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Jokes 4 Miles

They say laughter is the best medicine, and a Chicago father-son duo is really put that old adage to the test.

Miles Austrevich, 19, has a rare form of brain cancer, and his father says they've been fighting it with meds, chemo and radiation.

They're also fighting it with humor. His father, comedian Len Austrevich launched the Jokes 4 Miles campaign, hoping to collect 5,000 jokes online to help lift his son's spirits.

If you'd like to send Miles a joke, stop by any Leona's Restaurant location in Chicago on Friday, Feb. 3 or Feb. 10 between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. The restaurants will have cameras set up to record jokes for Miles. Or you can record a joke on your own and submit it to their website. Find out the guidelines for submitting a joke here.

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