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In cash-strapped Detroit, few critics question new sports arena funding

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“The Tigers’ home stadium Comerica Park, which opened in 2000, was built at a cost of $300 million, 38 percent of which was publicly financed. Ford Field, the Lions’ domed stadium, was built next door to Comerica and opened in 2002 at a cost of $430 million, 36 percent of which was publicly financed.  A state board recently approved issuing bonds to help pay for a new arena for the Red Wings at the heart of a proposed 45-block entertainment district just north of downtown. The total project is slated to cost $650 million. About 44 percent of the project would be financed through public sources.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/29/in-cash-strapped-detroit-few-critics-question-new-sports-arena-funding/

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Television set injuries on the rise in the U.S.

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“Television sets injure one child every 30 minutes in America, and the rate of emergency room visits is increasing with the popularity of flat-screen TVs, according to a new study. Just over half (52 percent) of all TV injuries for those under 18 from 1990 to 2011 were due to the equipment falling and hitting the patient, said the study in the journal Pediatrics. The number of falling TV injuries was 5,455 in 1990, but that more than doubled to 12,300 in 2011, the study said.  The number of US households with multiple TVs has more than doubled since 1990.  Previous research has found that 215 children died from a falling TV injury from 2000 to 2011.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/22/television-set-injuries-on-the-rise-in-the-u-s/

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