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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The potential link between mobile telephones and brain cancer could be similar to the link between lung cancer and smoking — something tobacco companies took 50 years to recognize, according to US scientists’ warning.
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WASHINGTON – In an industry first, Eli Lilly and Co. says it will begin disclosing how much money it paid to individual doctors nationally for advice, speeches and other services.
The drug company’s move comes as members of Congress push a disclosure bill in an effort to prevent such payments from improperly influencing medical decisions.
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Train Collision
“LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Friday’s two-train collision killed 25 people and injured more than 130 others near Los Angeles after an engineer failed to heed a traffic signal, a spokeswoman for Metrolink commuter trains said.”
Yes, but human error on a single line to share two trains, is very probable! and there should be two lines, one for the freight and one for the commuter train to start with. Hopefully with all the money coming into place to implement the transportation infrastructure, this type of accidents will not be attributed to human error…
The crash occurred about 4:30 p.m. PT Friday in Chatsworth, a northwest Los Angeles suburb. The Metrolink train had about 220 passengers and two crew members on board at the time, according to Tyrrell.
