falling. according to a new report, the u.s. cancer death rate decreased steadily between 2004 to 2000le. that ra that rate has been dropping about .5% every year. efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer are paying off. you could call it the search for the grinch who stole the lorax. a two feet, 300 pound bronze statue of the lorax disappearing from the late dr. seuss s own backyard in la jolla california. theodore geisel s widow reported it missing. where is that statue? critics say a slew of voter i.d. rules included in some key swing states are going way too far. take the state where george w. bush won by 537 votes in 2000. the new york times reporting florida has a significant drop in new registered voters following new election law.