Cornyn encourages fire departments to apply for grants
The Pasadena Citizen
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is encouraging Texas fire departments to apply for grant funding available to increase the number of firefighters and support their work.
Married couples face extra tax in Senate health care bill
Washington Times
The tax is slated to go into effect in 2013 and would apply to individual policies worth $8,500 or family policies worth $23,000. A slightly higher threshold would apply for early retirees and those in high-risk professions. Budget analysts...
Tuscaloosa panel urges under-18 curfew; wouldn't apply to college students
Mobile Press-Register
The curfew would apply to everyone under the age of 18 except students enrolled in college and active-duty members of the armed services. Proposed curfew hours would be 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 p.m.-6 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Pfizer Receives FDA Approval For Geodon® (Ziprasidone HCI) Capsules ...
MSN Money
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacturing of medicines for peopl...
Local high schoolers urged to apply to SDSU
San Diego Union-Tribune
Concerned that some local high school students are discouraged about their chances of getting into San Diego State, campus administrators yesterday urged them to apply anyway — and to do so by Nov. 30.
California Energy Commission Rule to Impact HDTV Industry
PC World via Yahoo! News
For the California Energy Commission, the voluntary guidelines of the Federal Energy Star program aren't enough to curb energy guzzling by HDTVs. In a unanimous vote, the CEC just introduced the nation's first state-mandated regulations for...
AP IMPACT: As military academies seek diversity, urban lawmakers often ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
But while the burden is ultimately on students to apply, academy leaders and others said elected officials should be doing more to publicize the opportunity by doing such things as visiting schools. The academies have approached dozens of m...
Mary Holm: Testing your investment bravery
The New Zealand Herald
This week's column is replaced by an excerpt from The Complete KiwiSaver. The principles author Mary Holm discusses apply not just to KiwiSaver but to investing in general. Some KiwiSaver funds, with names such as "conservative"...
Council sustains Barrett's veto on furloughs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The rule, adopted by the California Energy Commission, will apply to televisions with screen sizes of up to 58 inches. Big-screen televisions -- particularly plasma TVs -- use a considerable amount of electricity compared with most other ap...
Wisconsin sees gain in October construction jobs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The rule, adopted by the California Energy Commission, will apply to televisions with screen sizes of up to 58 inches. Big-screen televisions -- particularly plasma TVs -- use a considerable amount of electricity compared with most other ap...
Health reform: Insurance requirement doesn't apply to citizens abroad
The Salt Lake Tribune
Q. Will my American son who lives abroad be required to enroll in American health care and, if so, can he be covered by it while overseas? Will his non-American wife and child also be able to be covered by American health insurance?
Taiwanese to gain visa-free entry to NZ
The New Zealand Herald
Taiwanese passport holders travelling will not be required from November 30 to apply for a visa to come to New Zealand, and the Taiwanese Business Association says this will bring back tourists and students from the island in significant nu...
