WASHINGTON, June 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- At Vice President Biden's National Cancer Moonshot Summit today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and IBM Watson Health (NYSE: IBM) announced a public-private partnership to help doctors expand and scale access to precision medicine over the next two years for 10,000 American veterans with cancer.

 IBM's Watson for Genomics technology is expected to help in the department's precision oncology program by providing information to help physicians identify precision treatment options for almost 30 times more patients than could be previously served.

 VA oncologists Michael Kelley (left) and Neil Spector review a Watson for Genomics DNA analysis report. On Wednesday at VP Biden's National Cancer Moonshot Summit, VA and IBM launched a public-private partnership to help doctors expand and scale access to precision medicine over the next two years for 10,000 American veterans with cancer. (Photo Credit: Martha Hoelzer)

 The collaboration is expected to greatly speed up the ability of VA doctors to help identify precision treatment options for veterans. Scientists and pathologists will sequence DNA for cancer patients, then feed de-identified genetic alteration files into Watson. Watson will generate a report for physicians that identifies the likely cancer-causing mutations and possible treatment options to target those specific mutations through a comprehensive review of existing medical literature – a data-intensive process that has been time-consuming and difficult to scale in the past.

 "Genetic alterations are responsible for most cancers, but it remains challenging for most clinicians to deliver on the promise of precision medicine due to the sheer volume of data surrounding each decision that needs to be made," said Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Health Dr. David J. Shulkin. "By applying Watson to this problem, we see an opportunity to scale access to precision medicine for America's veterans, a group most deserving of the best care in the world."

 Veterans of war experience disproportionately high rates of cancer diagnosis and mortality and as America's largest integrated health system, VA serves 3.5 percent of the nation's cancer patients – the largest group of cancer patients in the country. Watson is expected to facilitate rapid access for veterans to personalized care, particularly for patients with advanced cancer.

 "The power of cognitive computing is its ability to ingest, understand and find patterns in massive volumes of disparate data – which is one of the fundamental barriers to precision medicine today," said John Kelly, senior vice president, IBM Research and Cognitive Solutions. "In addition to helping advance clinical care, data and insights from Watson will also be shared with the research community, creating tremendous potential benefits for patients, researchers and society. Watson Health is IBM's own moonshot, and we share the Vice President's vision and goals to advance the fight against cancer through data and collaboration."

 As a tool to help doctors evaluate treatment options for their patients, Watson for Genomics produces a list of potential therapies ranked by levels of evidence with links to associated research and clinical trials for physicians to consider. This information could help inform VA's healthcare professionals and veterans of promising new cancer treatments. The VA's top priorities of access to and quality of care could be enhanced through this innovative technology.

 IBM's commitment to VA follows more than 2 years of collaboration with more than 20 leading cancer institutes to train and validate Watson for Genomics. Early results from academic medical centers that are using Watson for Genomics show that the technology provides insights that match what a team of scientists and clinicians – a molecular tumor board – would uncover when analyzing genome sequencing data and suggesting potential treatment options to target cancer mutations.

 Both the VA and IBM have a history of innovation in the battle against cancer. The VA invested $52 million in 2015 to support nearly 250 cancer research projects, with a particular focus on better understanding and preventing cancers that are prevalent in the veteran population. IBM researchers have developed cognitive computing technologies that enable researchers and clinicians to draw insights from vast, disparate data sources, including structured and unstructured data. IBM is collaborating with healthcare organizations to apply the cognitive computing power of Watson to the data challenges of cancer.

 The collaboration between IBM and the VA is also expected to help advance genomic research. Findings related to the identified treatment options in the literature will be shared with the academic community.

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 About the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the second largest federal Department providing care to the nation's 22 million Veterans. VA promotes the health, welfare and dignity of Veterans in recognition of their service to the Nation through its Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration and the National Cemetery Administration.

