Michael Jackson trial pits family against concert organiser AEG Live

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AEG Live contend that Michael Jackson hired the doctor and it had no responsibility for how he treated Jackson. Last month AEG Live won legal arguments to raise Jackson's 2005 child abuse case at the trial, as it may be relevant to the singer's history …
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Medicaid might overwhelm drug treatment centers

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He said Medicaid expansion in Ohio would extend coverage to 5,000 people in Scioto County, and The Counseling Center expects to pick up about 500 new drug treatment patients. It has been 60 years since doctors concluded that addiction was a disease …
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With few other outlets for complaints, inmates review prisons on Yelp

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But as Yelp grows more popular — logging 36 million reviews as of last quarter — lawyers as well as prison inmates and their family members have turned to the site to report mediocre food and allegations of serious abuse. They join … In the …
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