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Twelve Days of Holiday Safety From the American Red Cross (Popularity:  )
http://www.redcross.org
With last-minute gifts to buy, social events to attend and family and friends to visit while the weather outside is frightful, the American Red Cross has 12 days of health and safety tips to make the holiday season safe, happy and bright.1. Prepare your vehicle for traveling to grandmother's house. Make an emergency kit and include items such as blankets or sleeping bags, jumper cables, fire extinguisher (5 lb., A-B-C ...
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Two UCLA Neurosurgeons to Be Showcased in Documentary for the First Official National Brain Tumor Awareness Month (Popularity: )
http://www.milesforhope.org
Two of UCLA's neurosurgeons will be featured in the Nation's first official Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Dr. Linda Liau, Professor of neurosurgery and Dr. John Frazee, a cutting-edge neurosurgeon, will show their skills as they perform surgery to save not only a father, but his thirteen year old stepson who was also diagnosed with a brain tumor. Does lightning strike twice in the same spot? In this case it does ...
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U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance Announce America's Best Health Plans for 2006 (Popularity: )
http://www.usnews.com
U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) today announced the publication of America's Best Health Plans, the annual rankings of commercial, Medicare and Medicaid health maintenance organizations and point-of-service plans. Millions of Americans who are choosing their health insurance coverage for 2007 can now take advantage of the information and national rankings featured in the November 6th issue of U.S. News, available ...
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UNICEF Appeals for $47.3 Million for Disaster Relief in Pakistan (Popularity: )
http://www.unicefusa.org
UNICEF has appealed for $47.3 million to fund its relief operation for the millions hit by flooding in Pakistan, including an estimated 1.4 million children. Pakistan is facing the worst flooding in more than 80 years. Heavy monsoon rains have affected close to 4 million people across the country."UNICEF is ramping up its relief operation for the millions of people affected by the flooding in Pakistan. Many of those are ...
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UNICEF Urgently Appeals for Aid to Haiti Following Devastating Earthquake (Popularity: )
http://www.unicefusa.org
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is urgently appealing for emergency assistance to aid the victims of a devastating earthquake that rocked the Caribbean nation of Haiti early today.The quake, which registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, triggered a tsunami warning for neighboring countries situated in the Caribbean Sea.The earthquake was centered about 14 miles west of the capital city, Port-au-Prince and early news stories report of wide spread devastation. Funds ...
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United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Receives $25,050.00 Gift from Stater Bros. (Popularity: )
To help spread gifts and smiles to children, the Stater Bros. "Family" of Employees has proudly presented a $25,050.00 check to representatives from the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. A representative from the United States Marine Corps Inspector & Instructor Staff, Riverside, California attended the check presentation ceremony at the Stater Bros. Corporate Offices on Wednesday, December 16th.For the fifth year in a row, Stater Bros. ...
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Unitus Microfinance Partner Grameen Koota Improves the Lives of 100,000 of India's Working Poor (Popularity: )
http://www.unitus.com
Grameen Koota, a Unitus microfinance institution partner in India, today announced that it is now providing life-changing financial services to more than 100,000 of India's working poor. Grameen Koota is bringing economic opportunity to a huge underserved market: 800 million of India's 1 billion people living on less than $2 a day. Grameen Koota's accomplishment is especially noteworthy because fewer than 2 percent of microfinance institutions in the world reach ...
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University of Missouri Study on Link Between Autism and Mercury a Discredit to Sound Science, Says SafeMinds (Popularity: )
http://www.safeminds.org
A recent press release from the University of Missouri announced the results of a study on autism and Rh immune globulin (RhIg) injections, some of which contained a mercury preservative called thimerosal. SafeMinds reviewed information about this study and found several troublesome aspects, including undisclosed industry funding, unsubstantiated conclusions on vaccines and mercury, and deviation from acceptable scientific practice. The study was funded by Johnson & Johnson, the largest manufacturer ...
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US Embassy and Islamic Relief Distribute $5 Million of Medicines to Needy in Burkina Faso (Popularity: )
http://www.irw.org
International aid organization Islamic Relief has partnered with the US Embassy in Burkina Faso to provide over $5 million of much-needed medicines to the West African country. US Ambassador Jeanine Jackson handed the medicines over to the Ministry of Health at a ceremony on June 15, 2007. "I am particularly pleased that a public-private partnership -- that of Islamic Relief USA and the US Government -- and with the valuable ...
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USS JFK Sailors & Aviators Fight to Save Carrier from Watery Grave (Popularity: )
http://www.savethejfk.com
The tenth Commanding Officer of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), Vice Admiral Diego E. Hernandez (ret.), is "on a mission" to save the recently decommissioned carrier as a museum and tourist attraction. "Big John" as former shipmates refer to her, is destined for mothballs in Philadelphia, or worse, may be sunk as an artificial reef, as was another carrier, the USS Oriskany, in May of 2006. "There is a ...
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