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PLAIN TWP. The day before school began, Chris Smith stood before the teachers in his district.
The Plain Local Schools superintendent thanked everyone down to the bus drivers for contributing to the district's "excellent" rating it received on the Ohio Department of Education's annual report cards released Tue...
Showing strong support and resolve in favor of Democratic candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama in her Tuesday speech at the Democratic National Convention, Clinton appealed to the Democratic constituency (18 million of whom voted for her as America's next president) to “unite as a single party with a single purpose”.
She criticized the legacy of the Bush administration, saying she...
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One of the most nauseating aspects of Maple Leaf Foods' contamination problems is the political BS that is leeching into the issue. This is inevitably exacerbated by mounting election fever. The outbreak of bacteria-borne listeriosis is a tragic accident. Maple Leaf's CEO, Michael McCain, has responded quickly and ear...
As an employee-owned business, all 69,000 staff - known as Partners - take responsibility for its success and share the profits. Together with Healthplan provider HSA, a further 1350 Partners have been introduced to the benefits of a bespoke Health Cash Plan thanks to an effective communications campaign.
Leisure Benefits Manager Dan Barnard comments, "We have shared an excellent partners...
Texas once again led the nation with the highest percentage of residents without health insurance, a U.S. Census Bureau report showed Tuesday, although the same study also reports a slight dip last year in the percentage without coverage across the nation.
Almost one of every four Texas residents - 24.8 percent - were uninsured in 2006 and 2007, based on an average of the rates for those ...
The winner of this year's bodybuilding Ms Bermuda 2008 weighs 111 pounds and can leg press more than four times her body weight.
Bermuda Body Building Federation's 21st Night of Champions held in the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium on Saturday was proof that hard work and diligence pays off.
Winners included Sidney Bean, Mr. Bermuda 2008, Susan Rebello, Miss Bermuda 2008 and Sandra ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008; Posted: 10:13 AM 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Tomorrow -- Free Newsletter ST. LOUIS, Aug 27, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CNC PowerRating) today announced that Patrick J. Rooney has been appointed President and CEO of Centene's Indiana subsidiary, Managed Health Services (MHS). Mr. Rooney is based in the MHS corporate office in Indianapolis and reports to Christopher D...
A new study in Environmental Health Perspectives offers what I think is the first-ever data on increased visits to emergency rooms during heat waves, which are expected to become more frequent and more severe as climate change unfolds.
We need to know how much effect climate change will have on health and mortality: The bigger the effect, the more money it will cost to handle, and, ultima...
Del Martin, left, places a ring on her partner Phyllis Lyon, right, in this June 16, 2008 file photo during their wedding ceremony officiated by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, center, at City Hall in San Francisco. Martin, a pioneering lesbian rights activist who married her lifelong partner on the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in California, has died. She was 87. Kate Kendell...
Wall Street posted a sizable advance Wednesday after the government reported a larger-than-expected increase in orders for big-ticket manufactured goods that indicated the economy could be stronger than some investors thought.
The Commerce Department said orders for durable goods jumped 1.3 percent in July compared with the previous month, led by a big gain in demand for commercial aircra...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - United Airlines says it will furlough 1,550 flight attendants as it reduces its flying this fall.
The furloughs work out to roughly 10% of United's cabin workers.
Spokesman Jeff Kovick said Wednesday that United seeks 7,000 job reductions companywide by the end of 2009. United has previously announced plans to cut as many as 1,600 managers and 5,500 front-line wo...
OTTAWA - Regardless of who's to blame for the tainted meat tragedy, the prospect of a mounting death toll in the midst of an election campaign is bound to hurt Stephen Harper's Conservatives, a pollster predicts.
Indeed, Nik Nanos said the prime minister might want to reconsider his apparent plan to pull the plug on his government next week.
"I think the Conservatives are facing e...
NPR.org , August 27, 2008 · In his speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, Bill Clinton said Barack Obama is ready to lead the nation as president. Obama "has a remarkable ability to inspire people, to raise our hopes and rally us to high purpose," Clinton said. And regarding Obama's choice of Sen. Joseph Biden as his running mate, Clinton said Obama "hit it out of...