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Volunteers vaccinate homeless against H1N1
Wednesday, 12.23.2009, 11:56am
Sean Cononie bounded out of the back of an ambulance ahead of most
of the other volunteers. A bullhorn in his hand, he was, in a sense,
the pied piper.
"If there's anybody out here, that wants the swine flu vaccine, please come over here," he said.
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Microsoft help desk less busy after Windows 7
Friday, 12.18.2009, 11:16am
There are many ways to measure how Windows 7 is doing. There are
reports on new PC sales, tallies of boxed copy sales, and surveys of
planned enterprise adoption, to name a few.
But one of the most
encouraging signs for Microsoft is the lack of phone calls it is
getting from people with problems. Overall, Microsoft said the volume
of calls to its support lines is half of what it expected.
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Search suspended for 2 hikers lost on Mount Hood
Wednesday, 12.16.2009, 11:26am
Citing the threat of avalanches, officials Tuesday suspended the
search for two hikers missing since Friday morning on Mount Hood and
held out little hope they would be found alive.
"Could they be
alive?" asked Dr. Terri Schmidt, physician supervisor for American
Medical Response in Clackamas County, Oregon. "Yes. Is it very likely?
No."
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Citigroup strikes deal to repay TARP
Monday, 12.14.2009, 07:59am
Citigroup said Monday it has struck a deal with the government to return $20 billion in bailout money to taxpayers.
The
New York City-based lender said it would raise the money through a
combination of stock and debt, the bulk of which would come from a $17
billion common stock offering.
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U.S. Muslims pen strategy to wrest 'narrative' from militants
Friday, 12.11.2009, 03:10pm
A leading Muslim-American civil rights group is advocating intense
grassroots engagement among police and U.S. Muslim neighborhood leaders
to thwart the emergence of homegrown Islamic terrorists.
A
report, issued Friday by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, reflects
the shock among American Muslims over the Fort Hood massacre, the
arrests of five American Muslims in Pakistan suspected of plotting
terrorist attacks...
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U.S. offers to pay Native Americans $1.4 billion for lost funds
Wednesday, 12.09.2009, 09:45am
Thousands of American Indians would receive as much as $1,000 each
if they accept a proposed $1.4 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit
over government mismanagement of tribal lands.
The suit, filed
in 1996, accused the U.S. Department of the Interior of failing to
account for and provide revenue from a trust fund representing the
value of Indian assets managed by the government.
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Major storm moving east across U.S.
Tuesday, 12.08.2009, 03:12pm
The first major storm of the season was pounding the Western United
States and was headed eastward Tuesday toward the Rockies in Colorado
and New Mexico, the National Weather Service said.
Up to 3 feet of snow were expected in the Rockies,
with winds up to 90 mph. The Sierras straddling California and Nevada
already were knee-deep with 2 to 3 feet of snow, and a foot was
forecast to fall in Iowa and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Job market shows big improvement
Friday, 12.04.2009, 09:31am
November job losses fewest since start of the recession. Unemployment rate decline is biggest in more than three years.
The long-suffering U.S. jobs market improved significantly in
November, as employers trimmed the fewest jobs of any month since the
start of the recession, and the unemployment rate posted the biggest
one-month decline in more than three years.
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Jefferson letter found amid old Delaware documents
Thursday, 12.03.2009, 10:41am
In a locked workroom at the University of Delaware Library, Amanda
Daddona was sifting through boxes of 18th- and 19th-century documents
last month when she stumbled upon an unexpected treasure.
Tucked amid obscure financial records and the minutes of Quaker
meetings was an unmarked folder containing a letter written in
Washington on Feb. 24, 1808.
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Tiger Woods cancels tournament appearance
Monday, 11.30.2009, 06:16pm
Tiger Woods has canceled plans to attend his own golf tournament in
southern California because of injuries he suffered near his Florida
home early Friday, the pro golfer said in a statement Monday. "I
am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this
week," Woods said of the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks,
California. "I am certain it will be an outstanding event and I'm very
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In late April, WHO announced the emergence of a novel influenza A virus.
This particular H1N1 strain has not circulated previously in humans. The virus is entirely new.
The virus is contagious, spreading easily from one person to another, and from one country to another. As of today, nearly 30,000 confirmed cases have been reported in 74 countries.
This is only part of the picture. With few exceptions, countries with large numbers of cases are those with good surveillance and testing procedures in place.
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