Monday, January 3, 2011 Yesterday, United States President Barack Obama signed into law a five-year benefit package to provide healthcare treatment for emergency workers including police, firefighters, and rescue workers affected by illness and respiratory problems contracted while working at the site of the World Trade Center attacks in New York City on September 11, […]
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Researchers find preserving spotted owl habitat may not require a tradeoff with wildfire risk after all
Sunday, October 8, 2017 In a study scheduled for publication in the December 1 issue of Forest Ecology and Management, scientists from the University of California, Davis; USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station; and University of Washington have found a way to resolve the conflict that has sprung up between protecting forests from increasingly […]
MetLife to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup
Monday, January 31, 2005 Metlife announced on 01/31/05 that they were going to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup. Travelers Life and Annuity is an insurance underwriter. MetLife is a large life insurance and annuities underwriter. MetLife will have to borrow a lot of money to pay for the company, so rating agencies like […]
Swiss reject single health insurance
Monday, March 12, 2007 24 of 26 Swiss Cantons rejected the proposal for a single health insurance system, in which premiums would be based on income and wealth. The vote on Sunday was the latest in a series of attempts to cut rising costs and ease the financial burden on citizens. Around 71% of voters […]
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Read An Opinion On: Recyclable Cosmetic Jars Submitted by: Denise Nuttall People are exiting Michigan in large numbers these days. Manufacturing jobs are gone. Housing costs are high. The high cost of living has gone through the roof. Government is moving too slow or in the wrong direction to help us out. We have to […]
Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark
Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was presented on Wednesday for the first time) — Apple Inc. — and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose […]
Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his “longest ever project”, with Wikinews. Started in October 2010, Minetest was an attempt by Ahola to create a sandbox game similar to Minecraft. Minecraft is a multi-platform commercial game, which was in alpha version when Ahola challenged himself to create […]
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Read An Opinion On: Residential Parks Nsw Best Things About Retirement Homes by [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7-owbPzKzE[/youtube] Jordan Rocksmith Deciding to take your loved ones to a retiring home can be a really hard decision to make. You might be afraid they will feel lonely, or that they won’t receive the attention needed, especially if they are sick. […]
News briefs:July 16, 2010
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