VA Set to Add 6 New National Veterans Cemeteries
With a recent authorization to establish six new national cemeteries by 2008, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun the largest expansion of these national shrines since the Civil War. 92 Year-Old Bank Robber Gets 12 Year Sentence
A 92 year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 151 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he robbed the First American Bank in Abilene, Texas, on August 12, 2003. Zero Energy Home Produces Electricity
Homebuilders attending the 2004 International Builders' Show in Las Vegas can tour a new kind of home—a highly energy-efficient Zero Energy Home that will produce as much electricity as it uses over the course of a year. FDA Warns of Internet-offered Baby Formula
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that a product, Better Than Formula Ultra Infant Immune Booster 117, sold over the internet as a dietary supplement should not be fed to infants. New Hampshire Primary Mainly About Publicity
A popular political myth holds that you cannot be elected president without winning the New Hampshire primary. While this is just not true, the media does its best to make it a self-fulfilling fantasy. About the Primary - Caucus - Convention System
Every four years, along come -- Primaries, Caucuses, Delegates and Conventions -- the U.S. presidential election. How do these key processes of American democracy work? How are our presidential candidates chosen? Read the basics here. FDA Warns of OTC Pain Relief Use
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a national education campaign to provide advice on the safe use of over-the-counter (OTC) pain relief products. How the Iowa Caucuses Work
The Iowa caucuses are a great, grass-roots exercise in direct democracy, featuring face-to-face debate, open voting and yes, even some changed minds. But, they are also a complicated process. Here's how the caucuses work: Of Primary Importance
Here come the presidential primaries. How many times do we have to vote for president, anyway? Why can't we just go to the polls once in November and be done with it? What's so important about the primaries? HHS Says Agency Helping Uninsured Americans
What is the Bush Administration doing to help the millions of Americans without health insurance? Plenty, says Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson. "This Administration and HHS understand that the needs of those who lack insurance or have limited coverage are a long-standing challenge to this nation," he said. So, what have they done? Could Home PCs Soon Predict the Future?
Affordable home computers powerful enough to predict at least some aspects of the future may soon be available, according to scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratories. Bush Sees U.S. Meeting Challenges
President Bush touted progress in both the war on terror and strengthening the U.S. economy in his nationwide radio address of January 17. Iraqi Language Lessons from NTIS
Persons preparing to leave for Iraq may want to the new "Basics of Iraqi Arabic" language training CD-ROM now available from the National Technical Information Service. Complete Set of IRS Tax Products On CD-ROM
All official IRS tax forms, instructions and many other tax publications are now available on a single CD-ROM from the National Technical Information Service. Top Ten Patent Recipients for 2003
With IBM leading the pack, four U.S. corporations made the Patent and Trademark's list of top ten private sector patent recipients for 2003. Survey Reveals Jewish Vote for Presidency
A majority of American Jews consider themselves Democrats, but if the 2004 U.S. presidential election were held today, President George W. Bush would win significantly more of the Jewish vote than he did in 2000, a new poll by the American Jewish Committee[/link] shows. Rep. Sanders Goes Off on WalMart, Greed and Media
In a recent press release, Vermont's Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders singled out the Walton family -- owners of WalMart -- as a prime example of greed in America, and criticized the media for covering "gossip and celebrity" rather than the "growing gap between the rich and the poor." Texas Seniors Win Religious Speech Battle
In the ongoing skirmish between church, state and freedom of speech, a group of senior citizens in a small Texas town has won the right to practice their religion on government owned property.
Bush Plans to Make Tax Cuts Permanent
In his radio address of Jan. 11, 2003, President Bush stated he planned to ask Congress to make permanent all of his previous tax relief measures, and warned of coming tax hikes if Congress doesn't go along. Climate Study Predicts Dire Events
Even as the Kyoto Protocol treaty appears doomed, new research links continued production of greenhouse gasses to dangerous changes in our global climate. "The likely result is more frequent heat waves, droughts, extreme precipitation events, and related impacts, e.g., wildfires, heat stress, vegetation changes, and sea-level rise which will be regionally dependent," write the NOAA researchers. Kyoto Protocol Appears Doomed
With Russia apparently heading toward rejection of the accord, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to control worldwide emissions of greenhouse-gasses now has little, if any chance of being ratified. IRS Upgrades Website for 2004 Tax Season
Taxpayers pondering a question, taxpayers searching for a form or taxpayers looking for their refund now can go to just one new IRS Web page. U.S. Teens are World's Heavyweights
U.S. teens are more likely to be overweight than are teens from 14 other industrialized nations, according to survey information collected in 1997 and 1998 by two agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services as well as institutions in 13 European countries and in Israel. Bush Cites Education Progress in Radio Address
In his weekly radio address, President Bush listed wins in education reform since passage of his No Child Left Behind Act. "We will no longer write off some children as hopeless. We will no longer accept or excuse schools that do not effectively teach the basics. We will insist on high standards and accountability because we believe that every school should teach and every child can learn," said President Bush. Metabolife Challenges FDA Ephedra Ban
Dietary supplement maker Metabolife has challenged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent decision to ban the sale of products containing the herb ephedra. "Millions of consumers throughout the United States have used ephedra dietary supplements as a safe, inexpensive and effective means by which to support weight loss," states Metabolife in this release. | 