Tobacco industry defense in Minnesota CTR case heats up
In opening statements a tobacco attorney praised the industry sponsored Council for Tobacco Research for decades of research on smoking and health while denying it is a PR ploy. The case seeks state money spent on treating smoking related illnesses and involves major defendants including Philip Morris and R J Reynolds.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Brown & Williamson
David Bernick
Council For Tobacco Research
Minnesota
Bernick
Surgeon General
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bob Weber
R.J. Reynolds
Liggett
James Stricker
Texas
Florida
Mississippi
Hubert Humphrey III
Philip Morris Inc
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Liggett Group Inc
The
Tobacco Institute Inc
New Hampshire lawmakers seek answers in death
In 1982 Janet Dow and her son Steven were found burned in a Thornton car. Police ruled an accident but investigators later questioned that finding. Lawmakers seek a special committee to probe potential cover up involving former trooper Richard Dow and his commander Richard Tuck.
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Concord
N.H
Richard Dow
Renny Cushing
Janet Dow
Steven
Thornton
Dow
Karen Saffian
Saffian
Richard Tuck
Tuck
Gene mutation slows AIDS in adults and newborns found
The CCR5 mutation appears in 10 to 15 percent of whites and helps HIV infected newborns stay illness free longer. By age eight, 11 percent with the mutation faced serious AIDS related illnesses versus 49 percent without it. Study spans 52 centers, 512 newborns, 276 infected.
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Chicago
Micheline Misrahi
Paris
Institut National de la Sante Et de la Recherche Medicale
Journal of the American Medical Association
U.S
United States
Developing Countries
National Cancer Institute
Thomas R. O’brien
Former star wrestler awarded $3.3 million in suit
Ardeshir Asgair, 34, a former world class wrestler, was awarded 3.3 million dollars by a jury in Santa Ana. The award covers 800000 for false arrest and 2.5 million for emotional distress after a 1987 heroin arrest that ruined his marriage and Olympic hopes. He claimed the case involved planted evidence and Iranian meddling.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Los Angeles
Ardeshir Asgair
Ao- Asgair
Callifornia State University
Fullerton
Iran
U.S
Asgair
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