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Injured soccer trainee gets $8.3M

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A British court has awarded a former Manchester United soccer trainee $8.3 million in compensation for a career-ending injury sustained in a reserves game.

Some 6,500 U.S. children injured diving

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- At the summer Olympics or the neighborhood pool, diving is increasingly popular, but some 6,500 U.S. children are injured annually diving, researchers said.

U.S.golf cart injuries have soared

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 11 (UPI) -- With more and more golfers choosing to ride carts to navigate the course, cart-related injuries are up 132 percent in 17 years U.S. researchers say.

Man charged with trying to kill family

BELLEVILLE, Ill., May 21 (UPI) -- An Illinois man has been charged with attempting to kill his wife and 5-year-old daughter by disconnecting a gas line to the kitchen stove.

Burns hospitalize 10,000 children a year

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- An estimated 10,000 U.S. children are hospitalized annually for burns at a cost of $212 million in hospital charges, a study found.

More U.S. child bike injuries than thought

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Bicycle-related injuries of U.S. children and teens are a more significant public health concern than previously estimated, a study found.

Charity groups cautious of recalled toys

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Charitable groups across the United States have begun taking precautions to ensure a growing number of recalled toys from China are not donated.

Doctors say shopping carts unsafe for kids

CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Supermarket shopping carts are not a safe place to put a child according to the American Academy of Pediatrics in suburban Chicago.

Bike shop FEMA contract draws complaints

RIVER RIDGE, La., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Louisiana motorcycle shop has landed a $108 million contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make trailers for Hurricane Katrina victims.

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