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Tributes poured into the National Public Radio Web site Monday for Leroy Sievers, the veteran journalist who reported on his own losing battle with cancer. ABC's Ted Koppel said in a statement on the NPR Web site that Sievers, a onetime producer of Koppel's "Nightline" program on ABC, inspired courage in everyone with his blog about the struggle with the disease that killed him last Friday at the age of 53. "Cancer was not in Leroy's plans," Koppel said. "But he turned his battle with cancer...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One week after signing up to make news documentaries for the Discovery Channel, former "Nightline" anchor Ted Koppel has struck additional deals to contribute commentaries to National Public Radio and The New York Times. Koppel, who ended a 42-year ABC News career with his final "Nightline" television broadcast in November, will join NPR as a senior news analyst in June under an agreement to appear on the public radio network's national programs...