of both David and Goliath. In his most recent fight...

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Dress 4 Yellow to Benefit Lance Armstrong's LIVESTRONG Foundation

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Mulu, Livestrong, Dress Yellow, Fashion Designers, Fashion Show, Lance Armstrong, Charity Events, Dallas, Social Media, Donna Karan, 4 Yellow Foundation, Isaac Mizrahi, Cancer Research, Catherine Malandrino, Spring Fashion, Impact News
Evelyne Politanoff

This year the 4 Yellow Foundation continues the fight against cancer via Dress 4 Yellow, a high-profile fashion show and luncheon that featured designs by more than 20 of the world's top designers.

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What Social Innovation Means to Me: The Power of Yellow

Doug Ulman | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Social Innovation, Charitable Contributions, Livestrong, Livestrong Wristbands, Impact News
Doug Ulman

In tough economic times, many of us curb our philanthropic impulses, and that's completely understandable. However, innovative charitable endeavors -- even in $1 increments -- can change the world.

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Eleanor Goldberg

Can Growing Moustaches Help Find A Cure For Prostate Cancer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Prostate Cancer Activists, Video, Charity, Prostate Cancer, Movember, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Moustaches, Dan Zenka, Sandy Goodman, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Livestrong, Impact News

As hair starts to sprout above thousands of lips this month, prostate cancer activists hope that growing handlebars and pencil moustaches will push mo...

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What Cancer Advocates Can Teach Us

Tom Murphy | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Cancer, Nike, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Impact News
Tom Murphy

Research on charitable giving has shown that allowing for a personal connection creates a stronger pull to act.

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In the Fight Against Cancer, What's Next?

Lance Armstrong | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Cancer Research, Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Livestrong Day, Livestrong, Federal Research Funding, Impact News
Lance Armstrong

Fifteen years ago, soon after I began treatment and long before I knew if I would survive, I received an email from a cancer patient that said, "You don't know it yet, but we're the lucky ones." I didn't understand it immediately, but I do now.

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AMI Seeks to Reward American Cities Embracing Mustached American Culture

Dr. Abraham Froman | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Movember, Mustache, Chicago, Moustache, American Mustache Institute, Stache Bash, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Livestrong, Culture News
Dr. Abraham Froman

Following a two-year analysis of 100 U.S. cities, the American Mustache Institute (AMI) released a new White Paper naming Chicago as "America's Most 'Mustache-Friendly' City."

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It's Personal and Political: Stigma and Cancer

Doug Ulman | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Grover Cleveland Cancer, Global Health, Cancer, Cancer Stigma, Livestrong, Grover Cleveland, Impact News
Doug Ulman

Stigma against cancer is personal and political, and, if neglected at the community, national and global level, it will be perpetual, too.

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Floyd Landis Alleges Lance Armstrong Drug Use

Graham Bensinger | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Steroids, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Tyler Hamilton, Greg LeMond, Illegal Drugs, George Hincapie, Tour De France, Epo, Blood Doping, Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, Cycling, Doping, Chris Carmichael, Jeff Novitzky, Balco, Victor Conte, Cheating, Roger Clemens, Livestrong, Lance Armstrong, Sports News
Graham Bensinger

2011-07-20-landis.jpgThe 2006 Tour de France winner, Floyd Landis, tells me about the doping scandal that ruined his career and delves into the alleged drug use by his former teammate, Lance Armstrong.

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RETIRED

AP | JIM LITKE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lance Armstrong, Lance Armstrong Retired, Lance Armstrong Retires, Lance Armstrong Retirement, Tour De France, Cycling, Livestrong, Sports News

Lance Armstrong is calling this one "Retirement 2.0." Almost a month after finishing 65th in his last competitive race in Australia, and nearly six y...

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Kabul Rooftops

Doug Ulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doug Ulman, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Kabul, Uso, US Troops Afghanistan, Livestrong, Lance Armstrong, Impact News
Doug Ulman

I was honored to visit the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Below is the view from the rooftop overlooking the city. ...

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Dedication

Doug Ulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military, Troops, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Uso, Cancer, Livestrong, Doug Ulman, Lance Armstrong, Impact News
Doug Ulman

Today I had the privilege of meeting a young woman who is serving our nation and carrying the LIVESTRONG message with her every day. While I could hav...

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A Day in Baghdad -- Victory Base Complex

Doug Ulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doug Ulman, Uso, Military, Troops, Cancer, Livestrong, Lance Armstrong, Impact News
Doug Ulman

I can't remember the last time I learned so much in one 24 hour stretch. From Iraqi history to geography to public policy. We covered a lot of territory by air and land.

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The Definition of Service

Doug Ulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holiday, Military, Troops, Service, Uso, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Impact News
Doug Ulman

At LIVESTRONG we talk often about "service." We exist to serve people who hear the words "you have cancer."

