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5 hrs ago | Public Health and Law

Tobacco Products Liability Project hails $244 million punitive...

Tobacco Products Liability Project hails $244 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris as a oeentirely proportionate to the level of reprehensible misconduct by the companya November 20th, 2009 A Fort Lauderdale, Florida jury on the afternoon of November 19, 2009 returned a nearly $300 million dollar verdict against tobacco giant Philip ...

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Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, Smoking, Medicine, Health

Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Louise Bradley, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Mental Health Commission of Canada

Published on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 5:43PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 10:16AM EST O ver the past two months, our Breaking Through series has chronicled the lives of people living with mental illness, including students, comedians, authors, lawyers, mothers, and many more.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Boston.com

State jobless rate declines, bucking trend

The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped last month for the first time in two years, and job losses slowed - signs the state's beleaguered job market may be stabilizing.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

LA Daily News

Of those 16-24, one-fifth are jobless, not in school

The Lifetime Employment, Earnings and Poverty Consequences of Dropping Out of High School in the Los Angeles Metro Area One in five Angelenos between the ages of 16 and 24 is unemployed and not in school, putting a severe drain on the city's limited resources, a study released Thursday said.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Long Beach, CA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Seattle Medium

The White House Jobs Summit

It's a good thing President Obama will be having a jobs summit because the recovery of the African-American community from a recession, as part of the general recovery of the national employment picture, is not assured.

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Boston Globe

Meet Boston's only progressive radio host

Jeff Santos is on an ambitious mission: For the past year, he has been building Boston's only progressive radio talk show station.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Deval Patrick, US Governors, Rush Limbaugh

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Boston.com Real Estate

Cloudy times at NAR

Scott's bear-baiting entry based on the NAR's economist's market predictions was published the same day I got my Greater Boston Real Estate Board and NAR membership renewal bill.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

DigitalKoans

Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources at Northeastern University Libraries

The Northeastern University Libraries are recruiting an Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Technology Review Feed v2.1

Video - A Robotic Gait Corrector

This device, one of several robotic rehabilitation tools from Northeastern University, adjusts a persona s gait as he Video by Biomedical Mechatronics Laboratory, Northeastern University - Read the Article Next Video Robo-Rehab for MRIs This robotic rehabilitation device from Northeastern University is designed to let patients exercise hand and ...

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Age

Murdoch v Google battle has news pundits puzzled

IS HE bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? The News Corporation chairman, Rupert Murdoch, has prompted a fierce debate among media watchers with his accusation that Google is ''stealing'' from his vast newspaper empire and his threat to ...

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Publishing, Media, News Corporation, Internet, Science / Technology, Journalism

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Southwest News-Herald

Parking Restrictions Dilemma

Residential permit parking began in 1979 to bring relief to homeowners living near hospitals, schools and universities in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro

Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Seattle Times

The high economic cost of dropouts and inadequate education

Top of the News: Amid Washington state's long-shot effort to win billions in new federal education funding comes a new report on the huge costs of high-school dropouts.

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Technology Review Feed v2.1

Robo-Rehab at Home

When a person suffers a stroke, the interruption of blood flow to the brain can cause lasting loss of function in the limbs.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Physics Blog

What's in our water?

Although America's supply of drinking water is considered among the world's safest, there is an urgent need to develop more stringent regulations to guide how water is monitored for pollutants, according to April Gu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

WBZ TV

NH Wwii Veteran Finally Gets His Medals

Share + Nov 9, 2009 4:57 pm US/Eastern TILTON, N.H. For years, Roger Aldrich doubted that he'd ever see his World War II medals.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Tilton, NH

Boston.com

For spirited Flaherty supporters, the end came quickly

Mayoral candidate Michael F. Flaherty gave his concession speech last night at Venezia Restaurant in Dorchester.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA

Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Patent Trader

Marine pilot laid to rest on Cape Cod

Dozens of young people gathered Saturday around a flag-draped coffin at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at a time in their lives when they should have been meeting for a wedding or a class reunion.

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Related Topix: Mashpee, MA, North Attleboro, MA, Attleboro, MA, US Military, US Marine Corps

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Boston Globe

The rise and fall of the original Boston Opera House

Tucked away in a simple gray box within a basement archive at Northeastern University there is, curiously enough, a single red brick.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Arts, Opera, Theater

Fri Nov 06, 2009

COLDFUSION Developer's Journal

David Ferriero Confirmed by U.S. Senate as 10th Archivist of the United States

Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm David Ferriero as the 10th Archivist of the United States.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Duke University, Cambridge, MA

MyFoxBoston

Body of marine returns to Cape

The body of fallen United States Marine Corps Captain Eric A. Jones returned to Cape Cod today at Otis Air National Guard Base.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US National Guard, US Air Force, Boston, MA, Mashpee, MA

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