Obama travels to Ohio, rallying support for health care overhaul that Dems admit lacks votes Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days. | Increasingly e...
Things you can train your dog to do - cleaning The Examiner | Sometimes, a good imagination is the best training tool. If you can come up with a behavior you want from your pet, you can devise a step-by-step training plan and then work on it a little each day. A little imagination combined with knowing how to shape a behavior and the use positive reinforceme...
Consumer tax increases hit Greece ahead of EU ministers' meeting on debt crisis Star Tribune | ATHENS, Greece - A wave of new tax hikes hit Greece on Monday, raising the cost of consumer goods despite recession and high unemployment, as European Union finance ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss the country's debt crisis. | The center-l...
MBTA Exposes Massachusetts Youth to Alcohol Ads Enticing Them to Drink redOrbit | BOSTON, March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Demonstrators will gather March 16th, 2010, from 3-5 p.m. at the Boston Common, across from the State House, to show public support for ending alcohol advertising on state property, including the Massachu...
Dodd seeks difficult consensus on financial rules The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON-Combining Obama administration and Republican priorities, the leading Senate author of a sweeping rewrite of the nation's financial regulations is looking for consensus with a proposal that neither side of the political spectrum is ready...
Health Care 101: If Obama's bill passes, the changes start small and keep getting bigger Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it'll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and insurance companies. |...
Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in Afghanistan The Star | KABUL (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where ...
Veterans Bank nets P416M profit in 2009 The Daily Tribune | 03/11/2010 | Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) reported an unaudited net income of P416.2 million for 2009, slightly higher than the 2008 results of P406.3 million. | Bank officials...
Vermont dairy farmer talks about immigration probe Philadelphia Daily News | LISA RATHKE | The Associated Press | BAKERSFIELD, Vt. - A Vermont dairy farmer who was among those targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented workers says he thought three illegal workers had proper documentation. | Clement Gervais believes hi...
Vermont dairy farmer talks about immigration probe The Press Democrat | Clement Gervais believes his family's farm has been cleared following the November inspection by immigration officials, but federal officials say four cases involving farms are still pending in Vermont. | The crackdown has shaken up dairy farmers, ...
Vermont dairy farmer talks about immigration probe Houston Chronicle | BAKERSFIELD, Vt. - A Vermont dairy farmer who was among those targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented workers says he thought three illegal workers had proper documentation. | Clement Gervais believes his family's farm has been cleared foll...
Obamacare is illusion of reform The Columbus Dispatch | | One job of presidents is to educate Americans about crucial national problems. On health care, Barack Obama has failed. Almost everything you think you know about health care is probably wrong or, at least, half wrong. Great simplicities and distortions have been peddled in the name of achieving "universal health coverage." The miseducat...
Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes Philadelphia Daily News | BEN FELLER | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days. | Increasingly eager to finish...