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 Watson is the first commercially available cognitive computing capability representing a new era in computing. The system, delivered through the cloud, analyzes high volumes of data, understands complex questions posed in natural language, and proposes evidence-based answers. Watson continuously learns, gaining in value and knowledge over time, from previous interactions. In April 2015, the company launched IBM Watson Health and the Watson Health Cloud platform. The new unit will work with doctors, researchers and insurers to help them innovate by surfacing insights from the massive amount of personal health data being created and shared daily. The Watson Health Cloud can mask patient identities and allow for information to be shared and combined with a dynamic and constantly growing aggregated view of clinical, research and social health data. For more information on IBM Watson, visit: ibm.com/watson. For more information on IBM Watson Health, visit: ibm.com/watsonhealth. Check out the IBM Watson press kit at: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/27297.wss. Join the conversation at #ibmwatson and #watsonhealth. Follow Watson on Facebook and see Watson on YouTube and Flickr.

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  ||||| Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| IBM is teaming up with the federal government to bring Watson technology into America’s largest hospital and healthcare network. The initiative is one of the first public-private partnerships setup as part of Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot program.

 The partnership will bring IBM’s Watson for Genomics technology into the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair’s hospitals and doctors’ offices so that more former soldiers can access the best in precision medicine in the battle against cancer. That means veterans will now have top tier access to innovative genomic treatment options. Some 3.5% of the nation’s care patients are being treated at VA facilities, the largest group of cancer patients within a single health care group.

 Over the next two years, the VA hopes to treat 10,000 American veterans with targeted cancer therapies, an almost 30-fold increase from the number that is currently using those therapies today within the VA system. The initiative, which will be implemented and analyzing patient data by the third quarter this year, also gives the VA some much needed good news after investigations revealed ongoing manipulation of patient wait times and corruption among some employees.

 Watson for Genomics can provide accurate genomic analysis of a cancer’s DNA by cross-referencing the sequencing data with a comprehensive database of existing medical literature. It can create, within minutes, a report for physicians identifying likely cancer-causing mutations and provides a list of potential therapies ranked by levels of evidence, replacing a previously time-intensive process.

 “Genetic alterations are responsible for most cancers, but it remains challenging for most clinicians to deliver on the promise of precision medicine due to the sheer volume of data surrounding each decision that needs to be made,” said David J. Shulkin, Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs in a statement. “By applying Watson to this problem, we see an opportunity to scale access to precision medicine for America’s veterans, a group most deserving of the best care in the world.”

 The public-private partnership is due to be officially announced Wednesday at the National Cancer Moonshot Summit, a gathering of scientists, oncologists, donors, and patients in Washington, D.C. The daylong conference is focused on more than a 100 different types of cancers and is meant to galvanize Biden’s cancer initiative, which aims to achieve a “decade worth of advances in 5 years.” The Cancer Moonshot is doing that with a multi-prong approach, offering funding, targeted incentives, and increased private-sector coordination.

 “It’s not just about developing game-changing treatments–it’s about delivering them those who need them,” Biden wrote in a post announcing the Cancer Moonshot in January.

 Right now, the way precision medicine works at top tier institutes is a board of 10 to 15 doctors, known as Molecular Tumor Boards, meet once a week to examine the DNA of cancer cells of about a dozen patients. They look for mutations in genetic sequences and then determine the best specific treatment to fight that abnormality. At that rate, that ends up equaling about 1,000 cases per year, notes Steve Harvey, vice president of IBM Watson Health.

 “You can see right there that this isn’t scalable,” Harvey told Fortune. “You’re limited by the number of patients that you can look at in any given week, which means that you limit the number of individuals that you can sequence.”

 If Watson for Genomics can help the VA expand its precision medicine program to 10,000 cases over two years, it should be quite meaningful for the Cancer Moonshot efforts. Watson for Genomics can sort patients by level of need, sending more straight-forward analyses directly to the treating oncologist; the more complex cases are reviewed and discussed by these expert boards. Another benefit with Watson for Genomics: patients don’t have to live near the top tier cancer institutes in areas like Boston or Houston or New York City to get the most innovative care.

 “Regardless of where you live, if your treating oncologist can have the same access to treatment alternatives and fact-based information as an oncologist in Boston or an oncologist in New York, that really is the democratization of health care.” ||||| Here's a question IBM supercomputer Watson never got to ask on "Jeopardy": What is a cure for cancer?

