January 2009

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Posts published in January 2009

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Death after ‘gasser’ leads to charge against coach

Date: 1/24/2009 By BRETT BARROUQUERE and WILL GRAVESAssociated Press Writers LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Football players know them as “gassers” — sprints up and down the field to build stamina. Sophomore Max Gilpin and his Pleasure Ridge Park teammates spent the tail end of a three-hour practice on a sweltering August day in Louisville running ...

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Prosecutor: Ky. coach should have known heat risk

Date: 1/23/2009 By BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated Press Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A high school football coach should have realized a player could collapse from heat stroke in the broiling weather during practice, a prosecutor said in announcing reckless homicide charges in a youth’s death. A grand jury indicted David Jason Stinson on Thursday in the ...

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Debris kills boy in stands at monster truck show

Date: 1/18/2009 TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Debris flew into the grandstands at a monster truck show in Washington state, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring another spectator, witnesses and city officials said Saturday. A red truck came apart while doing doughnuts during the freestyle competition of Friday night’s Monster Jam show, the witnesses said. Debris ...

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Keeping home life-support up when power goes out

Date: 1/12/2009 By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For many of the growing millions who depend on home medical equipment, a power outage goes way beyond the inconvenience most of us feel. It could be deadly. It’s an issue that snuck up on emergency officials as better medical treatments over the past decade ...

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Purple Heart won’t be awarded for PTSD

Date: 1/8/2009 By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Thursday sought to assure troops that it takes post-traumatic stress seriously despite the recent decision not to award the Purple Heart to those with the disorder. An advisory committee concluded that troops coming home from the wars with combat stress cases collectively ...

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Vets sue CIA, Defense over military experiments

Date: 1/7/2009 By PAUL ELIASAssociated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Six veterans who claim they were unwittingly exposed to dangerous chemicals and germs during government-sponsored Cold War experiments have sued the CIA, Department of Defense and other agencies. The vets volunteered for military experiments they say were part of a program started in the ...

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