14Jan/16

Banking on a loan that fell through led to Frost museum’s cash woes – Miami Herald


Miami Herald

Banking on a loan that fell through led to Frost museum’s cash woes
Miami Herald
Borrowing money to build is a common approach for cultural groups that depend on donations because very often promised money doesn’t come in until years later — when, for instance, a donor who has left the museum the money in a will dies. Very often …

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14Jan/16

Rick Scott scuttled Florida child health standards to protect hospital chain … – Raw Story


Raw Story

Rick Scott scuttled Florida child health standards to protect hospital chain
Raw Story
Rick Scott’s (R) administration was accused of eliminating health standards related to childrens’ heart surgery only after a hospital chain failing to meet them donated $200,000 to state Republicans. “The coincidence is just a little too much

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13Jan/16

Determining death may depend on which state, hospital you’re in – Chicago Tribune

Determining death may depend on which state, hospital you’re in
Chicago Tribune
Hospital staff missed several signs that Burns’s brain was still functioning the night she was due for organ donation surgery: her nostrils flared, her lips and tongue moved, she was breathing “above the ventilator” (meaning, taking breaths of her own

13Jan/16

Gift of liver, a gift of life for Peter Brouwer – St. Catharines Standard


St. Catharines Standard

Gift of liver, a gift of life for Peter Brouwer
St. Catharines Standard
Peter has been on the Trillium Gift of Life’s wait list for a deceased donor since last spring, a spot he shared with some 245 other people in Ontario who are waiting for a liver. In Ontario, from last January to November, there were 51 living liver

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