23May/16

NFL Tried to Influence Concussion Research, Congressional Study Finds – New York Times


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NFL Tried to Influence Concussion Research, Congressional Study Finds
New York Times
“The N.F.L.’s troublesome interactions with the N.I.H. fit a longstanding pattern of attempts to influence scientific understanding of degenerative diseases and sports-related head trauma,” Mr. Pallone said in a statement. “The N.F.L. must recognize
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23May/16

NFL Health Officials Attempted to Influence NIH Brain Study – Fortune


Fortune

NFL Health Officials Attempted to Influence NIH Brain Study
Fortune
The NFL’s actions violated rules preventing private donors from meddling in NIH peer review, ESPN reports. In December, the NFL backed out of a signed agreement to pay for the study, which instead … The neurodegenerative brain disease chronic
NFL Tried to Influence New Concussion Research, Congressional Study FindsNew York Times
Congressional report says NFL waged improper campaign to influence government studyABC News

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23May/16

Beyond Belief: As Americans Warm to Atheism, Will Donors Follow? – Inside Philanthropy

Beyond Belief: As Americans Warm to Atheism, Will Donors Follow?
Inside Philanthropy
But we’ve never seen a gift for related to aethism—either on a campus or elsewhere. Nor have our data gathering friends the Foundation Center, which reports exactly zero grants related to atheism in a database covers tens of foundations. (That said

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23May/16

Lawyers shower campaign money on 12th District candidate who is the son of chief judge – The Southern


The Southern

Lawyers shower campaign money on 12th District candidate who is the son of chief judge
The Southern
… judge’s son, he’s going to like you, and if you don’t, he won’t,” said Belleville City Clerk Dallas Cook, a Republican who is running for 20th Judicial Circuit clerk and is suing to get Judge Baricevic removed from a judicial ballot this year in an

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23May/16

As Trump and Clinton Clash, 2 Operatives Duke It Out in Their Shadows – New York Times


New York Times

As Trump and Clinton Clash, 2 Operatives Duke It Out in Their Shadows
New York Times
… campaign to defend Mrs. Clinton, and American Bridge, a related group that digs up opposition research to defeat Mr. Trump. (Enough to “knock Trump Tower down to the subbasement,” as Mr. Brock put it in remarks to liberal donors, according to

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23May/16

Inspirational girl, 9, signs up for organ donor card as mum waits for life-saving kidney transplant – Mirror.co.uk


Mirror.co.uk

Inspirational girl, 9, signs up for organ donor card as mum waits for life-saving kidney transplant
Mirror.co.uk
A brave little girl has signed up for an organ donor card after her mum suffered from life-threatening kidney failure. Olivia-Julie Carroll is just nine years old, so she’s too young to donate a live organ – the usual minimum age is 18 – but she wants

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