 Watson, best known for beating champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on the game show, will get its chance as it aids scientists using analysis of gene structures to figure out the cause of and potential cures for different strains of cancer. IBM unveiled Watson for Genomics, specifically designed for this task, at the National Cancer Moonshot Summit on Wednesday.

 The addition of Watson's brain power, which can understand questions in natural language and not just the computer language of ones and zeros, could significantly accelerate cancer treatment. Typically, finding the appropriate treatment for a specific patient means sequencing his or her genome -- the complete DNA structure packed into a single cell -- finding mutations and then getting a team of seasoned doctors in a room to decide the best options. Watson can do it in less than three minutes.

 This is the latest in a series of deals IBM has made to use Watson to solve health care issues, as well as help out in far different areas, even the fashion industry. The software company provided Alder Hey Children's Hospital with the supercomputer to help improve patient care. Watson also worked with CVS Health to predict health problems a person might experience and give them advice. It even helped create a dress adorned with LED lights for the Met Gala that lit up in response to the mood on social media surrounding the event.

 The cognitive computing that Watson employs, making sense of unstructured data, falls into the broader field of artificial intelligence. AI has been experiencing a boom in recent months as more powerful processors and networks get more nimble at making sense of massive amounts of data.

 Watson for Genomics will take on the data-intensive task of searching through sequenced DNA of patients from the Veterans Affairs Department, finding mutations and scanning medical literature to pinpoint the therapeutic treatments that would work best. The program promises to identify customized regimens for 10,000 US veterans during the next two years. That's almost 30 times more patients that would receive appropriate treatment than if the team did not use Watson.

 "It is time-intensive and it's not scalable," Dr. Michael Kelly, national program director for oncology at the VA, said on the current method of finding treatment. "One human probably couldn't do it, it takes a panel."

 But a supercomputer can.

 Oncologists will feed Watson a sequence of DNA along with a list of the changes that are thought to cause the cancer, known as deidentified genetic alteration files. The computer will pump out a report of possible mutations as well as potential treatments after scanning contemporary medical literature and data.

 Rapidly parsing through a genome sequence might seem impressive, but, "that's only one side of the coin," according to Stephen Harvey, vice president of Watson Health. "The other half of the job is filtering out things that wouldn't be clinically valuable for doctors like Dr. Kelly."

 IBM chose the VA in part because the organization serves 3.5 percent of the country's cancer patients. "I couldn't think of a better cohort," Harvey said.

 Correction, 4:54 a.m. PT: Michael Kelly's title has been fixed. |||||
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– In January, President Obama handed the reins to Joe Biden to head a "moonshot" initiative to cure cancer, and a major step toward that end has just been made. Per Fortune, IBM will donate its Watson supercomputer technology—the same technology that beat humans on Jeopardy!, CNET notes—to Veterans Affairs hospitals and doctors' offices, offering precision genomic treatment to the largest cancer demographic (3.5% of all US cancer patients) in any one health-care group. At the National Cancer Moonshot Summit on Wednesday, the VA Department and IBM Watson Health said they hope to use this tech to scale up doctors' access to such treatment programs and help 10,000 or so veterans over the next two years, per a press release—about 30 times more than the current number in VA facilities using these treatments. "By applying Watson … we see an opportunity to scale access to precision medicine for America's veterans, a group most deserving of the best care in the world," the VA's undersecretary for health says. How this "Watson for Genomics" will work: After DNA sequencing on cancer patients, that info will be plugged into Watson, which will analyze and cross-reference existing medical data and then spit out what's probably causing the cancer mutations and what precision treatment is likely the best option—a task that was previously extremely time-consuming due to the volume of data and not very scalable. Plus, physicians in any part of the country—not just those near urban centers with top cancer facilities—will have access. Forbes notes the project won't do much to help patients outside the VA system and that no one knows yet exactly how effective Watson will be at pulling off this ambitious job. But it says while "efforts like the Cancer Moonshot have trouble living up to their own hype … they can grease the wheels of progress a little bit." (Watson released its own cookbook last year.)


