Report finds wide disparities in education for gifted students Nov 22, 2009
5 million last year on research and grants for the estimated 3 million gifted children in the United States. Both the Bush and Obama administrations have tried to eliminate that money entirely, but Congress put it back into the budget each year. (Boston Globe)
Pakistani president’s tenure appears increasingly fragile Nov 22, 2009
The United States is allied with Pakistan in the war against extremists, but Pakistani army leaders here remain wary of US ties with India, and they were infuriated by the controls on military spending included in a recent American aid package for Pakistan. Poor and working-class Pakistanis, meanwhile, blame the government for protracted shortages of gas, electricity, and staple foods. (Boston Globe)
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy Nov 22, 2009
Information on air travel data disclosure developments between the European Union and the United States ... Information and action items on the largest criminal justice database in the United States ... Information about US-VISIT, an integrated government-wide program intended to improve the nation's capability to collect information about foreign nationals who travel to the United States, as well as control the pre-entry, entry, status, and exit of these travelers. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Brainiac: The indefensible Aztek Nov 22, 2009
But in 1853, when the Reverend Horace Bushnell led a movement to set aside green space - an outdoor parlor, he called it - in the industrializing city for the enjoyment of its citizens, the resulting Bushnell Park became the first municipally funded public park in the United States, according to the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a Washington-based advocacy group. By the 1930s, Hartford had one of the most extensive parks systems in the country, one that had been worked on by Frederick Law... (Boston Globe)
MRI ordered, payment denied: Hampton woman an example of health care debate Nov 22, 2009
It seems like more lobbying and stuff from the health insurance industry so they can save money," said Hayden, who works two jobs to make ends meet. "If my mother had early screening, she might have lived. Why not do it early if it will save lives. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
New twist on government control of data: use of subpoenas Nov 22, 2009
It cost the United States an estimated $7. 7 billion to keep all the nation's information under wraps, according to the ISOO - an increase of more than 50 percent since 2001. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
GOP Points to Cancer Recs, Calls It 'Rationing' Nov 22, 2009
The first study released by a quasi-government panel called The United States Preventive Services Task Force said that women no longer need to get annual mammograms to detect breast cancer until they are over the age of 50. The second report came out Friday, issued by a different group, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (ABC News)
Bake sale Saturday Nov 22, 2009
American Flag Treasure this United States Flag that has flown over the US Capitol. Donated by: Jo Ann Emerson. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Murkowski: Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters Nov 22, 2009
The United States Postal Service will allow volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in North Pole, Alaska after all, said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Friday. (TheHill.com)
WHO Investigating Norway Swine Flu Mutations Nov 22, 2009
The same mutation has been found in both fatal and mild cases elsewhere, including in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine, and the United States, said WHO. ... It said transmissions appear to have peaked in some parts of the United States and Western Europe, but elsewhere the number of cases is still increasing, including in eastern Europe, and Central and Western Asia. (KIRO TV, WA)
Read the story Nov 22, 2009
Rowan Williams presides over the worldwide congregation of Anglicans, about 80 million people, including more than two million Episcopalians in the United States. His church is divided over issues of homosexuality and gender. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Capuano, Khazei square off at candidates forum Nov 22, 2009
Someone who wants to be a United States senator is repeatedly unwilling to put themselves out in front to answer tough questions, to have a debate with their colleagues, how can they possibly think they are going to be a successful United States senator ... If you cannot implement those comments, you are wonderful philosopher and a good person, but not a very effective United States senator, Capuano said. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.: If it's too tough here, go home Nov 22, 2009
According to The New York Times, there's a kind of reverse remittance going on where, instead of illegal immigrants sending money to Mexico, more and more poor people in Mexico are scraping together whatever they can to send funds to unemployed sons and daughters in the United States. Reporters interviewed Mexican government officials, bankers, money-transfer operators, immigration experts, and Mexicans with out-of-work relatives in the United States ... Remittances from relatives in the United... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Deadly Intestinal Infection Spreading Outside Hospitals Nov 22, 2009
The germ kills an estimated 5,000 people in the United States each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. SOURCE: Mayo Clinic, news release, October 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Veterans discussed their higher purpose, few regrets Nov 22, 2009
He served in the United States, Germany and Korea ... The first year he was in the Army he went to camp in the United States and was trained here how to do his duties. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Libya acts in HIV row with Bulgaria Nov 22, 2009
The United States and the European Union have criticised the verdicts, which have impeded Tripoli's efforts to emerge from decades of diplomatic isolation and renew ties with the west. Aids experts testified to a lower court last year that the epidemic started before the nurses arrived at the hospital in eastern Libya, possibly due to poor hygiene or the unsafe use of syringes and blood products. (Yahoo News -- Libya)
