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No Social Security Deal, Ramesh - by Greg Anrig.
February 2, 2009... Byline: The Century Foundation
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Greg Anrig, vice president for programs at The Century Foundation and author of "The Conservatives Have No Clothes: Why Right Wing Ideas Keep...
Disabled Athletes to Climb Colorado Ice Wall.
February 5, 2009... Byline: Trust for Public Land
TELLURIDE, Colo., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Trust for Public Land today released the following advisory.
WHO: Erik Weihenmayer -- the first blind person to climb Mount Everest.
Chad Jukes --...
Athletes With Disabilities to Climb Colorado Ice Wall; Re-Opening of World Class Ice Climbing Celebrated.
February 10, 2009... Byline: Trust for Public Land
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Feb. 12, two extraordinary athletes with disabilities are partnering on a climb that gives the fittest enthusiasts chills.
Erik Weihenmayer, who lost his...
Mayo Clinic Research Shows That Improving Brain Processing Speed Helps Memory.
February 10, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy, older adults who participated in a computer-based training program to improve the speed and accuracy of brain processing showed...
Lautenberg Assumes Powerful Committee Position With Oversight of Toxic Chemicals; Champion of Protecting Children from Tobacco, Alcohol and Firearms Poised to Take on Toxic Chemicals.
February 12, 2009... Byline: Environmental Working Group
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, D-NJ, one of the U.S. Senate's most influential advocates for children's health has assumed the chair of the Environment and Public...
New Survey Finds that State Child Welfare Budgets May Face Perfect Storm.
February 17, 2009... Byline: Child Trends, Inc.
WASHINGTON, February 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although child welfare spending has increased for at least a decade, several factors - driven by the current recession - may be converging to threaten states'...
Fighting for Air: Antonio Villaraigosa and Gavin Newsom Launch Mayors' City Challenge With Stair Climb Events to Support the American Lung Association in California; Dueling 'Climb California' Events Each Seek to Be the Top Fundraising Climb.
February 18, 2009... Byline: American Lung Association
ENCINO, Calif., Feb. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles, and Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, have launched a "mayors' city challenge" in support of the...
California Tobacco Tax Rate Slips to 31st Among States; Arkansas Latest State to Pass California.
February 19, 2009... Byline: American Cancer Society
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arkansas became the most recent state to eclipse California's tobacco tax rate when it increased its tobacco tax from 59 cents to $1.15 per pack this week....
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Applauds Congresswomen Roybal-Allard and Bono Mack for Introducing Support 21 Act; Bill Aims to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking.
February 24, 2009... Byline: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) applauds Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) for introducing the...
Give Kids A Smile Provides Free Oral Health Care to Nearly Half-Million Children; Thousands of Volunteers, NL Baseball's 2008 MVP Albert Pujols Support Nationwide Program.
February 26, 2009... Byline: American Dental Association
CHICAGO, Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Association (ADA)'s seventh annual Give Kids A Smile(r) program provided free oral health services to some 465,800 underserved children across...
Social Security Expert: Modest Changes Could Protect Vulnerable Populations.
February 26, 2009... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Pamela Herd has been a scholar of Social Security for more than a decade, but her most poignant lesson may...