Sebelius Says H1N1 Vaccine on the Way
AOL
Sebelius said she couldn't predict just how widespread the virus will be. Roughly a thousand people have died from it so far in the United States. But she also said officials do not believe there is yet any cause to close down schools and c...
Erratic policy: Obama disappoints with twists and turns on Cuba
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The vote was 187-3, with two abstentions, against the U.S. Voting with the United States were Israel and Palau (population 21,000); abstaining were the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. It is clear that the sanctions would be one of the prim...
Report: States Set Low Bar for Student Achievement
NewsMax.com
WASHINGTON -- Many states declare students to have grade-level mastery of reading and math when they do not, the Education Department reported Thursday. The agency compared state achievement standards to the more challenging standards behin...
Southern African states to hold Zimbabwe summit
Reuters
HARARE, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Southern African countries are expected to hold an extraordinary summit on the political crisis in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Friday, in a bid to keep the unity government from c...
Swine Flu: What the CDC Map Won't Tell You
ABC News
According to the CDC's map of flu activity , 46 states are currently reporting widespread H1N1 flu cases. Since almost all states have by now reported outbreaks, this map, which only a month ago was dappled with the different colors of flu ...
Fla. lawmakers propose banning felons owning pain clinics
Miami Herald
Thirty-eight other states already have a similar program. Under current law, the state Agency for Health Care Administration performs criminal background checks of all owners and key staffers at health clinics it regulates. But AHCA regulat...
Ford’s Canadian Union Agrees on Concessions
New York Times
In the United States, Ford workers were voting against contract modifications by a margin of more than 2-to-1, according to a tabulation of results released by union officials at individual plants. Workers at Ford’s two largest union locals...
United States brokers deal to aid Zelaya
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact will restore him to power in about a week, ending Honduras' isolation four months after soldiers flew the leftist leader into exile in his pajamas....
Rivals sign deal to end Honduras crisis
YAHOO!
A visit by envoys from the United States, the country's main military and financial backer, gave the final boost to reach the agreement. "You can't underestimate the relation (of Honduras) with the United States," Michael Shifter, of the In...
Clinton leaves Pakistan with pointed question on al Qaeda
YAHOO!
Through it all, Clinton has proved unflappable, acknowledging the "trust deficit" created by past U.S. mistakes while firmly responding to charges the United States does not have Pakistan's best interests at heart. Clinton, who professes de...
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MSNBC
As in most states, drug paraphernalia possession in Colorado is considered a petty offense. Though "head shops" selling bongs and pipes are common in Colorado, the wares are ostensibly for smoking tobacco. Paraphernalia charges are usually ...
HIV/AIDS immigrants will no longer be banned from U.S.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
LeCompte said the ban has also kept AIDS researchers and prevention educators in the United States "working in silos" because it has made it more difficult for them to collaborate with colleagues in other nations. ""Obama announced the ban'...
Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch
Reuters UK
Local farmers are often caught up in drug violence, paid or coerced to grow marijuana and opium poppies for powerful traffickers, often in northern states were cartels control large swaths of territory. (Reporting by Mica Rosenberg; editing...
