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REGION: Issa, Bilbray question top officials on Mexican drug violence
Published July 9, 2009, 5:59 pm, North County Times
Two congressmen who represent North County suggested Thursday that the U.S. increase penalties for smugglers and tighten banking laws to keep the drug war in Mexico south of the border.
Community Care of North Carolina Savings Claims Called "Not Plausible" Program Appears to Cost $400 Million, Not Save ...
Published July 9, 2009, 12:01 am, PRWeb via Yahoo! News
Commuity Care of North Carolina's nine-figure savings claims have been used to justify studying, piloting, or implementing similar programs in other states and Medicare. However, a closer look at the utilization data shows no savings, and a strong likelihood of much higher costs instead, as more visits to primary care doctors generate more testing, more therapies, and more specialist referrals. ...
Easter Island Compound Extends Lifespan Of Old Mice: 28 To 38 Percent Longer Life
Published July 8, 2009, 6:11 pm, Science Daily
Researchers report that rapamycin, a compound first discovered in soil of Easter Island, extended the expected lifespan of middle-aged mice by 28 percent to 38 percent. In human terms, this would be greater than the predicted increase in extra years of life if cancer and heart disease were both cured and prevented.
Easter Island Compound Extends Life Of Middle-Aged Mice
Published July 8, 2009, 4:10 pm, redOrbit
A compound in the soil of Easter Island in the South Pacific significantly extends the lifespan of older mice, researchers at the University of Texas reported on Wednesday.The molecule, known as "rapamycin" after the island's Polynesian name, Rapa Nui, is a bacterial byproduct discovered in a sample obtained from the remote Pacific archipelago during the 1970s.
Easter Island compound extends lifespan of old mice
Published July 8, 2009, 10:56 am, PhysOrg
The giant monoliths of Easter Island are worn, but they have endured for centuries. New research suggests that a compound first discovered in the soil of the South Pacific island might help us stand the test of time, too.
Easter Island Compound Extends Lifespan of Old Mice
Published July 8, 2009, 10:32 am, Newswise
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and two collaborating centers report that rapamycin, a compound first discovered in soil of Easter Island, extended the expected lifespan of middle-aged mice by 28 percent to 38 percent. In human terms, this would be greater than the predicted increase in extra years of life if cancer and heart disease were both cured and prevented.
Checks and balances at revenue points
Published July 7, 2009, 11:44 pm, Times of Malta
It is not just in court that the wheels generally turn at an agonising slow motion. In the government service, the situation is not much different. The case of fraud at the VAT department three months ago is a case in point.
Rise Of Islamist Group Stokes Unease In West Bank
Published July 7, 2009, 12:51 pm, NPR
In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, most people are familiar with the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. But in the past two years a third movement has been making appearances: Hizb ut Tahrir, a shadowy group that officially rejects violence but whose Islamist ideology makes Hamas' pale in comparison.
Singapore bars 10 firms from selling structured notes
Published July 7, 2009, 8:54 am, Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has, for the first time, imposed bans on the sale of structured notes by 10 financial institutions (FIs) which had distributed toxic structured notes linked to the collapsed US financial institution Lehman Brothers.
Food fright pays off
Published July 6, 2009, 6:58 am, CNN Money
Most consumers rely on government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to detect and resolve food safety issues. Farmers and food processors look somewhere else: Neogen.
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