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$10,000 reward offered in Riverwalk Augusta beatings

...27, of Edgefield, S.C., and Ashley Solesbee, 25, of North Augusta, suffered severe facial fractures and head injuries. Spires remains hospitalized in critical condition, while Solesbee has returned home, according to family.The conditions...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-08/10000-reward-offered-r
Motocross biker emerges from coma

Kenny Steinke, the professional motocross biker who suffered a severe head injury while performing a stunt at James Brown Arena, has awoken from his coma, given doctors a thumbs-up and is "squeezing his hands...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-06/motocross-biker-emerges-coma
Motocross stunt driver on life support

...Monica Belser, of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, said the victim remains in critical condition from a severe head injury. Belser said investigators do not plan to release the identity of the victim until Monday, once all his family is...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-28/motor-cross-stunt-driver-seri
NFL commissioner says player safety must improve

...The NFL is facing concussion-related lawsuits from thousands of former players.In a series of interviews about head injuries with The Associated Press in December 2011, 31 of 44 players said they wanted the league to have independent neurologists...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/2013-03-06/nfl-commissioner-says-pla
NFL joins brain research partnership

...hoping to produce in a partnership announced Monday that could funnel up to $60 million over four years to research on head injuries and possible improvements to helmets."Imaging of the brain, studying the brain, is still pretty far behind the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-03-11/nfl-joins-brain-research-part
Man stabbed during argument with woman

...midnight Friday, authorities say.Richmond County sheriff's Sgt. Monica Belser said the man suffered back, neck and head injuries during the assault in the 1600 block of Ramsey Street. She said he was taken to Uni ver sity Hospital and treated...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-23/man-stabbed-during-arg
Man hospitalized after weekend fight

...intoxicated and arguing with patrons. Once outside he tried to start a fight in the parking lot with a patron and received a head injury. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition, according to the release. The investigation is ongoing and no...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-11/man-hospitalized-after
Drug seller acquitted of murder in beating death

...Burnett on Jan. 2, 2011. There were no eyewitnesses nor any physical evidence to link Hurley to Burnett's fatal head injury. Only Hurley's statement to a sheriff's investigator implicated him, and Hurley testified this week that Burnett's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-11-29/drug-seller-acquitted-
Kansas City Chiefs player kills girlfriend, then self, police say

...victims, has donated his brain tissue to determine if head injuries he sustained playing football might be linked to his...Nov. 11, 2009, as being limited in practice with a head injury. Belcher played four days later against the Oakland...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/national/2012-12-01/kansas-city-chiefs-player-
Shaun White planning big things for Sochi Games

...trick, along with the dangers inherent in his sport, which had been rocked less than a month previously by a severe head injury suffered by one of its up-and-coming stars, Kevin Pearce.Pearce has recovered, and on Friday in Breckenridge...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-12-14/shaun-white-planning