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USS Iowa Opens as a Public Museum
KTLA NewsSAN PEDRO, Calif. (KTLA) -- After more than 50 years in service, the public can now walk aboard the decks of the USS Iowa. The ship opened as a floating museum Saturday at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. General admission ticket cost $18....Tags: Winston Churchill, Terry Branstad, Antonio Villaraigosa, U.S. Navy, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Lehigh Valley parent and educator testify at U.S. Senate education hearing
Call Washington BureauDebbie Jackson, an Easton parent of a child with behavioral challenges, shared her story on Capitol Hill Thursday morning during a hearing on how schools can handle such children without using seclusion or physical restraint. Jackson was joined by Dr....Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Lehigh University, U.S. Senate
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Relabeled Roll-Your-Own-Tobacco Costing Feds, States $1.3 Billion in Lost Revenues
The Hartford CourantTobacco manufacturers that re-label roll-your-own cigarette tobacco as pipe tobacco are cheating federal and state authorities out of an estimated $1.3 billion in lost state and federal tax revenues, according to a report released Wednesday by the Centers...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Dick Durbin, Frank Lautenberg, Tobacco Products, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment
![The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New Age Cures Put to the Test," Jan. 23].](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67687605-27172233.jpg "The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [\"New Age Cures Put to the Test,\" Jan. 23].")
The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...Tags: Herbal Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Benjamin Franklin, Echinacea (dietary supplement), Medical Research
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Nelson: Cap farm payments to mega-farms
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Sens. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Tim Johnson of South Dakota are part of a bipartisan group of senators who will seek to cap federal farm payments to large farming operations. The group plans to introduce a measure to...Tags: Democratic Party, Tim Johnson, Mike Enzi, Ben Nelson, Chuck Grassley
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Payroll tax cut at a glance: How is it paid for?
Congressional negotiators have agreed on a $144 billion package that extends three major programs through the end of the year: a 2 percentage-point reduction in the Social Security payroll tax, federal unemployment benefits for the long-time unemployed...Tags: Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Laws, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment
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Ky. officials work to prevent student confinement
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky education officials are working to prevent public school students from being restrained or confined alone in small rooms after citing two schools for violating the rights of three disabled students subjected to such...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Behavioral Conditions
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COINS Act would kill the dollar bill
KIAHTwo U.S. senators have proposed getting rid of the dollar bill -- an act that is sure to enrage strippers everywhere. John McCain (R- Arizona) and Tom Harkin (D- Iowa) presented Congress with the COINS Act (Currency Optimization, Innovation and...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, John McCain
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Federal center pays good money for suspect medicine
Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could...Tags: Financial Aid, Herbal Supplements, Chicago Tribune, National Institutes of Health, New York City
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How we got details on questionable federal health research funding (You can look, too)
On Sunday and Monday of this week, we published a series examining 12 years of spending at one of the centers at the National Institutes of Health -- the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, also known as NCCAM.
Sen. Tom Harkin...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Media Industry, Trine Tsouderos, Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines
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Tom Harkin: Investigate S.C. Gov. Haley about healthcare panel
Nation NowHarkin blasts Haley: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is asking for a federal investigation of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, over allegations that she wasted federal dollars by convening a healthcare reform study panel while dictating a... -
Nostalgic look at 1992 to cheer Republicans
Change of SubjectUpdated and expanded In March 1992, George H.W. Bush was leading Clinton in head to head polls as Obama now leads Romney. The problem with finding too much hope in such a number is that GHWB's overall approval number was......
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