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Golfers see that wishes do come true
Published July 10, 2009, 12:00 am, The Globe Gazette
MASON CITY — Chloe Downey, a 15-year-old leukemia patient from Charles City, gave golfers who participated in Thursday’s Make-A-Wish Foundation golf tournament in Mason City an idea of how the money raised can make children’s dreams come true.
Officers Say Charleston Violence Probably Not Random
Published July 9, 2009, 5:51 pm, WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia
After two shootings in less than 24 hours Authorities in Charleston are trying to reassure the public that these acts of violence are probably not random.
Tremors near San Andreas earthquake fault are a signal of increased stress, UC Berkeley seismologists report
Published July 9, 2009, 3:40 pm, Contra Costa Times
A boost in deep underground rumbling indicates that stress is building along a segment of the San Andreas fault near the town of Parkfield. Although tremors have not been proven to forecast earthquakes, the same pressure that stimulates tremors may also stimulate quakes.
Guest Column: Health-care reform should include child abuse prevention
Published July 9, 2009, 11:07 am, Allston-Brighton Tab
Even the most seasoned prosecutors are haunted by cases involving abused and neglected children. By the time those cases make it to court, the damage to innocent children is done and their lives are irrevocably changed.
KPBS Examines San Diego County Board Of Supervisors' Opposition To Needle Exchange Program
Published July 9, 2009, 8:15 am, Medical News Today
KPBS examines the reasons why the San Diego Board of Supervisors will not support the city's needle exchange program, which twice weekly provides clean needles to injection drug users as part of an effort to curb the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases. Dianne Jacob, chair of the board, said, "I think it particularly sends a wrong message to our kids.
McKeesport Boys and Girls Club receives donation for sports pavilion
Published July 9, 2009, 7:01 am, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The LaRosa Boys and Girls Club of McKeesport just got a $400,000 donation from the Allegheny Foundation to build an open-air sports pavilion.
"It's Discrimination!"
Published July 9, 2009, 6:11 am, Ludwig von Mises Institute
If there were a prize for the most boneheaded thing that one hears very frequently, it would have to be the astonishment and revulsion that is commonly expressed at the existence of discrimination. You are likely to have heard this horrified expression before: "It's discrimination!" Heavens above! Alert the authorities!
U.K. CEOs Rush to Shield Home, Spouse as Regulator Gets Tough
Published July 9, 2009, 1:00 am, Bloomberg
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. companies are increasing purchases of insurance to protect executives’ personal assets in anticipation of a regulatory crackdown and class action lawsuits by U.S. investors, according to Marsh & McLennan Cos.
Man charged months after Dorchester woman's murder
Published July 8, 2009, 9:29 pm, Boston Herald
A "high risk" sex offender roamed Boston's streets for weeks and authorities took months to determine that his alleged victim had been beaten, raped and strangled. ...
One War We Shouldn't Avoid: A New Approach to Reducing the Cost of Future Catastrophes
Published July 8, 2009, 1:22 pm, Knowledge at Wharton
In 2005, three major hurricanes -- Katrina, Rita and Wilma -- struck the U.S. Gulf Coast area, causing not just death and destruction, but also leading to insurance payments and federal disaster relief of more than $180 billion. Today, say the authors of a new book titled, At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes, the U.S. is even more vulnerable to ...
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