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Calculating The Value Of Human Tissue Donation

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Chris Truitt holds a photo of his daughter, Alyssa, who died when she was 2, at his home in De Forest Wis. After donating her organs and tissues, he decided on a career change that made him rethink tissue donation.

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A family photo of Alyssa Truitt.

By Joseph Shapiro

Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 7:11 pm

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Part 1 of a four-part series

The story of how Chris Truitt went from being a tissue industry insider to an industry skeptic starts with a family tragedy.

In 1999, his 2-year-old daughter, Alyssa, died of a sudden health complication. Truitt and his wife, Holly, donated their daughter's organs and tissue, which saved the life of another young girl, Kaylin Arrowood.

10:22 am

Tue July 17, 2012

Old Mines Bring New Casualties In Afghanistan

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An Afghan man rests after walking on his new artificial leg at the International Committee for the Red Cross Ortho Center in the eastern city of Jalalabad, last month. Many Afghans continue to be injured by mines.

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A de-mining expert demonstrates how to find land mines in a training area near Hakim Village in central Afghanistan, where Soviet mines dating to the 1980s are still a danger.

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Afghan soldiers walk toward a U.S. Army mine-sweeping vehicle in southern Afghanistan on June 10. Roadside bombs remain a major threat to U.S. and Afghan troops, as well as civilians.

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Originally published on Tue July 17, 2012 8:01 pm

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Windblown villages of mud houses surround the huge Bagram Airfield north of Kabul. These poor villagers make a living in ways that can also kill them: They graze their animals or forage for scrap metal — often on a NATO firing range.

The East River Range dates to the 1980s, when the Soviet army occupied Afghanistan. It's full of mines, grenades and other ordnance that should have detonated during training exercises over the years. It sprawls along a mountainside and grazing areas. It's poorly marked, and only small sections are clearly identified by signs and concrete barriers.

4:22 pm

Mon July 16, 2012

Kitty Wells, Pioneering Country Singer, Dies

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A studio portrait of Kitty Wells in the mid-'70s.

By Neda Ulaby

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 5:29 pm

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3:14 pm

Mon July 16, 2012

New Romney Fund Highlights Fundraising Muscle

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Mitt Romney arrives at the Utah Olympic Park for a private dinner during a donor's conference in Park City, Utah, on June 22.

By Peter Overby

Originally published on Mon July 23, 2012 1:30 pm

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Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign says a recently formed arm of the organization collected more than $10 million a week during a three-month period this spring. And most of the money care from high-end donors.

Romney Victory Inc., got its first four contributions on April 6 — three donations of $50,000 each and one check for $350. Since early April, it's pulled in $140 million.

3:04 pm

Mon July 16, 2012

Can Science Plant Brain Seeds That Make You Vote?

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Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 5:03 pm

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In 2008, just a few days before the Democratic presidential primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, a large group of Pennsylvania voters got a very unusual phone call.

It was one of those get-out-the-vote reminder calls that people get every election cycle, but in addition to the bland exhortations about the importance of the election, potential voters were asked a series of carefully constructed questions:

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