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.
Summoning up the words of his predecessors George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and asking Americans to give special tribute to "our country's men and women in uniform," President Obama issued his first Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. [Read full text...]
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The Veterans Administration (VA) has announced it will conduct its first in-depth study of the effects of military service on the women veterans who served during the Vietnam War. Read more...
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...
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