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1 hr ago | St. Petersburg Times

Paid promotion deal raises questions about Mark Lunsford's finances

Since his daughter Jessica was raped and murdered in 2005, Mark Lunsford has become one of America's best-known child advocates.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Citrus County, FL, Homosassa, FL

5 hrs ago | CBC News

Gene Therapy for Fatal Brain Disorder 'Just the Beginning'

The reported success of gene therapy in treating two children with adrenoleukodystrophy brings hope to patients with the potentially crippling and fatal brain disorder and their families, says a nonprofit group that supports ALD research.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

9 hrs ago | Messenger

Group planning for age wave in Virginia

A wave of aging baby boomers is coming, and the Older Dominion Partnership is making sure Virginia is prepared.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, Health, AARP

13 hrs ago | Marco Eagle

Marco to consider building a high school in the park

Proposed charter high school campus plans at Marco's Mackle Park. - Proponents of a charter high school on Island are attempting to break new ground as they seek Marco's Mackle Park as the site of a new campus.

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Related Topix: Marco Island, FL

18 hrs ago | Techworld.com Applications News

Apache Software Foundation still open to change

It's been 10 years since the Apache Software Foundation hung out its feather, creating what has become a series of communities filled with focused project entrepreneurs working on a laundry list of innovative efforts, one of which landed in the White House just a few weeks ago.

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Related Topix: Software, Science / Technology, Open Source Software

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WDAF

Perot Pledges $6.1M for Fort Leavenworth Officer Programs

Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at Fort Leavenworth's Command and General Staff College.

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Related Topix: Perot Sys, Computers, IT Services, US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, Texas, Command and General Staff College, United States Naval Academy

Millville News

Essex County lawmaker to make charity donations for every campaign sign returned

One New Jersey charity will cash in on a state lawmaker's plan to have residents collect his campaign signs.

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Related Topix: Essex County, NJ, Paterson, NJ, Clifton, NJ

Inter Press Service

DEVELOPMENT: 'Africans Should Become Their Own Philanthropists'

Africans "should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa". This is necessary for Africans to grow out of dependence and become the agents of their own development.

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Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, World News, Activism

Monterey County Herald

Video shows dolphins attacking porpoise in Monterey Bay

For the past five years, the growing number of dead harbor porpoises washing up on California shores has puzzled biologists - until now.

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Related Topix: Moss Landing, CA, Santa Barbara, CA

CCTV

People power essential to river survival

When gynecologist Vishwas Yevale consigned his mother's ashes to India's Mutha River according to tradition, his family was more than unusually upset.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Agriculture, Science

Fox 8 - WJW

Health reform bill before Congress would allow Hawaii workers not to participate

Hawaii would be allowed to opt out of key requirements of national health care reform legislation, the only state given such a privilege because it already has its own comprehensive health insurance law.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Mazie Hirono, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Mexican environmentalists outraged over ruling on Cancun beach restoration

Environmentalists expressed outrage Thursday after a Mexican judge upheld a requirement that they post a $1.1 million bond to pursue a suit against a project to rebuild Cancun beaches with tons of sand extracted from the Caribbean.

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Related Topix: Mexico, North America, World News

ScrippsNews

Internet doesn't socially isolate users, study finds

Internet doesn't socially isolate users, study finds Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 15:29 The study comes to the opposite conclusion: that people who use the Internet, instant messaging, mobile phones, photo sharing sites and social networks benefit from being more likely to have a larger, more diverse core of close confidants.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Social Software

ClipSyndicate

Helping Paws Aids People in Need

Helping Paws is a non profit organization placing service dogs with people with disabilities.

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Related Topix: Video, Pets

Cbs5.com

Federal Judge Blocks Calif. Foster Care Cuts

Share + Nov 4, 2009 9:32 pm US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday temporarily blocked a planned 10 percent cut in state payments to group homes for foster children.

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The Globe and Mail

Mountain Equipment Co-op raises ire of bicycle industry

Marina Strauss M ountain Equipment Co-op, which has built its retailing reputation on a feel-good image of environmental and social responsibility, has ignited anger in an unlikely place the bicycle industry.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

WBAL-AM Baltimore

Group: Md Budget Cuts Reduce Services To Disabled

A nonprofit group that coordinates services to Maryland's developmentally disabled says state budget cuts have forced it to slash 74 jobs and scale back its work.

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Related Topix: Maryland

Wed Nov 04, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

FDA to Push for Reduction in Toll from Mistakes on Prescription Drugs, Other Medicines

Write mm_head Write mm_summary Write byline Write byline ANDREW ZAJAC Reporting from Washington Write body In an effort to reduce the annual toll of deaths and serious problems caused by mistakes and misuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications, the Food and Drug Administration is launching a new effort to identify the most serious ...

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration

CSRwire.com

The Makers of Clorox(R) Clean-Up(R) to Award $50,000 to Kids Programs ...

During these tough economic times, budget cuts are an unfortunate reality. That means important kids' programs everywhere, despite dedication and hard work, are getting scaled back or even eliminated.

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Related Topix: Clorox, Household Products, Family, Kids, Marketing, Social Software

Muskogee Phoenix

Head of non-profit group arrested for child porn

The director of the non-profit organization Junior Achievement of Oklahoma has been arrested for child pornography.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, PC

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