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Mendte On Chewing Tobacco
Four U.S. senators and health officials from the cities hosting theWorld Series are urging the baseball players union to agree to a ban on chewing tobacco at games and on camera.
The senators, including No. 2 Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois, and...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Senate, Behavioral Conditions
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Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin has a nifty idea to create jobs: Another stimulus spending plan with new taxes
Top of the TicketTom Harkin's thinking: If one massive federal stimulus spending plan didn't work, maybe another will.... -
Government to food industry: More nutrients and less junk in kids' food and advertising for kids' food (please)
Manufacturers of foods pitched most heavily to kids -- breakfast cereals, snacks, carbonated beverages and restaurant fare -- should develop and reformulate their offerings to cut salt, added sugars and saturated fat and ensure they contribute...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Consumer Goods Industries, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Health Organizations, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Bridgepoint Education accused of scamming students, taxpayers
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- A San Diego-based company that runs two of the nation's largest for-profit universities is being accused of scamming students and ripping off the federal government. Bridgepoint Education is one of the biggest employers in San Diego County....Tags: Trials, Colleges and Universities, Regional Authority, U.S. Senate, Elections
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Obama signs bill to improve nation's food safety
WASHINGTON — Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system as some lawmakers complained that it'...Tags: Salmonella Infection, Republican Party, Jack Kingston, Consumers, Health Insurance Cost
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New food safety law protects whistleblowers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Food industry workers who blow the whistle on bad practices have new protection against retaliation under a little-noticed provision in the sweeping food safety law President Barack Obama signed last month. The Food Safety and...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Consumer Goods Industries, Judges, Lawyers, Health and Safety at Work
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Everest, Kaplan have highest number of complaints before Florida attorney general
They tell stories of broken promises, overly aggressive sales tactics, harassing phone calls, bungled financial aid and insurmountable debt. Florida's attorney general is currently investigating eight for-profit colleges, which have been the subjects...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Fort Lauderdale, Adult Education, Financial Aid, Lawyers
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Obama's anti-business stance
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - This summer, the huge Boeing assembly plant here will begin producing 787 Dreamliners - up to three a month, priced at $185 million apiece. It will, unless the National Labor Relations Board, controlled by Democrats and encouraged...Tags: Referenda, Mary L. Landrieu, Companies and Corporations, Ben Nelson, Plant Openings
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Environmental Protection Agency denies conservationists' petition to ban lead fishing tackle
L.A. UnleashedWASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency denied on Thursday a petition by several environmental groups to ban lead in fishing tackle, two months after rejecting the groups' attempt to ban it in hunting ammunition. The EPA said that the petition.... -
Groups sue Environmental Protection Agency over lead ammunition and fishing tackle
L.A. UnleashedWASHINGTON — Three environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to force it to prevent lead poisoning of wildlife from spent ammunition and lost fishing tackle. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by the Center for..... -
Presidential sweepstakes, 20 years ago
Change of SubjectYes, the Republican presidential field looks to be in disarray these days as a raft of seemingly unlikely contenders jostle for the opportunity to take on a Democratic incumbent who's looking difficult to beat, but set the wayback machine for...... -
Cave-in or compromise, Obama's tax cut deal with Republicans could win him much, cost him little
Top of the TicketIf Republican plans to fix the economy work, they could help ensure the Democrat's reelection in 2012....
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