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Orlando-area Firefighter is Mustached American Of Year

Dr. Abraham Froman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movember, Carl Pavano, Livestrong, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Minnesota Twins, Morgan Spurlock, Mustache, Robert Goulet, Moustache, American Mustache Institute, John Hoeven, Brian Sheets, Entertainment News
Dr. Abraham Froman

After garnering 22 percent of more than 500,000 online votes, Brian Sheets, a firefighter from Orlando, FL, who founded a mustache-based charity, was ...

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Why #beatcancer Doesn't Help Fight Cancer

Dave Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paypal, Charitable Giving, Twitter, Fundraising, Charity, Livestrong, Impact News
Dave Taylor

Adding a hashtag or retweeting a message is not engagement. It's not making people stop and ask about the mission of the organization behind the fundraising.

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Livewise

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Nonduality, Dichotomous Thinking, Perfectionism, Lance Armstrong, Binary Logic, Dualistic-Thinking, Livestrong, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Arlington Avenue is a winding, 9% grade-steep street that snakes up the Southside hills of Pittsburgh. It is popular with local cyclists and happens ...

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'Susan G. Komen For The Cure' Wages Turf War Over Trademark Slogan

The Wall Street Journal | Clifford M. Marks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blondes for the Cure, Sunshine Kids Club, Uniting Against Lung Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Juggling for a Cure, Livestrong, Kites for a Cure, Bark for the Cure, Wounded Warrior Project, Sunshine Kids Foundation, Wounded Warriors Inc., Impact News

As the leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen For the Cure helped make "for the cure" a staple of the fund-raising vernacular. The slogan is s...

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What Friends Are For: 5 Ways to Be a Better Friend Today

Bruce Feiler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, The Last Lecture, Mother's Day, Livestrong, Tuesdays With Morrie, Council of Fathers, Bruce Feiler, Fatherhood, Mitch Albom, Cancer, Council of Dads, Lance Armstrong, Father's Day, The Council of Dads, Relationships, Cancer Support, Video, Healthy Living News
Bruce Feiler

When my wife and I had twins, we thought our friends would consider it "All Hands on Deck." Instead it was "Run Away!" When I got cancer, we thought it'd be "Run Away." Instead it was a great act of friendship.

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Do Top Athlete's Deserve Millions? Yes, They Deserve Every Dollar

Nick Benas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick-Benas, Drew Brees, New Orlean's Saints, Livestrong, Super Bowl, Millionaires, Sports News
Nick Benas

In a country dedicated to ideals of pursuing and apprehending the very best of all things, it is apparent that those who contributed to this nation's glory and power, did so by faith, hard-work, and a proactive attitude.

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Products With Purpose Will Change the World

Jeff Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Branding Co-Option, Charity, Summit-Series, Cool, Greenwashing, TOMS Shoes, Branding, Twloha, Causecast, Millennial Generation, Cause Marketing, Invisible Children, Falling Whistles, FEED Projects, Livestrong, Charity: Water, Greenlaces, Holster Project, Nau, One Mango Tree, Impact News
Jeff Rosenthal

Why not take positive steps to champion nonprofit and benevolent businesses? This is the birth of a new world, where your dollars can act as catalysts to accomplish the change that we want to see in the world.

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Global Aid Pours into Haiti

Yasamin Beitollahi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Partners in Health, Virgin Atlantic, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Msf, Unicef, Habitat for Humanity, Tweet Challenge, Twitter, Alyssa Milano, Charity Navigator, The International Rescue Committee, Direct Relief, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam, Meds & Food for Kids, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, Feed the Children, Yele Haiti, Doctors Without Borders, William J. Clinton Foundation, SMS Fundraising, American Red Cross, Lambi Fund, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, Humanitarian, Care, World Food Program, WAT-AAH!, Anderson Cooper, Livestrong, George Clooney, Cnn, Hope for Haiti Telethon, Lance Armstrong, Impact News
Yasamin Beitollahi

The international outpouring of help displays humanity's better angels -- a global sense of grief and sympathy.

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STILLERSTRONG Supports Haiti School Through Ideas Borrowed From Other Charities

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stillerstrong, Ben Stiller Haiti School, Ben Stiller, Haiti, Ben Stiller Strong, Ben Stiller Livestrong, Haiti Poverty, Lance Armstrong, Ben Stiller Haiti, Livestrong, Haiti Earthquake, Video, Impact News

When actor Ben Stiller visited Haiti this summer, he was struck by the vitality of the nation's culture and people. Also notable was the extreme pover...

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Armchair Generals in the War on Cancer

Mark Drapeau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drew Carey, Twitter, Cancer, Internet Scams, Charity, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Entertainment News
Mark Drapeau

Now, a private person pledging $1 million is a generous thought, to be sure, but how much does it need to be re-tweeted, blogged about, and generally celebrated?

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11 Twitter Activists You Should Be Following

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Danny Glover, Craig Newmark, Twitter, Twestival, Slidepoll, Activists, Online Activism, Ashton Kutcher Twitter, Twitter Activists, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Social Activism, Ashton Kutcher, Impact News

Tired of reading tweets about breakfast and balloon boys? We've compiled a list of some of the top activists on Twitter, many of whom you might not ev...

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