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Radio hosts accuse Johnson of faking AIDS
Magic Johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts for accusing him of faking AIDS but said he didn't want them to be fired. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis made the remarks during Baker's conservative radio show Wednesday. After...Tags: Magic Johnson, Jeff Foster, Diseases, Eddie Jones, Contracts
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Finland's Ahtisaari wins peace prize as critics worry that chance to chastise China missed
OSLO, Norway (AP) _ Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award. Critics say the secretive, five-member panel missed a golden opportunity to reward...Tags: Olympic Games, Buddhism, Human Rights, Awards and Prizes, Punishment
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Magic Johnson critical of Minneapolis radio station hosts accusing him of faking AIDS
Associated Press WriterMINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Magic Johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts Friday for accusing him of faking AIDS but said he didn't want them to be fired. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis made the remarks during Baker's conservative...Tags: Magic Johnson, Diseases, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, National Basketball Association, Radio Industry
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Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson was accused of faking AIDS by a Minneapolis radio station, and now the station said Friday it would air public service announcements on HIV/AIDS. KTLK's Chris Baker and Langdon Perry made the remarks about AIDS during Baker's conservative...Tags: Magic Johnson, Diseases, Public Relations, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Government
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Minneapolis yakkers claim Magic faked HIV/AIDS
WatchdogMedia Matters, the folks who brought down Don Imus last year, this week uncovered some disturbing radio banter in Minnesota, of all places. Turns out a couple of clowns (jokingly?) wondered whether Earvin Johnson had faked getting the virus that......Tags: Magic Johnson, New York Times, Diseases, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Don Imus
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Minneapolis radio station regrets remarks on Magic Johnson and AIDS and will run PSAs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A Minneapolis radio station said Friday it would air public service announcements on HIV/AIDS after a pair of talk hosts accused Magic Johnson of faking AIDS. KTLK's Chris Baker and Langdon Perry made the remarks during Baker's...Tags: Magic Johnson, Diseases, Public Relations, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Government
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Talk radio hosts accuse Magic Johnson of faking AIDS
Magic Johnson says he's outraged that a pair of Minneapolis talk radio hosts accused him of faking AIDS. KTLK's Chris Baker and Langdon Perry made the remarks during Baker's conservative talk show on Wednesday. The context for the remarks wasn't clear....Tags: Magic Johnson, Diseases, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, National Basketball Association
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UN food program finds hunger crisis in Zimbabwean countryside; some survive on wild fruits
Associated Press WriterJOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Some rural Zimbabweans facing one of the hungriest years they could remember have been forced to live on a meal a day and in some cases only on wild fruits, the U.N. food aid agency said Thursday. The World Food...Tags: Morgan Tsvangirai, Charity, Relief and Aid Organizations, Democracy, Richard Lee
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A laureate in service
Sir Isaac Newton, the pioneer of modern physics, once said he was able to achieve what he had because he stood on the shoulders of giants. In science, as in sports, great things often are accomplished through the collective effort of many individuals....Tags: Retroviruses, Awards and Prizes, Diseases, Medical Research
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Nobel panel snubs Gallo in HIV prize
Twenty-five years after the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS, two French researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine today for their role in that scientific breakthrough. Perhaps more notable than who won the award is who did not: Dr....Tags: Preventative Medicine, Communicable Diseases, Vaccines, Awards and Prizes, Epidemics and Plagues
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University at Buffalo gets $7.6M for AIDS research
The University at Buffalo has been awarded a $7.6 million contract to help AIDS researchers in developing countries conduct proper clinical trials. The seven-year award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is one of the largest...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Diseases, Contracts, Illnesses
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French Nobel laureates fear AIDS funding may fall victim to financial crisis
PARIS (AP) _ Two French researchers who shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the AIDS virus are voicing fears that the world financial crisis will hurt funding to fight the disease. Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi say they...Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Awards and Prizes, Diseases, Medical Research, Financial Markets
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