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Freeze on Social Security Means Seniors Must ScrimpJoan McGarr, left, and other seniors sit in the Southwest Focal Senior Center in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. There will be no cost-of-living increase for more than 50 million Social ...
Canadastandard.com Saturday, October 17, 2009Gene Linked With Human Kidney Aging? A gene has been associated with human kidney aging, according to researchers from Stanford University, the National Institute on Aging, the MedStar
research Institute, and the HudsonAlpha Insti...
Canadastandard.com Saturday, October 17, 2009Vancouver Police Ask For Help to Find 71- year old Woman10/16/2009 Vancouver Police are hoping members of the public can help them find a 71- year old woman who's gone missing. Police say Joy Hussey was last seen around 3pm Friday October 16th, when ...
Canadastandard.com Saturday, October 17, 2009Union Leaders Press D.C. Council to Probe Rhee's LayoffsUnion leaders asked the D.C. Council on Friday for an investigation into the layoffs of 266 teachers and staff members, including an independent audit of the
school system's decision to hire 934 educators this spring and summer.
Washington Post Saturday, October 17, 2009Earthworks: Last Remains of the Hopewell PeopleIf you didn't know any better, you might mistake the Newark Earthworks in southern Ohio for the product of some giant celestial spirit who went crazy with an Etch A Sketch. The Earthworks (or what's left of them) are actually a series of huge geometric mounds that anthropologists believe were created two millennia ago by ancestors of Native Americans called the Hopewell people. The most significant feature still standing is known as the Octagon, which has 550-foot-long earthen walls and a footprint big enough to hold four Roman Colosseums. The structure is connected, via two parallel embankments, to a perfect, 20-acre circle. Together the two shapes form a sophisticated astronomical observatory-scientists have discovered that the structure is precisely aligned with the 18.6-year lunar cycle's northernmost moonrise. The residents of Newark will tell you that it is also precisely aligned with the ninth fairway at the private Moundbuilders Country Club.
Newsweek Saturday, October 17, 2009Wrist magnets, copper bracelets 'ineffective' in relieving arthritis painWashington, Oct 17 : Copper bracelets and magnetic wristbands are ineffective in relieving the crippling pain of arthritis, experts have claimed.
Canadastandard.com Saturday, October 17, 2009U of L Foundation gave Ramsey $1.9 million in retirement fundsThe University of Louisville Foundation paid U of L President James R. Ramsey $1.9 million in 2007 to compensate him for state retirement benefits he forfeited, according to the foundation's most rece...
Canadastandard.com Saturday, October 17, 2009First Lady Embarks on Mission to Help Military FamiliesBy John J. Kruzel - First Lady Michelle Obama vowed to make the voices of U.S. military families heard in the nation's capital, and called on Americans to recognize the sacrifices made by those in uniform and their loved ones.
Kansas City InfoZine Saturday, October 17, 2009Self-sacrifice Among Strangers Has More to Do with Nurture Than NatureCulture is more important than genes to altruistic behavior in large-scale societies
Kansas City InfoZine Saturday, October 17, 2009Trial Raises Doubts Over Alternative Pain Therapy For Arthritisarthritis pain, according to a new study led by a University of York academic. Researchers conducted the first randomised placebo-controlled trial on the use of both copper bracelets and magnetic wri...
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