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In Tight Times, Many Nonprofits Feel the Pinch as Contributions Dwindle
Source: The New York Times
By GLENN COLLINS Could we have picked a worse time for a gala? asked Richard J. Moylan, president of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, regretting the disappointing turnout for the institution's fund-raising dinner on Friday night. He could have spoken for hundreds of nonprofits of all…
Resource type: News
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Increase in number of migrants repatriated
Source: Irish Times
by CARL O'BRIEN THE GOVERNMENT repatriated more than 500 eastern European migrants to their home countries so far this year under a scheme aimed at assisting destitute immigrants. In the eight months leading up to August a total of 511 migrants were repatriated. The number…
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Economy forcing many seniors to cut on health care
Source: Chicago Tribune
by Judith Graham They are splitting pills or deciding not to refill prescriptions. They're missing doctors' appointments, skipping needed dental work, canceling home-care services. As the economy founders, Chicago's seniors are cutting back wherever they can, and health care is high on the list of…
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No games, no lies, vows health head Hogan
Source: Pretoria News (South Africa)
by Graeme Hosken Newly-appointed Health Minister Barbara Hogan will change the way South Africa combats HIV/Aids and TB. Speaking in Pretoria yesterday, Hogan said health care was a human right. "Health care is about being responsive and supportive, and providing a good service," she said.…
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Fewer Reported Entering U.S. Illegally
Source: The New York Times
by GINGER THOMPSON The latest arrest figures from the Border Patrol and a report released on Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center indicate that fewer people are trying to enter the United States illegally and that the number living here without documents has declined. A…
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Survey: Many plan to delay retirement - voluntarily
Source: The Associated Press
by David Pitt For medical office manager Sue Stein, working past the typical retirement age was a choice she made because she's still having fun at her job and likes the lively banter with the young medical students around her. Stein, 69, is among the…
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U.S. Education Budget Roiled by Financial Crisis
Source: Education Week
by Alyson Klein The result of the presidential election will likely help determine how much money education programs receive in the 2009 federal fiscal year, which begins this week. But a multi-billion-dollar federal plan to assist the financial markets may leave the next president with…
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Medical cards for over-70s 'are being reviewed'
Source: The Irish Times
HEALTH Minister Mary Harney confirmed yesterday that the over-70s' automatic entitlement to a medical card is under review and health spending increases for next year will be "negligible". The minister said she was not "ruling anything in or ruling anything out" on medical cards. Meetings…
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Employers learning gray matters
Source: The Arizona Republic
by Betty Beard More employers now realize they need to recruit and retrain older workers -- especially Baby Boomers. But many aren't sure how to go about that. And at the same time, mature applicants are seeking jobs in drastically changed workplaces that have gone…
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66% want immigration clampdown
Source: Irish Examiner
by Shaun Connolly TWO-THIRDS of the population want immigration restricted, a wide-ranging survey exposing Ireland's contradictory attitude to becoming a multicultural society has revealed. Despite the call for a clampdown, 54% believe the country's decade-long experience of mass migration has been good for the republic,…
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