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Local girl battles cancer, fire and Miami Marathon

She may only be 10 years old, but Sienna Wolfe’s narrow escape from a bunkhouse fire during sleep-away camp last summer wasn’t the first time she’s eluded death: The Beverly Hills girl is also a cancer survivor.

Israel at 65

I watched the video of the Boston Marathon bombings and thought, of course, of the bus bombings that wracked Jerusalem and Tel Aviv a decade ago.

Jewish runners decry post-Yom Kippur marathon

Jewish marathon runners are racing to complain about the timing of the Chicago Marathon, which is set for the day after Yom Kippur. The runners have called and sent e-mails to the Bank of America Chicago, the marathon\’s sponsor, saying that they will not be able to take in enough carbohydrate-laden food following the fast in time to prepare for the 26.2-mile run on Oct. 9, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.

In the Running

Skylar Lenox, 14, hasn\’t recently visited the cemetery where her father, John, is buried. "It\’s just a plot," said Lenox, an award-winning platform diver and president of Adat Ari El\’s United Synagogue Youth chapter.

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