– Disney isn't winning points for cultural sensitivity this month after trying to trademark the phrase "Dia de los Muertos," reports the Arizona Republic. The company is working on a film inspired by the centuries-old Mexican holiday, which translates to "Day of the Dead" and celebrates the spirits of ancestors. Disney filed for the trademark on May 1, standard practice ahead of a movie to protect merchandising rights, but pulled the bid this week amid the ensuing outcry. (Exhibit A: This Change.org petition.) “How can you trademark a cultural tradition?” asks one Phoenix artist, her question summing up the common reaction. In its explanation for why it is pulling the trademark bid, Disney didn't exactly acknowledge the criticism: "It has since been determined that the title of the film will change, and therefore we are withdrawing our trademark filing.” Disney also once tried to trademark the phrase "Seal Team 6," but pulled the application after the military raised objections, notes the LA Times.

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If the dead could speak, they probably wouldn't have been heard over the burst of virtual shouting and howling Walt Disney Co. drew for attempting to trademark "Dia de los Muertos" -- a bid it has since dropped.

 The company filed 10 applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Dia de los Muertos,” including applications pertaining to toys, cereals and jewelry. The May 1 filings came in anticipation of an untitled movie about the Mexican holiday, known in English as Day of the Dead.

 “As we have previously announced, Disney-Pixar is developing an animated feature inspired by the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos,” a studio spokesperson said in a statement.

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 “Disney’s trademark filing was intended to protect any potential title for our film and related activities. It has since been determined that the title of the film will change and therefore we are withdrawing our trademark filing.”

 The centuries-old holiday, with roots in indigenous Aztec culture, honors the dead by building altars, decorating gravesites and holding processions. The Day of the Dead is not just observed in Mexico, but other parts of Latin America, Europe and the United States.

 A petition to stop Walt Disney Co. from trademarking “Dia de los Muertos” went up on change.org Tuesday, a day after Stitch Kingdom reported the filings. As of Wednesday morning it had 19,500 signatures.

 “Our spiritual traditions are for everyone, not for companies like Walt Disney to trademark and exploit,” wrote Grace Sesma, the petition’s creator. “I am deeply offended and dismayed that a family-oriented company like Walt Disney would seek to own the rights to something that is the rightful heritage of the people of Mexico.”

 “This is a sacred tradition. It's NOT FOR SALE,” wrote Consuelo Alba, of Watsonville, Calif.

 The trademark application was "odd" to Evonne Gallardo, executive director of the Boyle Heights art center Self Help Graphics. The center puts on one of the largest Day of the Dead celebrations in Los Angeles and has been sponsored by the Walt Disney Co.

 "The right thing to do is not to attempt to trademark a cultural and spiritual celebration," Gallardo said. "I have yet to see a trademark on Christmas or Hanukkah."

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 It's not the first time Walt Disney Co. drew criticism for a trademark application. In 2011 it withdrew its application to trademark "Seal Team 6," the name of the military unit that tracked and killed Osama bin Laden. Less than a week after the Navy SEAL team's successful mission, Disney moved to patent with plans to produce toys and entertainment.

 After the Navy filed its own trademark claim, Disney bailed out.

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An elderly Treasure Coast man is behind bars accused of murdering his ill, 78-year-old wife because he didn't have money for her medication.

 Related Photos William J. Hager, 86, charged with first degree premeditated murder. St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Related Photos William Hager, 86, killed Carolyn F. Hager, 78, his wife, in Port St. Lucie.

 William Hager, 86, was arrested Monday night and charged with premeditated, first-degree murder.

 Neighbor Sandy Ford said Carolyn F. and William Hager seemed like sweet people.

 "Tragic! I mean I came home yesterday and I couldn't believe it. In disbelief they seemed like such a nice couple, down the earth, seemed to be happy, so it was quite a shock," said Ford.

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 According to an arrest affidavit, St Lucie County Sheriff's deputies were called to the 7800 block of Meadowlark Lane near Port St. Lucie at approximately 12:50 p.m. on May 16 for an alleged verbal dispute.

 The report stated that when deputies arrived on scene, Hager was on the phone and invited the deputies inside.

 Once the deputies were inside, he told them, "I have bad news. I shot my wife at 7:30 this morning. I want to apologize I didn't call earlier. I wanted to tell my kids what happened first."

