11Jul/15

Ground broken in Manhattan on specially adapted home for injured veteran – Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

Ground broken in Manhattan on specially adapted home for injured veteran
Chicago Tribune
Foster said that one-third of America’s homeless are veterans, largely due to psychological wounds or addictions related to their service. “The rate of suicides among veterans has reached tragic proportions,” Foster said. “We’re simply not doing enough.”.

11Jul/15

Brownback raising cash to pay down campaign debt and legal fees – Topeka Capital Journal


Topeka Capital Journal

Brownback raising cash to pay down campaign debt and legal fees
Topeka Capital Journal
The governor’s campaign-finance operatives are reaching out to potential donors in a bid to pay down debt lingering from the 2014 election as well as legal fees. Documents obtained by The Capital-Journal indicate Brownback has personally been working …

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11Jul/15

California Has Finally Stopped Denying Organ Transplants to Medical Marijuana … – VICE News


VICE News

California Has Finally Stopped Denying Organ Transplants to Medical Marijuana
VICE News
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which administers the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, declined to speak directly on the issue but pointed out that transplant centers consider “all medical and social factors taken as a whole

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11Jul/15

LETTERS: Trump’s remarks; airport’s untapped potential – Colorado Springs Gazette

LETTERS: Trump’s remarks; airport’s untapped potential
Colorado Springs Gazette
After a week, it was determined that he was brain dead. He had registered as a donor when he … One way Colorado Springs residents can help to raise awareness for this important cause is by joining the Donor Dash 5K in Denver’s Washington Park on July

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11Jul/15

‘If they don’t give me money, I’ll be fired’: the life of the charity cold-caller – The Guardian


The Guardian

‘If they don’t give me money, I’ll be fired’: the life of the charity cold-caller
The Guardian
Last year, a Dispatches documentary for Channel 4 went undercover at two call centres, Pell & Bales, which is one of the biggest in the market, and NTT in Bristol, and found staff were encouraged to lie to donors – about having children, for instance

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