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Cautious optimism as job losses slow...4.1 percent the previous month. Nebraska had the second lowest at 4.9 percent, followed by South Dakota at 5 percent. Speaking at an event at Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Steve Cochrane from Moody's Economy.com said... |
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Ex-czar gives Chrysler take...she said. Chrysler declined to comment on Rattner 's remarks. He spoke at a forum about the global auto industry that was sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations ; Carlos Ghosn , head of the Franco-Japanese alliance between Renault SA... |
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Medical News Today | 12 hours ago
Yale Researchers Target Tick Saliva In Their Search For Lyme Disease
...outer surface proteins of B. burgdorferi , the protection was even greater. Lead author Erol Fikrig , M.D. of Yale School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute said, "The interaction between the Lyme disease agent and ticks is very...
In this article: Lyme disease, Yale, Vector, Borrelia burgdorferi, Yale School of Medicine, Lyme, Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, Dengue fever, and Malaria
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | 13 hours ago
Panel sees no need to upgrade aging U.S. A-Bombs
... Daryl G. Kimball , executive director of the Washington-based Arms Control Association. Jeffrey G. Lewis , a nuclear specialist at the New America Foundation , a Washington research group, said in a blog posting that the report "should...
In this article: United States, Washington, Department of Energy, New America Foundation, Reliable Replacement Warhead, Arms Control Association, Energy Department, and Jon Kyl
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America.gov | 15 hours ago
Muslim Americans Prepare for Hajj
...offer popular side trips to Egypt , Turkey , Jordan and other countries in the region. SPIRITUAL JOURNEY In a 2007 survey, the Pew Research Center found that nearly two-thirds of Muslim Americans said that making the pilgrimage is very...
In this article: FLU, Jeddah, Houston, Texas, Recession, God, and Pew Research Center
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washingtonpost.com | 20 hours ago
Gates Foundation gives $335 million for teacher effectiveness
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Thursday a $335 million investment in teacher effectiveness, funding experiments in tenure, evaluation, compensation, training and mentoring in three large school systems and a cluster of charter...
In this article: Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Memphis, Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools, Melinda Gates, Washington Post Co, and Microsoft
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New Kerala | 20 hours ago
More than half Americans fear rise of Muslim extremism
...the community in the US. There are estimated to be more than five million Muslims in the US. According to the survey by the independent Pew Research Center done after the November 5 shooting, 52 percent Americans think that Islamic...
In this article: US, Pew Research Center, New York, and Texas
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AP Online | 23 hours ago
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
...attacks were an "inside job" by the American government, part of an elaborate plot involving international bankers, the Federal Reserve , the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bilderberg Group to create a New World Order. (Of course, 9/11...
In this article: Tax, United States, H1N1, Japan, Kentucky, Afghanistan, and Iran
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
Electric car adoption to be gradual
...of electric vehicles. "Electricity is going to complement oil." Ghosn made the remarks during a panel discussion sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Also speaking was Steven Rattner , the Wall Street financier who led...
In this article: Electric car, Carlos Ghosn, Steven Rattner, Nissan, Climate change, Council on Foreign Relations, and US
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Medical News Today | 1 day ago
HHMI Announces 4-Year Grant For Innovative Biomedical Training
In this article: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rice University, and Medical advice
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White House News | 2 days ago
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 11/18/09
...Group. Mr. Lynton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the boards of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Rand Corporation. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School and is proficient...
In this article: Barack Obama, Michael Lynton, Walter Isaacson, Harvard College, and Democracy
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MedicineNet | 2 days ago
Preeclampsia Linked to Reduced Thyroid Function
...the second half of pregnancy and can be dangerous for the mother and fetus. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH ) and other institutions report in the journal BMJ that women with preeclampsia may be more likely to have...
In this article: National Institutes of Health, Hormone, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Fatigue, Tyrosine, Thyroid hormone, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Harvard Medical School, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Counseling helps borrowers avoid foreclosure, study finds
...than borrowers who navigate the process themselves, according to a study to be released Wednesday. The study, by the D.C. -based Urban Institute , examines the effectiveness of the government-funded National Foreclosure Mitigation...
In this article: Washington, D.C., Fiscal year, Urban Institute, and Maryland
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
U.S., China may come to talks with emission-reduction goals
...appropriate mitigation actions of developing countries." Michael Levi , a senior fellow on environmental and energy issues at the Council on Foreign Relations , said the U.S. - China declaration "has moved expectations up a bit for...
In this article: United States, Hu Jintao, China, Carbon, Copenhagen, General Electric, U.N., South Korea, and Methane
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Centre Daily Times | 4 days ago
Troops hone artillery skills to cut Afghan deaths
...far greater risk, he said. Defense analysts say the efforts to curb civilian casualties doesn't account for the rise in troop deaths. "If you look at how soldiers are dying, it's not because of a lack of airstrikes," said Micah Zenko , a...
In this article: Afghanistan, Brigade Combat Team, Taliban, Fort Campbell, 101st Airborne Division, Council on Foreign Relations, Bangalore torpedo, Kentucky, and Stanley McChrystal
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
A Brookings index of 'How We're Doing'
...at the highest level since the early 1980s, and full employment remains a long way off. Early this year a team of scholars at the Brookings Institution began tracking data to assess where the nation stands regarding the Constitution's...
In this article: Recession, Brookings Institution, Washington, Cleveland, Las Vegas, New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq
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PR Newswire: Financial | 7 days ago
SRI International Vice President Norman Winarsky to Discuss SRI 's Commercialization Model at University of Chicago Innovation Workshop Series
...with the venture capital community that develops early-stage investment opportunities. He works with SRI 's business units to identify and develop SRI 's highest-value commercial market opportunities from initial concept through...
In this article: SRI International, University of Chicago, Venture capital, RCA Corporation, Sarnoff Corporation, and Emmy Award
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Reuters | November 12, 2009
DIARY - Today in Washington - Nov. 13
... Austan Goolsbee addresses Bloomberg Washington summit. 0915/1415 - Damon Silvers of the Congressional Oversight Panel addresses the New America Foundation's conference on financial reforms. 0915/1415 - Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal...
In this article: New America Foundation, Natural gas, Austan Goolsbee, Federal Reserve, Washington, U.S. Treasury, and USDA
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Medical News Today | November 11, 2009
Binding Action Of 2 Key HIV Antibodies Could Lead To New Vaccine Design
...funded by a Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery grant to Duke and Harvard from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and grants from the National Institutes of Health. Colleagues from Duke who contributed to the study include Moses...
In this article: HIV, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Antibodies, Medical advice, Terrence Higgins Trust, Harvard, National Institutes of Health, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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PR Newswire: Technology | November 09, 2009
SRI International and Regional and State Leaders Dedicate New SRI Shenandoah Valley Facility in Harrisonburg, Virginia
...with others, so they can create compelling new value for their organizations and customers. About SRI International Silicon Valley -based SRI International is one of the world's leading independent research and technology development...
In this article: SRI International, James Madison University, Virginia, Cadre, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, Rockingham County, and Shenandoah