 Deputies found his wife inside a bedroom, dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

 Hager told deputies he had been thinking about killing his wife for several days because she was in pain.

 He said his wife has told him in the past that she wanted to die, but has never asked him to specifically kill her.

 “Obviously based on our conversation it was very personal to Mr. Hager. He felt that he was at a point that this was his only course of action," said Chief Deputy Garry Wilson.

 Hager was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail without bond. ||||| An 86-year-old Port St. Lucie man said he killed his wife while she slept because she was in poor health and he could no longer afford her medications, according to an arrest affidavit.

 William J. Hager said he had been thinking about killing his wife Carolyn for several days because she was in pain, the arrest report said.

 After Hager shot his wife, he went to his kitchen and drank coffee, called his daughters and later dialed 911, the affidavit said.

 “I want to apologize I didn’t call earlier, I wanted to tell my kids what happened first,” detectives quoted him as saying.

 The shooting happened around 7:30 Monday morning at 7865 Meadowlark Ln. in Port St. Lucie.

 At a Tuesday afternoon news conference the sheriff’s office said Carolyn Hager had been ill and suffering for around 15 years.

 Carolyn's neighbor says she knew behind Carolyn's beautiful art and garden work there was a woman in physical agony.

 ”I saw her outside and she said I haven't been feeling very well at all, I've been in excruciating pain with my back. And that's about all she said," said Sandy Ford, neighbor.

 That was a few days ago. Deputies say Carolyn was suffering from severe arthritis and other health issues. They will not release which medications Carolyn was on because of HIPPA confidentiality.

 "I don't understand it. Because my feeling in life is there's always a way. You just have to find it," said Ford.

 Records show the Hagers filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Staff at the Hands of St. Lucie County clinic say this is a tragic situation. They help people whose insurance won't cover necessary medications.

 "These stories you hear from quite many people, that they actually decide whether they are going to pay the electric bill this month or buy the drug that may be keeping them alive," said Andrew Passeri, Executive Director at Hands of St. Lucie County.

 It's unclear if Hager shared his financial situation with his family. Detectives say his daughters live out of state and will be in Florida later this week.

 "It's hard to comprehend, in a nice beautiful neighborhood like this you wouldn't expect anything like that from such sweet people," added Ford.

 The department says William took a job at Sears for a while to try and help pay for the medication.

 The sheriff's office said there are always options for people in a similar situation. Anyone with a crisis on the Treasure Coast or in Palm Beach County can call 2-1-1 to talk to a helpline representative who can refer them to community resources.

 Hager was transported to the St. Lucie County Jail and faces a charge of first-degree murder.

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 Download the WPTV app: ||||| (CNN) A man in Florida told police he killed his wife because she was in poor health and they could no longer afford the medications necessary for her care, according to an arrest affidavit from the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.

 Police said William J. Hager, 86, told them on Monday that in the past his ill wife had told him she wanted to die, but she didn't specifically ask him to kill her.

 The shooting took place at their home in Port St. Lucie, which is north of West Palm Beach. The husband said he shot 78-year-old Carolyn Hager in the head while she slept, according to the arrest affidavit. Hager then drank coffee and called his children before contacting authorities, officials said.

 Officers were dispatched to their home about 1 p.m. Hager led them to a bedroom where his wife's body was covered in a blanket, the affidavit said.

 "I want to apologize I didn't call earlier. I wanted to tell my kids what happened first," a deputy quoted Hager as saying.

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– William Hager watched his 78-year-old wife, Carolyn, suffer from medical problems, including arthritis, for 15 years. But when the couple could no longer afford her medication, an ominous idea popped into his head, per CNN. Authorities say Hager, 86, called police around 1pm Monday, allegedly telling responding deputies, "I have bad news. I shot my wife at 7:30 this morning. I want to apologize I didn't call earlier. I wanted to tell my kids what happened first," reports WPBF. He said he shot his wife in the head as she slept because she previously said she wanted to die, was in pain, and couldn't afford medication, per an affidavit. "He felt that he was at a point that this was his only course of action," says the chief deputy in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Hager was booked in St. Lucie County Jail and charged with first-degree premeditated murder. A neighbor tells WPTV that Carolyn Hager had complained about "excruciating" back pain a few days earlier, but "they seemed like such a nice couple … so it was quite a shock." Another neighbor says she faced a similar situation when her husband couldn't afford his medication and asked her to shoot him, but she couldn't. "He suffered so badly and there's nothing you can do," she says, noting prescription medications should be more affordable. The Hagers filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and William took a job at Sears to help pay for Carolyn's medications; it isn't clear if he knew a local clinic helps people pay for medications not covered by insurance.


