SOLIHULL, England, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The nuns at a 170-year-old British abbey put many of their most valued possessions on the auction block Tuesday in preparation for a move to a smaller convent.

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WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- If you are suffering from cancer, read this book, "Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny," by Michael Gearin-Tosh (Scribner, New York, $25, 331 pages).