A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech) Nov 22, 2009
The GAO report follows one Tuesday from Santa Clara computer security firm McAfee that concluded that countries like Russia, China, France, Israel and the United States have the technological capabilities to coordinate state-to-state online attacks and are building their computerized arsenals. At most risk are the nation's power grids, transportation systems, telecommunications, financial institutions and health networks, which many experts agree are still very vulnerable and likely targets in... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Biker kills 16 in suicide blast in Afghanistan Nov 22, 2009
In another development, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects. U.S. toll in Afghanistan. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tough lessons Nov 22, 2009
Israel says the occupied eastern side of Jerusalem is its own - a claim not accepted by, among others, the United States, Britain, the rest of the EU and of course the Palestinians themselves, who want it as their capital. Israel cannot expect peace with the Palestinians while it builds on the territory they want for a state. (BBC News -- Africa)
Public health care is a Christian option Nov 22, 2009
Jerome R. Kinderman wrote on Nov 21, 2009 11:12 AM:" Mr. Mattheis seems to suggest that until some form of the two bills being offered is passed, United States physicians have done little (or perhaps nothing) to care for the sick. To connect the adage "What Would Jesus Do. " with his notion that this is ". (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Local gathering: Participants dismayed by state of the country. (Thelma Grimes/photo.) Nov 22, 2009
The conservative said he'd also like to see more oil drilling done here in the United States, instead of relying so much on foreign oil. Goss also said he'd like to do away with the Internal Revenue Service, and send postcards out to residents who should all pay a flat tax to make the system fair. (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
Swine flu vaccine effective despite mutations: experts Nov 22, 2009
In the United States, Anne Schuchat of the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) said the mutation would have no impact on the effectiveness of the swine flu vaccine or the anti-virals ... It also revealed that a similar mutation had been observed in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine and the United States as early as April ... On Friday, World Health Organization data showed that around 6,750 people had died from swine flu since the virus was first uncovered in Mexico and the United States in... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Cleo Victor Raley Nov 22, 2009
He began his career at Boeing Aircraft, then was inducted into the United States Navy during WWII from November 1943 to January 1946. Victor went on to college to study engineering and court reporting. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Investigation lets Chi-Chi's staff off hook Nov 22, 2009
She did not say what sort of penalties a U.S. farm could face, but a Mexican farm with unsanitary practices could be excluded from trading with the United States. "We're working with the Mexican government to determine which farms were involved and what practice may have occurred to contribute to contamination so we can prevent this in the future," Jackson said of the Tennessee outbreak. (Yahoo News -- Hepatitis)
Properties under threat from bushfire Nov 22, 2009
The air crane arrived in Melbourne from the United States last week and can carry 9000 litres of water. The RFS says 74 aircraft were working on fighting more than 80 blazes across the state. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
In the age of beauty, you're never too young to look younger Nov 22, 2009
Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia president Dr Gabrielle Caswell estimates Australians spend $345 million a year on non-surgical treatments such as Botox, more per capita than in the United States. There is no evidence such treatment at a young age will prevent wrinkles later. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Outbreak linked to cases in South Nov 22, 2009
It is unlikely that an adult farm worker in Mexico or working in the United States transmitted the virus, he said. Most Mexicans contract hepatitis A as children, meaning they are immune from it for life and cannot be carriers, he said. (Yahoo News -- Hepatitis)
Capuano, Khazei square off at candidates forum Nov 22, 2009
"Someone who wants to be a United States senator is repeatedly unwilling to put themselves out in front to answer tough questions, to have a debate with their colleagues, how can they possibly think they are going to be a successful United States senator?" ... " Capuano closed by invoking the name of the late Ted Kennedy, whose Senate seat he is seeking. What made Kennedy great, he said, was his ability to combine his philosophical views with the ability to implement his ideas. "If you cannot... (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Obama health drive faces critical vote Nov 22, 2009
The United States is the world's richest nation but the only industrialized democracy that does not provide health care coverage to all of its citizens, with an estimated 36 million Americans uninsured. Related article: Women's health in political tug-of-war. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Swedish soprano Soderstrom dies Nov 22, 2009
Her name would also long be associated with the role of Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, for which she won great acclaim with performances in the United States and in the former Soviet Union. Born on May 7, 1927, in Stockholm to a Russian mother and a Swedish father, Soderstrom made her debut at the city's Drottningholms Theatre. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle Nov 22, 2009
Max, you let down your constituents in the state of Montana and the people of the United States ... And lastly, the United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) was created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on July 26, 1775 by decree of the Second Continental Congress ... Based on the Postal Clause in Article One of the United States Constitution, empowering Congress "To establish post offices and post roads," it became the Post Office Department (U.S.P.O.D.) in 1792. (Montana Standard, MT)