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– Harrison Ford had to crash-land his small plane on a golf course near Los Angeles today, but he appears to have escaped serious harm. "Dad is ok," tweeted son Ben Ford from the hospital. "Battered but ok!" The AP reports that the 72-year-old veteran pilot suffered "moderate injuries," and NBC Los Angeles says that includes cuts to the head. Ford reported engine trouble and requested permission to make an emergency return to the Santa Monica Airport soon after taking off, reports TMZ. He landed on the course in Venice instead, and two doctors who happened to be there treated him until he was taken to the hospital. NBC reports that he appeared to be flying solo in a WWII-era training plane, and CNN reports that he appeared to hit some trees on the way down. "There was blood all over his face," says an employee at Penmar Golf Course. "Two very fine doctors were treating him, taking good care of him. I helped put a blanket under his hip."

The actor was expected to survive after the plane he was piloting crash landed on a Venice golf course. Hetty Chang, Beverly White and Gadi Schwartz report for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2015. (Published Friday, March 6, 2015)

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 Harrison Ford's family says the actor is "battered, but OK" after crash landing a single-engine vintage plane onto a Venice golf course shortly after takeoff Thursday.

 Ford, an experienced pilot, was hospitalized and expected to undergo surgery for some injuries. His family said he is in stable condition.

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 The actor was hurt when the plane he was flying crashed onto a golf course. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2015. (Published Thursday, March 5, 2015)

 "He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man. Thank you for all your thoughts and good vibes for my dad," Ben Ford, the actor's son, posted on his Twitter page.

 Ford reported engine trouble shortly after takeoff and tried to return to the airport, according to the NTSB. His publicist said he was flying a World War II vintage plane at the time.

 "He had no other choice but to make an emergency landing, which he did safely," his publicist said in a statement. "He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery."

 Dr. Sanjay Khurana, a spinal surgeon on the course, braved a potentially explosive situation to help the actor.

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 The actor was injured when the plane he was piloting crash landed into a golf course. Gadi Schwartz reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2015. (Published Thursday, March 5, 2015)

 "I did a brief exam and I smelled the fuel and I didn't want it to ignite," he told NBC4.

 As he was examining the pilot, the doctor realized he was looking at a familiar face.

 "I watched 'Star Wars' as a kid. I think we all did, right? 'Raiders of the Lost Arc' ... iconic films.

 "I wanted to do my best. I tried my best to help someone in distress."

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 Actor Harrison Ford was injured when the plane he was piloting crash landed on a golf course. Michelle Valles reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2015. (Published Thursday, March 5, 2015)

 Aerial footage of the minutes after the crash showed the small single-engine vintage World War II trainer plane crashed on the ground at Penmar Golf Club. One person could be seen being treated by paramedics.

 Fire and NTSB officials said the emergency landing was handled skillfully, and no one else was injured.

 Firefighters described his injuries as "moderate."

 In a 2008 interview with National Geographic, Ford talked about his love of flying.

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 The actor was piloting a small plane when it crash landed on a golf course. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2015. (Published Thursday, March 5, 2015)

 "I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho," the "Indiana Jones" actor told the magazine. "I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons."

 He also recalled helming a helicopter when it was forced to crash.

 "Well, there was a mechanical failure while we were practicing power recovery autorotations. It was more or less a hard landing," he recalled. "Luckily, I was with another aviation professional and neither of us was hurt — and both of us are still flying."

 The cause of Thursday's plane crash is not yet known.

