Firefighter's Widow Denied Death Benefit
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Firefighter Marty McNamara had two young daughters and a third on the way when he barreled into a burning basement last November. His family was protected by the same accidental death benefit that covers every part-time firefighter in the state: none.
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Claims Gordon Brown pushed through an honour nomination for a friend are denied.
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The family of a woman who died in a fire hours after leaving hospital say more should have been done to help her.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A blaze that killed five federal firefighters last year has emboldened those who question the cost of saving the ever expanding number of homes on the fringe of wilderness.
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JACKSON, Miss. - Before she suffered a stroke and died, Ruth Grant was worried about losing her Medicaid benefits, her husband says.
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A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday against Boeing and Aetna Life Insurance, charging that valid employee-disability claims were systematically denied.
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A Kentucky trial judge yesterday refused to reconsider a decision exempting an unusual medical-bill ministry from compliance with state insurance laws.
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DERA BUGTI, Pakistan -- Doubt swirled around yesterday's funeral for a tribal chief killed in a Pakistani military raid after officials rejected demands to open his padlocked coffin for inspection and buried it in a different location than where his family wanted.
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Family and friends of a terminally-ill man who died in an assisted suicide will not face police action.
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The widower of a woman who died at Brigham &amp; Women's Hospital while delivering her first child is suing the hospital, alleging that doctors accidentally damaged at least two arteries during the emergency delivery, then disregarded signs that she was bleeding to death.
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A federal judge on Wednesday denied a  motion for class-action status for personal injury and wrongful  death cases involving Merck & Co.'s  withdrawn Vioxx  painkiller.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday refused to reinstate a lawsuit against the Minnesota Vikings for the actions of its trainers before the Aug. 1, 2001, death of NFL lineman Korey Stringer.
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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the government of Sudan's request to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by relatives of the 17 sailors killed in the terrorist bombing of the USS Cole.
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Alexander Litvinenko's widow rejects claims UK security services were involved in poisoning her husband.
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The widow of an Oak Ridge nuclear weapons plant employee received &#36;125,000 Monday, one of the first checks issued by the U.S. Labor Department since it took over a long-delayed compensation program for Cold War-era defense workers from the Energy Department.
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An Italian judge rejected a paralyzed man's request to be removed from a respirator Saturday, ruling that the law does not permit the denial of lifesaving care and urging lawmakers to confront the issue.
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M argaret Kane , who retired after teaching for 35 years in Medford, Mass., does not collect Social Security benefits earned by her late husband because she receives a state pension.