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You probably don't need another reason to be angry about how poorly the U.S. healthcare system operates, but one particularly tragic tale has put a face on how it fails disadvantaged Americans. A Denver mother wasn't able to fill her 9-year-old son's prescription for asthma medication because pharmacists kept telling her he wasn't eligible for Medicaid. She tried repeatedly to have the problem fixed, but a few months later her son fainted and died due to asthma complications. More »
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Child custody disputes often get ugly, and the fight between Alaina Giordano and Kane Snyder's is no different. There have been allegations of cheating, domestic violence, and mental health problems, but their case is getting national attention because a judge denied Giordano primary custody of her two children partly because she's fighting breast cancer. More »
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Michele Dufault, a Yale student who was just weeks from graduation, died today when her hair was pulled into equiptment in the chemistry lab machine shop. Dufault, an astronomy and physics major, was using a lathe as part of her thesis project on the possible use of liquid helium for detecting dark matter particles. Yale administrators say they're reviewing the school's safety policies, and for the time being all undergraduates will be limited to using the labs while monitors are present. More »
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Oh no! It seems the Champagne bubble has burst. As if there's nothing to celebrate? Are we not alive? Are we not human? This is an unspeakable tragedy. Get out there and drink, people. Do it for the economy! [Economist] More »
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