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 Exclusive cell phone video shows the moments before a plane piloted by actor Harrison Ford crashed on a golf course in Venice. (Published Thursday, March 5, 2015)

 Witnesses saw the plane clip a tree before coming down.

 "We saw this beautiful plane. It looks like a plane I see often, leaving from Santa Monica Airport," said Howard Teba, who was at the golf course when the plane crashed. "Must have hit the top of a tree."

 Teba said it appeared that the pilot was the only person on board the plane. Two men who are apparently doctors were golfing at the time and came to the actor's aid, Teba said.

 The plane crashed on the golf course just west of the airport shortly after takeoff from the Santa Monica Airport, according to Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration.

 Ford's career in Hollywood took off after he starred as Han Solo in "Star Wars" in 1977, but it was his role as the adventurous protagonist in the "Indiana Jones" movies that became his most iconic.

 After six decades of acting, the actor still stars in blockbuster hits like the baseball sports drama "42" and has signed on for another film reprising his futuristic thriller "Blade Runner."

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 6:20 PM PT -- A rep for Ford says, "Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which stalled upon takeoff." They added, "He had no other choice but to make an emergency landing, which he did safely. The injuries sustained are not life-threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery."

 5:05 PM PT -- TMZ just obtained video of first responders on the scene treating Harrison ... just yards away from the plane he just crash landed on the golf course.

 5:00 PM PT -- Harrison's son Ben just tweeted, "At the hospital. Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is."

 4:30 PM PT -- We've obtained intense audio of Harrison talking to the Santa Monica Airport control tower just moments after he'd taken off. Listen ... you hear him report engine failure and request an emergency return to the airport.

 4:41 PM PT -- A witness who was golfing at the time of the crash tells us she heard the engine sputter ... and watched the plane do a "nose dive straight on the 8th hole tee box."

 The witness adds, "I was one of the first people to run from the hole toward the plane. 4 to 5 men pulled the pilot out of the plane."

 "They got him away from the plane. They were concerned it would catch on fire."

 "Two doctors were there – and they had a 1st aid box with them. He was conscious, talking a little -- a HUGE cut on his head."

 The witness tells us the cut was VERY deep -- "A swath of his skin was missing. There was blood dripping down his face." A small plane piloted by Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course ... but we're told the actor has survived.

 TMZ has learned ... Ford was piloting what appears to be a vintage 2-seater fighter plane Thursday ... when something went wrong and he crashed into Penmar golf course in Venice, CA. Remarkably, it appears Ford veered off course from the runway in order to avoid crashing into homes.

 We're told Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was bleeding. Two doctors who happened to be at the golf course rushed over to treat the actor.

 Emergency personnel arrived to the scene a short time later. Ford was transported to a nearby hospital.

 72-year-old Ford is a longtime aviator -- piloting planes and helicopters -- and has crashed multiple times in the past. ||||| Story highlights Man who lives near crash site says he heard plane's engine cut off

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 Fellow pilot says Harrison Ford is very skilled, safety-conscious

 Venice, California (CNN) Actor Harrison Ford was "banged up" and hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a 1940s aircraft he was piloting crashed during a forced landing on a golf course, his publicist said.

 "Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which had engine trouble upon takeoff," Ina Treciokas said. "He had no other choice but to make an emergency landing, which he did safely. He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery."

 His son was with him at the hospital.

 "Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man," Ben Ford tweeted.

 At the hospital. Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man. — Chef Ben Ford (@ChefBenFord) March 6, 2015

 Los Angeles Fire Department Assistant Chief Patrick Butler, who wouldn't identify Ford as the patient, said the pilot suffered moderate trauma and was "alert and conscious" when he was taken to the hospital. He said the pilot, the only person on board, was in fair to moderate condition.

 Read More ||||| LOS ANGELES (AP) — An official says Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage airplane at a Los Angeles golf course. He suffered moderate injuries.

 This image from video provided by KABC-TV shows a small plane that crash-landed on the Penmar Golf Course in the Venice area of Los Angeles, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Authorities say the single-engine... (Associated Press)

 A small plane lies where it crash-landed on Penmar Golf Course in the Venice area of Los Angeles on Thursday, March 5, 2015. The course is near the Santa Monica, Calif. Municipal Airport, just west of... (Associated Press)

 Los Angeles fire officials say the single-engine plane went down at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday on the green at Penmar Golf Course in the Venice area of Los Angeles.

