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I've been around FR since 1998, only as a token contributor. But I am taking the step of asking for prayer for my son Matthew, who will be 6 in a couple weeks. Matthew was just diagnosed with a brain tumor and we expect his surgery will be on Tuesday. If you can add your prayers to the growing chorus of us sending our requests to God, our family would be very grateful. If your church has a prayer chain or is willing to add our son to your service, that's much appreciated. We know every church family has people...

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) underwent emergency brain surgery overnight after falling ill at the Capitol and was in critical condition early this morning, introducing a note of uncertainty over control of the Senate just weeks before Democrats are to take over with a one-vote margin. Johnson, 59, was taken to George Washington University Hospital early yesterday afternoon, shortly after becoming disoriented during a conference call with news reporters. He underwent "a comprehensive evaluation by the stroke team," his office said. Aides later said he had not suffered a stroke or heart attack.

POSTED: 11:13 p.m. EST, December 13, 2006 Editor's Note: The CNN Wire is a running log of the latest news from CNN World Headquarters, reported by CNN's correspondents and producers, and The CNN Wire editors. "Posted" times are Eastern Daylight. Sources: S.D. senator undergoing surgery at Washington hospital WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota was undergoing brain surgery Wednesday night at George Washington University Hospital after being hospitalized earlier in the day due to stroke-like symptoms, two Democratic sources familiar with his condition told CNN. Johnson, 59, was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after he appeared...

Modelling may not be brain surgery, as J K Rowling pointed out last week when she pilloried "empty-headed toothpicks", but it seems that brain surgeons can be models.Megan McGill, a well-travelled American fashion model with a degree in neuroscience, yesterday defended her trade against the author's scathing criticism. She said she was appalled by the confrontational nature of Miss Rowling's comments, adding: "You are the most loved woman by every child in the world, how can you be so bitter?" Miss McGill, who is based in London but will move to New York in the autumn to study neurology at...

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Comedian Rodney Dangerfield underwent arterial brain surgery today to improve his body's blood flow in preparation for an upcoming heart valve replacement, his publicist said.</p> <p>The procedure, known as an extracranial-intracranial brain bypass, involves inserting the superficial temporal artery near the ear into the middle cerebral artery of the brain, according to Dangerfield publicist Kevin Sasaki.</p>

University of Virginia Admissions Predictor RACE AND UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ADMISSIONS: WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT YOU'LL GET IN? By answering the questions below, you can learn what your chances were of being admitted to the University of Virginia in 1999. Your chances will depend on your skin color and your ethnic group, in addition to your SAT scores, your class rank, your Virginia residency, and whether either of your parents attended the University. The questions focus on several factors that appear to have been important to the University of Virginia in admitting freshmen in 1999. This program is based...