LETTER: 'Health care, insurance are basic human rights' Nov 22, 2009
Bernie wrote on Nov 21, 2009 11:21 AM:" Jrhendren said, "I am talking about those who know better, but just don't care". Most people know that denying health care to a sick person is wrong, but here in the United States, they just don't care. ". Bernie wrote on Nov 21, 2009 11:24 AM:" BW: WWJD? ". (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
LETTER: Republicans playing same old record Nov 22, 2009
medic57 wrote on Nov 21, 2009 6:46 AM:" coonbugThe Washington Times:For the first time in his presidency, President Obama's job approval rating has slipped to 45 percent and congress rating is 14 percent in the Gallup Polls daily tracking survey. The secret service and intelligence say that the threat of harm toward this man and his family is 400% higher than any other president in our history.Well hell, anyone who didn't think that was going to happen is a boob.You want a miracle? It will be a... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Software Knowledge Unnecessarily Lost Nov 22, 2009
Ecological engineers have developed software that can model the path of a toxic spill in waterways anywhere in the United States. The system can. (Science Daily)
Health Care Hits the Senate Floor Nov 22, 2009
"Do you really think that in the United States of America we would have a president who would say that we're going to kill off old people?". "Yeah! " One woman shouted, "He said it, he said it himself!". (WCAX.com, VT)
Changes to be concerned about (3) Nov 22, 2009
Instead, the United States will continue to suffer massive, escalating, multi-hundred billion dollar losses ( deficits ) each and every year for the next seven decades, which is when the budget projection stops. Under both CBO budget scenarios (catastrophic and worse-than-catastrophic), losses in fiscal year 2080 will be the largest of the entire 70 year series, meaning that the budget crisis will continue well beyond 2080. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
24 South St. Notebook Nov 22, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:50 PM EDT. The address for Auburn's Memorial City Hall on South Street is familiar to many follower's of the city's government and its political scene. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
CDC: H1N1 cases down, vaccine up Nov 22, 2009
The CDC also said 21 more deaths from H1N1 in children were reported in the past week, bringing the official toll of confirmed pediatric H1N1 deaths in the United States to 171 ... For our international users, please be aware that the information you submit when registering for our services is collected in the United States of America. (CNN)
U.S. couple pleads guilty in spy case Nov 22, 2009
In a diary quoted in the federal affidavit released in June, Myers expressed his opinions on the flaws of the United States and the appeal of Cuba. "The abuses of our system, the lack of decent medical system, the oil companies and their undisguised indifference to public needs, the complacency about the poor, the utter inability of those who are oppressed to recognize their own condition ...," he wrote of the United States ... For our international users, please be aware that the information... (CNN)
Cancer screenings under scrutiny Nov 22, 2009
The United States Preventive Services Task Force came under heavy criticism for its position and triggered confusion and political accusations of health care rationing ... For our international users, please be aware that the information you submit when registering for our services is collected in the United States of America. (CNN)
Citizen Webitor Nov 22, 2009
rayhami wrote on Aug 16, 2009 1:54 AM:" I would like to comment on an article posted on Yahoo yesterday titled: The 50 richest colleges: This report is good and people really need to know this information because these institutions are educational institutions and are in business to educate young people and to serve as good examples for the younger generations. With that in mind our country is going through tough times right now, the very same system that enabled these individuals and... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Help available for people living with diabetes Nov 22, 2009
Burmester is one of about 15,000 Certified Diabetes Educators (CDEs) in the United States ... Currently, 70 CDE HELP Team members are available in cities across the United States. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Amaizing: Corn Genome Decoded Nov 22, 2009
The United States is the world's top corn grower, producing 44 percent of the global crop. In 2009, U.S. farmers are expected to produce nearly 13 billion bushels of corn, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Science Daily)
First Map of Chromosome Terminals of Higher Fungi Nov 22, 2009
Over the last ten years, the Genetics and Microbiology Research Group (GIGM), financed under projects by the National Research Plan, has made the oyster fungus a model system for studying this type of fungus -- P. ostreatus being the first edible fungus for which the genome has been sequenced, in a joint project between the UPNA as coordinator, and the Joint Genome Institute at the Department of Energy of the United States of America, and in which more than 20 laboratories worldwide are taking... (Science Daily)
N.C. reports Tamiflu-resistant swine flu (50) Nov 22, 2009
The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the United States ... The Norway report isn t the first time that particular mutation has been seen: About 15 others have been reported around the world, including four in the United States. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
• Joette Phillips Nov 22, 2009
She spent her childhood in a multitude of locations across the United States as an Army dependent, with her favorite being Alaska. She moved from Longview, Texas, where she had resided for the previous 45 years, to Fredericksburg in December 2008. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Meager monsoon worsens drought Nov 22, 2009
Rain and snow have ended droughts across much of the United States this year, but in Arizona, conditions have worsened, further extending a dry streak that reaches back to 1996 ... Earlier in this decade, almost 70 percent of the continental United States was experiencing drought conditions, from the upper Midwest deep into the South. (AZCentral -- News)
