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Turkey probes death of activist

Posted on October 12, 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 9, 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 8, 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

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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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Stem cells from testicles an option to embryos

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Date: 10/8/2008 1:00 PM By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Cells taken from men’s testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. The new type of stem cells could..
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Mom says at KC trial she waited for girl to die

Posted on October 7, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/7/2008 8:19 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of a little girl long known as “Precious Doe” testified Tuesday she knew the injured 3-year-old needed medical attention but that she feared going to jail and instead waited for the child to die...
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Slain girl’s mom testifies at husband’s trial

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Date: 10/7/2008 1:59 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of a 3-year-old girl whose headless body was unidentified for nearly four years testified Tuesday that she watched her then-boyfriend kick her daughter in the head and helped him dump her body. Michelle Johnson..
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Defense: ‘Precious Doe’ defendant kicked girl, 3

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Date: 10/6/2008 10:09 PM By DAVID TWIDDYAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The man accused of murdering 3-year-old Erica Green kicked her in the head but didn’t mean to kill her, his attorney told a jury Monday in the case of a victim the city mourned for four..
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Trial under way for man in slaying of 3-year-old

Posted on October 6, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/6/2008 1:13 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A man went on trial for murder Monday in the death of a 3-year-old girl whose headless body was found in the woods and nicknamed “Precious Doe.” Special prosecutor Tim Dollar told jurors Monday that the..
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Technology helps Fla. group home residents

Posted on October 5, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/5/2008 12:04 AM By LISA ORKIN EMMANUELAssociated Press Writer PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) _ From the outside, the one-story pink house on the quiet, tree-lined street looks like any other in South Florida’s suburbia. But once you go through the glass double doors, it’s obvious: This home is different. Doors..
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