Friday,  Aug. 30, 2013 • Vol. 15--No. 46 • 24 of 33

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RELATED DEAL WITH THE NFL
• Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett and Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien will be among the thousands of former players with concussion-related health problems receiving compensation under an agreement with the NFL.

• 5. WHY TYLENOL CAPS ARE GETTING NEW WARNING LABELS
• Overdoses from acetaminophen send 55,000 to 80,000 people to the emergency room in the U.S. each year and kill at least 500.

• 6. 2 IVY LEAGUE-TRAINED ECONOMISTS, 1 JOB
• Lawrence Summers, a White House insider, and Janet Yellen, a veteran of the Federal Reserve, are seen as leading contenders to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Fed, the nation's central bank.

• 7. BAN ON STRAIGHT-TO-GAY PSYCHOTHERAPY STANDS
• A federal appeals court upholds the nation's first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight.

• 8. A FATAL JOYRIDE
• A 6-year-old girl was killed when she and her brother went for a joyride in the family car and crashed into a pole. Initially, the mother called the police thinking the two had been kidnapped.

• 9. WHAT A TOOTH IS WORTH THESE DAYS
• The Tooth Fairy is keeping up with inflation. This year kids are getting an average of $3.70 per lost tooth, an increase over last year's $3 a tooth.

• 10. CHIMPANZEE 'ENRICHMENT SESSION' PAYS OFF
• A 37-year-old primate that paints with his tongue wins an art contest and $10,000 for his sanctuary, Chimp Haven, in Louisiana.




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