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Infant Deaths Decline in U.S.
by GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON – Infant deaths in the United States declined 2 percent in 2006, government researchers reported Wednesday, but the rate still remains well above that of most industrialized countries and is one of many indicators suggesting that Americans pay more but get…
Author: The New York Times
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Executions near for 12 on Texas death row
by MICHAEL GRACZYK The crowd on A-Wing A-Section at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit is about to get thinned. A dozen condemned inmates in the so-called “death watch” cells on Texas death row are set for lethal injection over the next six…
Author: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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Merger of five rights bodies in doubt
by DEAGLAN de BREADUN SERIOUS DOUBT has arisen over proposals to merge five human rights and equality bodies as a costsaving measure in the forthcoming budget. There are strong indications that the merger will either be abandoned or else implemented in a much-modified form. High-level…
Author: Irish Times
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Lining Up That Second Career Takes Focus
by Kerry Hannon A New York investment banker becomes a small-town chef. A techie turns acupuncturist. An entrenched corporate exec accepts an early retirement package and converts to the ministry. Longer life spans, concerns about outliving retirement savings, and a desire to stay productive are…
Author: U.S. News & World Report
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Hundreds of Workers Held in Immigration Raid
by ADAM NOSSITER LAUREL, Miss. – In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally. Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to…
Author: The New York Times
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Coalition Launches New Campaign for Quality, Affordable Health Care for All
Washington, DC- July 8, 2008 Today in Washington, DC and 52 cities across the country, including 38 state capitals, a new national campaign is bringing together millions of Americans to demand quality, affordable health care for all. Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is being…
Author: Health Care for America Now!
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SERVICES AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
SECTION: CAPITOL HILL HEARING TESTIMONY LENGTH: 1726 words Statement of Dr. Diana White Senior Research Associate, Institute on Aging Portland State University Committee on Senate Special Aging July 23, 2008 Good morning Senator Casey, Ranking Member Smith, and members of the Committee; I very much…
Author: Congressional Quarterly
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Gardai criticise HSE services after boy forced to stay in station
Original Source By Ralph Riegel, Tom Brady and Louise Hogan IRELAND faces an imminent tragedy involving vulnerable children because of the chronic shortage of ‘out-of-hours’ social worker resources. The warning came as the Health Service Executive (HSE) was heavily criticised by a powerful garda association…
Author: Irish Independent
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The Best Poverty-Fighting Bet
The Google IPO event of the nonprofit world Original Source By Georgia Levenson Keohane If any good comes out of the misguided farm bill passed last month, it will be the recognition that Americans are hungry. Amidst the egregious agricultural subsidies, the bill earmarks billions…
Author: Slate
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Confusing ballot designs still plague elections
Original Source By DEBORAH HASTINGS AP National Writer The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon-pregnant, hanging and otherwise.…
Author: AP