CDC Finds No Decrease in Adult Smoking
Success of government efforts to reduce tobacco use seem to have reached a plateau as smoking rates among U.S. adults remained largely unchanged from 2004 to 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Read more...
ACORN Sues US Congress
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed a lawsuit claiming that the United States Congress violated the constitutional rights of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) when it voted to ban further federal funding for the community organization and activism group. Read more...
Government Resource for Women-owned Businesses
In 2002, women owned nearly 30 percent of all nonfarm businesses in the United States, racking up more than $940 billion in revenue, a 15 percent increase from 1997. Sounds good doesn't it? But success isn't a snap for any small business and women-owned businesses face even greater challenges. Fortunately, the U.S. government offers some very useful resources to help women-owned businesses get started, grow and become profitable. [Learn more...]
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Too Good Being Boeing?
During 2007 and 2008, almost $10 billion of the $15.3 billion in long-term loan guarantees made by the federal Export-Import Bank were used for purchases of Boeing-made commercial aircraft, according to a Subsidyscope analysis by the independent Pew Charitable Trusts. Read more...
Helping the Elderly Walk Tall Longer
The National Institutes of Health has announced it will devote $29.5 million in Economic Recovery Act funds toward creating activity programs that will delay or even prevent physical disability in elderly people. Read more...
How NASA Has Improved Life on Earth
It may not have enough money to go to the moon or mars, or to track dangerous asteroids, but NASA has developed at least 49 technologies that have improved life right here on Earth, according to the space agency's 2009 edition of NASA Spinoff. Read more...
Federal Assistance for Laid Off Workers
Being laid off from your job is one of the most traumatic events you can experience in life. However, the federal Dislocated Worker Program can help ease you through the bad stretch and into a new job. Through Dislocated Worker Units in every state, the Dislocated Worker Program offers assistance with unemployment compensation issues, health insurance continuation, job skills upgrading and training resources, job searching and more. [Get the details...]
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Up to 75 Percent of US Youth Ineligible for Military
About 75 percent of America's 17- to 24-year-olds are ineligible for military service due to lack of education, obesity and other physical problems, or criminal history, according to report issued by the Mission: Readiness group. [Learn more...]
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House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
Taking a major step down a long, long road, the US House of Representatives Saturday night passed 220 -- 215 the landmark health care reform bill favored by President Obama. Passage of the "America's Affordable Health Choices Act" (H.R. 3962), came after President Obama personally appeared before the House to appeal for support. Read more...
Fort Hood Opens Family Information Hotlines
Officials at the Fort Hood, Texas US Army base have established two telephone hotlines through which families can get information on soldiers stationed at the base, which was the scene of a deadly shooting on Wednesday. The toll-free number is 1-866-836-2751, and the local number is 254-288-7570. Read more...