WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2011 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 106 projects in 38 states and one territory have been selected to receive more than $34.7 million in grants to fund educational projects and expand access to health care services in rural areas through USDA’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program. “Too many rural […]
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Leonard Boswell released this statement after the EPA announced today that it has increased the ethanol blend rate to 15 percent for all cars and pickups built in 2001 and later. This builds upon an October 2010 announcement that approved the use of E15 in cars and pickups built in 2007 […]
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President Obama today named 11 individuals and 4 organizations as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. The mentors will receive their awards at a White House ceremony next week. The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, awarded by the White House each year […]
Jan 23 2011 | Posted in
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The Poll Tax: Twenty-Fourth Amendment Ratified “Do you know I’ve never voted in my life, never been able to exercise my right as a citizen because of the poll tax?” “Mr. Trout.” Homer L. Pike, interviewer, Atlanta, Georgia. Over twenty years after Atlanta textile worker “Mr. Trout” lamented his inability to vote to a WPA […]
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Linking the Keys On January 22, 1912, the nearly twenty thousand residents of the city of Key West, Florida, located on a small island some 128 miles south of the Florida peninsula, observed the completion of an overseas rail connection to the mainland. The Florida East Coast Railway served the island until 1935, when it […]
Jan 22 2011 | Posted in
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New York/Newark/Boston: Ninety-One Leaders, Members, and Associates of La Cosa Nostra Families in Four Districts Charged with Racketeering and Related Crimes, Including Murder and ExtortionNinety-one members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including the New England LCN family, all five New York-based families, and the New Jersey-based Decavalcante, family […]
Jan 22 2011 | Posted in
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that three million Medicare beneficiaries nationwide have received prescription drug cost relief through the Affordable Care Act. To date, three million eligible beneficiaries who fell into the drug coverage gap known as the donut hole during 2010 have been mailed a one-time, tax-free $250 […]
Jan 21 2011 | Posted in
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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, has been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Air Force 1st Lt. Robert F. Dees, 23, of Moultrie, Ga., will be buried Jan. 22 at the […]
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 404,000, a decrease of 37,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 441,000. The 4-week moving average was 411,750, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 415,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment […]
Jan 20 2011 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON – At an event marking the one-year anniversary of FocusDriven, the first national nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for victims of distracted driving, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today reaffirmed his commitment to putting an end to the deadly epidemic of distracted driving. Joined by family members of distracted driving victims, including FocusDriven President […]
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