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NM woman faces eviction over medical marijuana use

Posted on October 24th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/23/2008 1:26 PM SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) _ A woman was told to move out of her apartment when the landlord discovered she has marijuana for medical use. Bobbie Wooten, 47, uses a wheelchair because she was paralyzed from the waist down in a car crash several years ago..
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Magnet device aims to treat depression patients

Posted on October 21st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/20/2008 5:05 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression — a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. If it sounds like science-fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charges that spark brain..
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Brain’s reaction to yummy food may predict weight

Posted on October 17th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/16/2008 2:04 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy — unless you’re overweight. It sounds counterintuitive. But scientists who watched young women savor milkshakes inside a brain scanner concluded that when the..
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Parents of boy who shot himself plead not guilty

Posted on October 14th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/14/2008 4:18 PM NORWICH, Conn. (AP) _ The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found at home pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death. Jason Matteau, 27, and Rebecca Matteau, 24, of Jewett City, were arraigned Tuesday in..
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Turkey apologizes for inmate beating death

Posted on October 14th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/14/2008 10:01 AM Turkey apologizes for inmate beating death ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ In a rare gesture, Turkey’s justice minister apologized Tuesday to the family of an inmate who was allegedly beaten to death in Istanbul and said 19 prison workers have been suspended in connection with the killing...
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Mich. voters to decide stem cell research measure

Posted on October 13th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/13/2008 4:56 AM By TIM MARTINAssociated Press Writer LANSING, Mich. (AP) _ Michigan voters will be thrust into the crossroads of science, ethics and religion next month when they decide whether to loosen the state’s restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. Supporters of the ballot measure say it could..
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Turkey probes death of activist

Posted on October 12th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/12/2008 7:43 AM ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ Turkey’s government says it is investigating allegations that an activist has died of injuries sustained in a beating by police. Human rights groups say 29-year-old Engin Ceber was severely beaten by officers while in custody. He died in a hospital from a..
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Conviction in ‘Precious Doe’ case brings relief

Posted on October 9th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/9/2008 6:44 AM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ For seven years a community waited to bring to justice the killers of a little victim it had come to know as “Precious Doe.” The haunting case of the 3-year-old girl whose headless body was discovered..
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Man convicted of murder in Mo. ‘Precious Doe’ case

Posted on October 8th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/8/2008 10:05 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A man who kicked his girlfriend’s daughter in the head and dumped her body in the woods was convicted Wednesday, resolving a case that haunted the Kansas City area during the four years the 3-year-old was..
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Deliberations begin in Mo. ‘Precious Doe’ case

Posted on October 8th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/8/2008 3:19 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Jurors began deliberating the case Wednesday of a man accused of kicking a 3-year-old girl in the head, waiting hours without seeking help while she died, then decapitating the girl and dumping her body. During closing..
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