Michigan man froze to death after electric limiter left on
Bay City Michigan neighbors found 93 year old World War II veteran Marvin Schur dead in his frosted home after a city utility limiter cut power for unpaid bills. He died slowly in winter gear with a gas furnace and open oven suggesting attempts to heat. Officials suspended shutoffs and removed limiters as investigators review dementia risk and utility policies.
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Bay City
Mich
Marvin Schur
Chad Sepps
Lake Huron
Detroit
Schur
Bay City Electric Light & Power
Kanu Virani
William Walworth
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Donating a kidney not harmful to long term health
University of Minnesota researchers report living kidney donors live as long and stay as healthy as similar non donors. In a study tracking 3 700 donors from 1963 to 2007 they found comparable life spans blood pressure diabetes and kidney disease rates with a surprising edge in quality of life for some donors. The results published in the New England Journal of Medicine reassure potential donors amid rising transplant need.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Hassan Ibrahim
New England Journal of Medicine
Torahim
Bryan Becker
National Kidney Foundation
University of Wisconsin
Ibrahim
Stimulus bill passes House in major economic rescue vote
The House approved a historic 819 billion stimulus package by a 244 to 188 vote, despite broad GOP opposition. Obama hailed the step as a job creator and urged swift Senate action as the plan targets unemployment, health care, schooling, and mass transit with large federal spending and tax cuts.
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Obama
White House
Senate
Nancy Pelosi
California
Rep
David Obey
D-Wis
House Appropriations Committee
John Boehner
Ohio
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