Senate to debate health Nov 22, 2009
The United States is the world's richest nation but the only industrialized democracy that does not provide health care coverage to all of its citizens, about 36 million of whom are uninsured. Several US presidents since Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s have sought to overcome the traditional US suspicion of a wider government role in health care. (iAfrica.com)
St. Clair's legacy has been lost to history Nov 22, 2009
After the war, St. Clair took on another post: president of the Congress of the United States Assembled. Under the Articles of Confederation, this was the highest office in the land. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial Nov 22, 2009
AmericanRight wrote on Nov 17, 2009 12:26 PM:" Article 3 Section 3 Of the United States Constitution, "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. "Obama said and quote, "urged Congrewss to hold off on any investigation".Refer now to Article 3 Section 3 of Constitution. ". (Longview Daily News, WA)
Gatlin faces losing world record Nov 22, 2009
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) has set the maximum suspension, but the actual length of it will be determined by an arbitration panel. Gatlin, 24, was facing a life ban after testing positive for testosterone, his second doping offence, on 22 April. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)
Hasan, his victims are all casualties of war Nov 22, 2009
They are the helpless victims of warmongering by the United States and Hasan asked to be released from the military because he could not participate in that horror. The Army did not release him, he did snap and Major Hasan and his victims are all casualties of war. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Infotainment Nov 22, 2009
At least so says young French designer Celine Boulud, who is bringing a canine enterprise from the United States to France. Canine fashion is all the rage in New York, she said in an interview. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Watchdog blasts 'X-treme Eating' Nov 22, 2009
Chain restaurants in the United States are promoting dangerous "X-treme Eating", a US watchdog has said. They are serving up "ever-more harmful new creations," the Center for Science in the Public Interest says. (Yahoo News -- Diet and Nutrition)
After long decline, state's welfare rolls surge Nov 22, 2009
Hassan spent the next five years in a dusty refugee camp in Kenya, waiting for permission to enter the United States. Since she arrived in 1996, she has learned English, helped all five of her children succeed in public schools, earned her American citizenship and tried her hand at a half-dozen jobs. (Yahoo News -- Welfare Reform)
Libya's Bulgarian medics appeal Nov 22, 2009
The case has become a source of international tension, with both the United States and the European Union supporting Bulgaria's efforts to have the nurses freed. Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said a few days ago: "The less we speak of it and the less we try to politicise the process, the better their chances are.". (Yahoo News -- Libya)
Valley Benefits Nov 22, 2009
The donations were made possible by Recycled Rides, a community awareness project that repairs and donates refurbished vehicles to families and service organizations in need throughout the United States. For more: or 602-544-2600. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Is There a Palin Doctrine? Nov 21, 2009
In it, did she ever express or discuss the idea that choosing her as Republican candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States was a bad idea ... Never forget though, the Republican party's propensity to nominate numbnuts for the presidency of the United States. (Slate)
WINCHESTER WEDDING: Featherstone/Rosenberger Nov 21, 2009
He is currently a research oceanographer with the United States Geological Survey in Santa Cruz. Following a wedding trip to Hawaii, the couple is residing in Capitola, Calif. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
New twist on government control of data: use of subpoenas Nov 21, 2009
It cost the United States an estimated $7. 7 billion to keep all the nation's information under wraps, according to the ISOO - an increase of more than 50 percent since 2001. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
Softball Signs Five to NLIs Nov 21, 2009
Father was a wrestler at the United States Naval Academy from 1974-1976. Brother, Shane, plays ruby at the United States Naval Academy. (Msuspartans.com)
Viewpoints: There’s still time to specialize in happiness Nov 21, 2009
Weiner points out that in the United States, specialization is a mark of diligence, even when it means knowing a tremendous amount about a single subject that will never be more than a footnote in research the vast majority of us will never read or understand. Academics, doctors and other professionals spend lifetimes learning more and more about less and less, Weiner observes. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Citizen Webitor Nov 21, 2009
rayhami wrote on Aug 16, 2009 1:54 AM:" I would like to comment on an article posted on Yahoo yesterday titled: The 50 richest colleges: This report is good and people really need to know this information because these institutions are educational institutions and are in business to educate young people and to serve as good examples for the younger generations. With that in mind our country is going through tough times right now, the very same system that enabled these individuals and... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
24 South St. Notebook Nov 21, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:50 PM EDT. The address for Auburn's Memorial City Hall on South Street is familiar to many follower's of the city's government and its political scene. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
AP: Plastic Surgery Levy to Help US Health Care Plan Nov 21, 2009
The United States is the only developed nation that does not have a comprehensive national health care plan for all its citizens and about 50 million of America's 300 million people lack health insurance. Obama says that overhauling health care is vital to the U.S.'s long-term economic recovery. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
