CIA-Contra Cocaine Scandal: The Tragic Saga of Gary Webb

Published April 23, 2013

CIA-Contra Cocaine Scandal: The Tragic Saga of Gary Webb

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Starring Jeremy Renner as the late Gary Webb, the movie of Webb's investigation of the CIA's Contra-cocaine scandal – and of Webb's destruction by mainstream news outlets – is set to begin filming this summer. If Hollywood gets the story right, it will …
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Lab Notes: Killing Listeria on Contact – MedPage Today

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Amyloid proteins have long been considered part of the pathogenesis of such neurological conditions as Alzheimer's disease, but in fact they may be signs of a protective mechanism, according to researchers led by Lawrence Steinman, MD, of Stanford …
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