ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The number of women in state government leadership positions is on the rise, with the percentage nearly mirroring their representation in the general population in six states, a study has found.
Of the governor-appointed posts in all 50 states last year, 35 percent were held by women, up from 28 percent a decade earlier, according to the report by the Center for...
Grand Forks officially re-opened the Central Parking Ramp downtown Friday after a monthlong construction project that aimed to make it cleaner and safer.
Monday’s slow, steady rain put a damper on an area harvest that’s already running late, and the wet weather will continue later this week, according to the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks.
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The General Medical Council is to face a legal challenge over its decision not to investigate allegations of a cover up following the death of a 10-year-old boy from a rare illness, it was revealed.
A campaign group is seeking a judicial review on behalf of the family of Robbie Powell, of Ystradgynlais, south Wales, who died of Addison's disease in hospital in 1990 after a period of ill ...
ROME (AFP) — A strain of highly pathogenic bird flu previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria, the UN food agency said Tuesday.
Laboratory results from Nigeria and a Food and Agriculture reference laboratory in Italy show that the newly discovered virus strain is genetically different from the strains that circulated in Nigeria in 2006 and 2007, the...
NEW YORK (AP) — TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The company also is raising its profit outlook as it benefits from shoppers looking for cheaper alternatives.
TJX said it earned...
HAVANA (AP) — The number of political prisoners held in Cuba has dropped slightly but the overall rights situation remains "unfavorable" under President Raul Castro's government with more brief detentions of dissidents, the island's leading independent human rights group said Tuesday.
The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation said in its twice-yearly report...
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. PHILADELPHIA - The parents charged in the starvation death of their bedridden daughter have sued the city, alleging that dangerous and reckless actions by several municipal employees and contract workers contributed to the girl's death.
The lawsuit outraged prosecutors, who have charged Andrea Kelly, 39, with murder in the death of 14...
Suicide rates in the Republic are much higher than in Northern Ireland, a study has showed.
Researchers said the number of people taking their own lives was 47% higher in the Republic. They suggested the striking difference could be down to the varying prevention campaigns or alternative methods for recording such deaths.
The figures were revealed in the Ireland and Northern Ireland...
Some of the countries that will receive aid under a $214 million campaign by the World Food Program to ease the effects of high food and oil prices in 16 trouble spots:
_ ETHIOPIA: Increased feeding programs for malnourished children and other assistance for nation where more than 10 million people affected by severe drought and tripled crop prices.
_ GUINEA: Bolstered school feedin...
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Shane Hensley, a mechanic for Richland County School District One, pumps diesel fuel into a 1985 special needs school bus, Tuesday in Columbia. The state Education Department does not expect to buy any new school buses this year beca...
National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty soldiers, a new military study suggests.
Sign up for our Health newsletter Health RSS feed CHICAGO —National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty soldiers, a new military st...
NEWDELHI: After three rounds of meetings of the all-party team formed to take stockof the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, it’s becoming increasingly clearthat the Manmohan Singh government is groping in the dark for the resolution ofthe crisis, and is merely waiting for the conclusion of the annual AmarnathYatra to cool off temperatures in thestate.
Another round of meetinghas been con...
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News Local News News General Concern for hospital’s future 13/08/2008 11:30:00 AM VASSE member Troy Buswell has expressed concern about Margaret River District Hospital after Shadow Health Minister Dr Kim Hames announced that an incoming Liberal Government would not build the new Busselton Hospit...WINNIPEG — A team of Canadian graduate students and two leading mathematicians is heading to Africa for a unique fight against AIDS and other infectious diseases.
They will travel to Botswana next week for a workshop that aims to teach students how to control the spread of diseases through math equations and formulas.
"What we're trying to do with our team is develop these m...