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Second U.S. family urges change to children’s organ transplant policy
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A second family has stepped forward in the public fight to change a donor-organ policy that places sick children younger than 12 years of age at the bottom of the adult transplant list, regardless of the severity … Continue reading
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Family of Penn’s Paterno to join lawsuit against NCAA -attorney
HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) – The family of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno would be among a group of plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against the U.S. college sports association on Thursday over its reaction to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, … Continue reading
Speedboat victim ‘doted on family’
A TV executive who died in a speedboat crash off the Cornish coast which also killed his daughter was a devoted family man, his brother says.
Kerry to visit family of U.S. diplomat killed in Afghanistan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he will go to Chicago on his return from a 10-day overseas tour to visit the family of a young diplomat who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month.
Delayed tax refunds hurt Family Dollar results
(Reuters) – Family Dollar Stores Inc said on Wednesday that sales have perked up as spring weather has finally arrived, but reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit which it blamed on a delay…
British hostage’s family ‘saddened’
Relatives of a Briton thought to have been murdered by a Nigerian Islamist militant group say they are saddened and pay tribute to a “lovable rogue”.
Family Dollar everyday item sales hit profit, stock off
(Reuters) – Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, sending its shares tumbling 11.8 percent as its push to sell more everyday items including soft drinks…
Obama set for “middle-class” family visit in “fiscal-cliff” campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama takes his “fiscal-cliff” campaign to the home of a family in Northern Virginia on Thursday to illustrate the impact of letting taxes go up on the middle class, as signs emerge that Republicans are … Continue reading
U.S. will need 52,000 more family docs by 2025: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A growing and aging population, along with increased access to health insurance, will create the need for 52,000 more primary care doctors within the U.S. by the year 2025, according to a new study.
Missing April family ‘devastated’
The family of a missing five-year-old girl say they are “devastated” by her abduction as police hold a 46-year-old man for questioning.