 The pilot was breathing and conscious when he was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in fair to moderate condition.

 Fire officials would not confirm the pilot's identity.

 But an official familiar with the crash said Ford was the pilot. The official spoke only condition of anonymity because of privacy restrictions.

 The 72-year-old "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" actor is an aviation enthusiast who often flies out of the airport. |||||


Zsa Zsa Gabor died on Sunday at the age of 99 — leaving Hollywood without one of its most chic and wittiest legends. The Hungarian-American socialite was best known for being the first celebrity to become famous for being famous, but as Kim Kardashian West will tell you, that’s no easy task. It takes quick wit and stamina to last in Hollywood, both things that Gabor wasn’t short on.

 To celebrate the life of an international icon, we’re looking back at some her funniest and most iconic one-liners.

 “I’m a great housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house.”

 In what is arguably her most famous quote, the nine-time bride cited her collection of homes when reportedly answering Bob Hope’s query about her domestic skills during a USO tour.

 “You can say I’m full of s—t — but don’t say I’m old.”

 Famous for denying her age, Gabor told it to PEOPLE straight in 1989.

 “Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended.”

 The frequent divorcée, whose previous husbands included Conrad Hilton and George Sanders, famously shared this marital insight after her nine trips down the aisle ended in seven divorces and one annulment.

 “Personally, I know nothing about sex because I have always been married.”

 A year after marrying current husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, Gabor joked about her private life during a 1987 speech to the American Bar Association — with many of her divorce lawyers in attendance.

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 “He should have apologized and kissed my hand …That’s what a European gentleman would have done.”

 Though she was later convicted of battery for slapping police officer Paul Kramer after he pulled her over for a traffic violation, the defiant star took a shot at him when he took her to court in 1989.

 “Sorry I’m late, darlings. I had to put on my makeup. I knew you’d want to see the famous Zsa Zsa face.”

 The diva made no excuses in July 1990 when she kept reporters waiting for 15 minutes following her dismissal from an El Segundo, California, jail after serving a 72-hour sentence for the above-mentioned battery ||||| This article is over 2 years old

 The late actor had a unique way with words and was unafraid to speak frankly about men, love and marriage

 Wit and wisdom: Zsa Zsa Gabor's best and most memorable quotes

 The actor and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor was well known for her large personality and colourful take on love, marriage and romance.

 Here are some of her most memorable quotes:

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 A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished – Newsweek, 28 March 1960.

 Husbands are like fires – they go out when unattended – Newsweek, 28 March 1960.

 I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back – The Observer, 28 August 1957.

 Miss Texas 1967 (@MsTexas1967) I am a marvelous housekeeper

 Every time I leave a man, I keep his house

 - Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917 ~ 2016 pic.twitter.com/xEyURu9G6Z

 When asked how many husbands she had had: You mean apart from my own? – I Wish I’d Said That! by Kenneth Edwards, 1967.

 A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it – Colombo’s Concise Canadian Quotations, 1979.

 He taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house – on her fifth husband, quoted by Ned Sherrin in Cutting Edge, 1984.

 I don’t remember anybody’s name. Why do you think the ‘dahling’ thing started? – Hollywood Wits, K Madsen Roth, 1995. ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. |||||
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– "A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it," oft-married actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor once said. A selection of other great quotes from Gabor, who has died at the age of 99, and whose sayings summed up her flamboyant attitude to life and love: "I'm a great housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house." "Husbands are like fires—they go out when unattended." "I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back." That one was from 1957, after her third marriage ended, the Guardian notes. "A man in love is incomplete until he's married. Then he's finished." "I believe that in life you should always take the serious things lightly and the light things seriously. This attitude of mine gets me into a lot of trouble." "I don't remember anybody's name. Why do you think the whole 'dahling' thing started?" "Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always been married." People notes that many of Gabor's divorce lawyers were present when she made this quip at an American Bar Association event in 1987. (Click to see Zsa Zsa's life in pictures.)