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    Jan 20, 2012 |Story| CLTV-LTV

  1. Ky. officials work to prevent student confinement

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky education officials are working to prevent public school students from being restrained or confined alone in small rooms after citing two schools for violating the rights of three disabled students subjected to such...

    Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Students, Teaching and Learning, Autism, Behavioral Conditions

    2. Feb 2, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  2. COINS Act would kill the dollar bill

    Two U.S. senators have proposed getting rid of the dollar bill -- an act that is sure to enrage strippers everywhere.
    KIAH
    Two U.S. senators have proposed getting rid of the dollar bill -- an act that is sure to enrage strippers everywhere. John McCain (R- Arizona) and Tom Harkin (D- Iowa) presented Congress with the COINS Act (Currency Optimization, Innovation and...

    Tags: John McCain, Foreign Exchange Market

    3. Dec 11, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Federal center pays good money for suspect medicine

    Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could not.
    Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could...

    Tags: Scientific Institutions, Research, Health Treatments, University of Maryland, College Park, Northwestern University

    4. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. How we got details on questionable federal health research funding (You can look, too)

    On Sunday and Monday of this week, we published a series examining 12 years of spending at one of the centers at the National Institutes of Health -- the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, also known as NCCAM.
    On Sunday and Monday of this week, we published a series examining 12 years of spending at one of the centers at the National Institutes of Health -- the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, also known as NCCAM. Sen. Tom Harkin...

    Tags: Trine Tsouderos, Media Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Facebook, National Institutes of Health

    5. Dec 23, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Tom Harkin: Investigate S.C. Gov. Haley about healthcare panel

    Nation Now
    Harkin blasts Haley: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is asking for a federal investigation of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, over allegations that she wasted federal dollars by convening a healthcare reform study panel while dictating a...
    6. Mar 15, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  6. Nostalgic look at 1992 to cheer Republicans

    Change of Subject
    Updated and expanded In March 1992, George H.W. Bush was leading Clinton in head to head polls as Obama now leads Romney. The problem with finding too much hope in such a number is that GHWB's overall approval number was......
    7. Jul 14, 2011 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Companies propose curbing junk food ads for kids

    <strong>WASHINGTON</strong> &mdash; The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government.
    WASHINGTON — The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government. A...

    Tags: General Mills Incorporated, ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Standards, Republican Party, Physical Conditions

    8. Oct 20, 2011 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  8. Mendte On Chewing Tobacco

    Four U.S. senators and health officials from the cities hosting the<a title="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Events+and+Awards/Sports/MLB+World+Series More news, photos about World Series" href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Events+and+Awards/Sports/MLB+World+Series">World Series</a>&nbsp;are urging the baseball players union to agree to a ban on chewing tobacco at games and on camera.
    Four U.S. senators and health officials from the cities hosting theWorld Series are urging the baseball players union to agree to a ban on chewing tobacco at games and on camera. The senators, including No. 2 Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois, and...

    Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, World Series, Frank Lautenberg, Tobacco Addiction, Football

    9. Aug 8, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. States can apply for waivers to No Child Left Behind

    With a growing number of states rebelling against the No Child Left Behind law and stalled efforts in Congress to reform it, the Obama administration says it will grant waivers to liberate states from a law that it considers dysfunctional. Education...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Examinations, Republican Party, Standards

    10. Jun 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin has a nifty idea to create jobs: Another stimulus spending plan with new taxes

    Top of the Ticket
    Tom Harkin's thinking: If one massive federal stimulus spending plan didn't work, maybe another will....
    11. Jun 7, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast

  11. NAMING VOTE: A resolution to keep state buildings from being named after elected officials while they are in office has been approved by the Iowa House

    The Iowa House has approved a resolution saying state buildings should not be named after elected officials while they're in office.
    Staff Writer
    The Iowa House has approved a resolution saying state buildings should not be named after elected officials while they're in office. The resolution is aimed at the Iowa Board of Regents, which in April approved plans to name a public policy center at...

    Tags: Government, Public Officials, Republican Party, Heads of State, Iowa

    12. Apr 28, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Government to food industry: More nutrients and less junk in kids' food and advertising for kids' food (please)

    Manufacturers of&nbsp;foods pitched most heavily to kids -- breakfast cereals, snacks, carbonated beverages and restaurant fare -- should develop and reformulate their offerings to cut salt, added sugars and saturated fat and ensure they contribute meaningfully to a child's healthy diet, a <a title="Federal working group draft" href="http://www.ftc.gov/os/2011/04/110428foodmarketproposedguide.pdf" target="_blank">federal working group recommended</a> on Thursday.
    Manufacturers of foods pitched most heavily to kids -- breakfast cereals, snacks, carbonated beverages and restaurant fare -- should develop and reformulate their offerings to cut salt, added sugars and saturated fat and ensure they contribute...

    Tags: Restaurants, Agricultural Research and Technology, Consumer Goods Industries, Government, Health Organizations

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