The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has advised people living in homes built with Chinese-made drywall to "spend as much time outdoors in fresh air as possible." Read more...

At any time, state governments are holding more than $10 billion in unclaimed money, some of which might be yours.

Financing plans, tax incentives, even some grants: Now more than ever, the states want and need small business development and are offering extensive financial help to get your business started or growing.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has advised people living in homes built with Chinese-made drywall to "spend as much time outdoors in fresh air as possible." Read more...
The National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) has assembled a "forensic document examination team" to do a CSI-like investigation of the handwritten notes H.R. Haldeman kept of his June 20, 1972, Watergate-related meeting with President Richard M. Nixon. Read more...
Worthy of noting at your Thanksgiving dinner, a bill frankly "shutting up" those annoying TV commercials that blast your ears at a volume far above the normal programming took a major step forward in the legislative process last week as the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved H.R. 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, by a voice vote. Read more...
The U.S. Senate is expected to hold a crucial vote on its version of a health care reform bill Saturday night. The vote, while critical, is not the final vote on the health care reform bill. Read more...
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