The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released data on new residential construction in December 2010. Permits for new homes jumped 16.7 percent in December compared with private-sector expectations of a 2.9 percent increase. Scheduled changes in building codes in January in California, New York and Pennsylvania may have been responsible for much of the […]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Natroba (spinosad) Topical Suspension 0.9% for the treatment of head lice infestation in patients ages 4 years and older. Head lice are parasitic insects found on people’s head, eyebrows, and eyelashes. They feed on human blood several times a day but are not known to cause disease. […]
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army contracting officer was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Christine M. Arguello in Denver to 60 months in prison for accepting money and items of value in return for being influenced in the awarding of Army contracts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Judge Arguello […]
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WASHINGTON – The FAA announced today that in 2010, nationwide reports of lasers pointed at airplanes almost doubled from the previous year to more than 2,800. This is the highest number of laser events recorded since the FAA began keeping track in 2005. Los Angeles International Airport recorded the highest number of laser events in […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne today traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan to announce a cooperative agreement to develop and adapt hydraulic hybrid technology for the light duty auto market. The goal of this partnership is to design a Chrysler minivan as a demonstration vehicle, using […]
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On Saturday January 8th, students from Eddyville Blakesburg Junior High and Eddyville Blakesburg High School auditioned at Fairfield High School for the South East Iowa Bandmasters Association Honor Band. Emma Haselhuhn was selected to be in the Junior High Honor band. Brooke Lunsford and Anna Haselhuhn were selected to perform in the High School Honor […]
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The Unmet Needs Disaster Assistance program provides qualified households with up to $2,500 in reimbursement for disaster-related expenditures or through a voucher to be used toward purchase of eligible disaster-related items and services. Qualified uses may include items or services needed to overcome a disaster-related hardship, injury, or adverse condition resulting in costs or damages […]
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $775,351 National Emergency Grant to assist about 115 workers affected by layoffs at five companies in northeast Iowa. “Only another job can replace a job lost,” said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Training and employment services provided through today’s grant can help these workers […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For emergency planning purposes, scientists unveiled a hypothetical California scenario that describes a storm that could produce up to 10 feet of rain, cause extensive flooding (in many cases overwhelming the state’s flood-protection system) and result in more than $300 billion in damage. Related Podcasts Winter Storms in California that Could Cause […]
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(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today signed on to Florida’s federal health care lawsuit, joining 27 other states in this effort, including Virginia, which filed their own lawsuit. The lawsuit challenges the individual mandate that would force Iowans to buy the federal government’s mandated health insurance, as well as the Medicaid expansion that […]
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