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Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:00 GMT

Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee McCain Promotes Health Care Proposal at Cleveland Clinic

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Thursday during a visit to the Cleveland Clinic discussed his health care proposal, the Akron Beacon Journal reports (Wheeler, Akron Beacon Journal, 5/2). The proposal would replace
Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:00 GMT

NIM Issued U.S. Patent for Social Networking Applications Using GPS-Enabled Wireless Device

- Networks In Motion (NIM), the award-winning wireless navigation, hyper local search, and location-based services (LBS) company with the largest mobile phone navigation subscriber base in North America, today announced that it was issued U.S. Patent No.
Tue, 13 May 2008 08:07:00 GMT

5/12 HUD Expands FHASecure Program

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Tue, 13 May 2008 04:07:00 GMT

Obama's First Priority May Be Reform of Health Care

On the assumption that Barack Obama becomes the next US president and survives for a full four-year term - for it is generally assumed that, as the first African-American president, he will face a higher than average risk of assassination - what changes
Mon, 12 May 2008 23:31:00 GMT

MSHA News Release: MSHA urges public to 'Stay Out and Stay Alive' - 08-0651-NAT - [05/12/2008]

] Contact Name: Amy Louviere or Matthew Faraci Phone Number: (202) 693-9423 or x9406 Release Number: 08-0651-NAT Agency issues warning to kids, adults about recreational activities on mine property WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety
Mon, 12 May 2008 21:43:00 GMT

Pallone challenges Bush limit on children's health program

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Mon, 12 May 2008 20:45:00 GMT

Google joins assault on social network barriers

Google joined the race to break down the walls around the biggest online social networking sites on Monday. The move comes days after MySpace and Facebook, the two biggest online social networks, made similar announcements.Though the initiatives differ
Mon, 12 May 2008 20:37:00 GMT

Speakers tell British Baptists: fight global warming, poverty

BLACKPOOL, England (ABP) -- British Baptists heard warnings against overconsumption and further degradation of the environment during their annual meeting May 2-4 in Blackpool, Lancashire. Theologian Elaine Storkey told members of the British Union of
Mon, 12 May 2008 16:47:00 GMT

Children to receive free laptops in poor, rural schools

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Mon, 12 May 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Controversies about the Rise of American Inequality: A Survey

NBER Program(s): DAE EFG LS ---- Abstract ----- This paper provides a comprehensive survey of seven aspects of rising inequality that are usually discussed separately: changes in labor's share of income; inequality at the bottom of the income
Mon, 12 May 2008 15:38:00 GMT

Social Roles: What Stage Do You Stand On?

All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts...(Shakespeare) Each man/woman plays many parts in a lifetime. We are children, boyfriends, girlfriends,
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:25:00 GMT

Poverty and Welfare

Many national policies have turned out to be failures -- not because there were not rational and substantial reasons favoring the policy, but because leaders conception of the forces impinging on the issue left out a crucial factor, or factors. The
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:25:00 GMT

Senate, House Delay Votes On Supplemental War Appropriations Bills With Provisions To Delay Medicaid Regulations

The on Thursday delayed a scheduled mark up of a $193 billion supplemental war appropriations bill that includes a provision to block for one year seven new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, as well as additional funds for FDA,
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:34:00 GMT

Medicare Fee Cuts Could Devastate Rehabilitation Services, Physical Therapists Warn Congress

Pending cuts to the Medicare physician fee schedule could severely hamper the ability of physical therapists to serve the rehabilitation needs of seniors and people with disabilities, driving up overall costs while decreasing quality of care, according
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:28:00 GMT

G-8 labor officials begin 3-day meeting in Japan

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Mon, 12 May 2008 09:12:00 GMT

What Social Security Isnt Meant to Do

To hear some in Congress tell it, the federal government urgently needs to expand its electronic employment verification system, E-Verify, to all corners of the country and force every business to use it. But a hearing in the House last week raised
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:48:00 GMT

What Social Security Isnt Meant to Do

To hear some in Congress tell it, the federal government urgently needs to expand its electronic employment verification system, E-Verify, to all corners of the country and force every business to use it. But a hearing in the House last week raised
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:35:00 GMT

SeaChange Brings Social Networking to VOD

Video-on-demand supplier SeaChange International developed a new version of its Axiom management software that will let cable customers manage their on-demand viewing through a personalized Web portal and make program recommendations to their friends
Mon, 12 May 2008 04:15:00 GMT

Gwynne Dyer: Healthcare Obama's likely preferred cure for US ills

On the assumption that President Barack Obama survives for a full four-year term - for it is generally assumed that, as the first African-American President, he will face a higher than average risk of assassination - what changes will he bring to the
Sun, 11 May 2008 19:33:00 GMT

Healthcare spending rises despite fewer disabled vets

WASHINGTON - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
Sun, 11 May 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Senate Version of Supplemental War Appropriations Bill Would Delay Medicaid Regulations, Increase FDA Funds

The on Thursday plans to mark up a supplemental war appropriations bill that will include language to block for one year seven new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, as well as additional funds for FDA, CQ Today reports (Higa, CQ
Sun, 11 May 2008 11:59:00 GMT

Senate Finance Committee Discusses Offsets for Estimated $15M to $18M Cost of Medicare Payment Delay; Bush Administration Requests June 16 Deadline

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Wednesday said a Medicare package that would delay for 18 months a 10.6% cut to physician fees would cost between $15 billion and $18 billion over five years, prompting committee members to begin
Sun, 11 May 2008 11:58:00 GMT

Proposed Medicaid Regulations Would Not Compromise Disaster Preparedness, Bush Administration Officials Say

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said shortcomings in U.S. hospitals' disaster preparedness plans would not be fixed by that would block pending cuts, the Washington Post reports. The Bush administration
Sun, 11 May 2008 11:56:00 GMT

Senate, House Delay Votes on Supplemental War Appropriations Bills With Provisions To Delay Medicaid Regulations

The on Thursday delayed a scheduled mark up of a $193 billion supplemental war appropriations bill that includes a provision to block for one year seven new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, as well as additional funds for FDA,
Sun, 11 May 2008 09:47:00 GMT

Former Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Officer Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charges (07-795)

WASHINGTON ? A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment earlier this week, which was unsealed yesterday, charging former Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police officer Lance Kendall Bonner with federal civil rights violations. Rena J.
Sun, 11 May 2008 07:45:00 GMT

Former Tennessee Mental Health Aide Sentenced for Federal Civil Rights Violations (07-827)

WASHINGTON ? Jarvis Malone, a former aide at the Arlington Development Center (ADC) in Arlington, Tenn., was sentenced today in federal court in Memphis to 27 months imprisonment following his conviction on civil rights violations. After release from
Sun, 11 May 2008 06:49:00 GMT

McCain Backs Higher Medicare Premiums for Wealthy

WASHINGTON ? The long philosophical battle over whether wealthy people should pay more for their Medicare benefits is breaking out anew on the presidential campaign trail. The expected Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, has proposed
Sun, 11 May 2008 06:02:00 GMT

HUD Lets GSEs Off the Affordable Housing Hook

It's increasingly apparent that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didn't meet two of their affordable housing purchase subgoals for 2007, but it's not going to cause them any grief from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. After the GSEs challenged
Sun, 11 May 2008 05:16:00 GMT

HUD Extends RESPA Comment Period

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Sun, 11 May 2008 03:24:00 GMT

U.S. civil rights leader Al Sharpton under investigation over taxes

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors in the United States are investigating Rev. Al Sharpton over his taxes. Government records obtained by The Associated Press indicate the civil-rights leader and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes
Sun, 11 May 2008 01:41:00 GMT