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Tester pushes for better health care for rural veterans
Sen. Jon Tester is pushing to Department of Veterans Affairs to provide better health care to veterans in rural areas like Montana.
greatfallstribune.com (1 hour ago)
Norwalk Furniture gets new leader, pushes forward (with video)
NORWALK - There’s no sitting down on the job at the company that makes comfortable and colorful chairs shipped out across the country.
morningjournal.com (3 hours ago)
Rose-Hulman professor pushes for tornado-resistant construction
TERRE HAUTE - Tornadoes produce greater uplift forces than hurricanes, which can flatten homes such as in Moore, Okla., south of Oklahoma City.
heraldtimesonline.com (4 hours ago)
FDA pushes for new powers while cracking down on pharmacies
With legislation pending in Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration authority to better regulate compounding pharmacies such as the one linked to an outbreak that killed more than 50 people last year, the FDA went out on its own to crack down on more than 40 compounding pharmacies across the country,...
chronicle.augusta.com (11 hours ago)
GOP pushes for pre-conference agreement on 2014 budget
David M. Drucker The House minority has minimal power, but it is threatening to use the few parliamentary tools it can wield to force Republicans to demand a budget agreement with Senate Democrats as a condition for proceeding to a conference committee. House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., acknowledged in an...
washingtonexaminer.com (19 hours ago)
Luzerne manager pushes for new county prison at event
A new Luzerne County prison would be a significant savings, which could be used to re-energize Moon Lake Park. But paying to build it will be the challenge, county officials say. Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton addressed the prison and several other
standardspeaker.com (1 day ago)
What I see in the mirror: Sandie Shaw
When I try to look in the mirror, my husband pushes me out of the way, so the first sight I catch of myself tends to be at least an hour after I've got up. When I finally see myself, I don't think anything particularly because I'm so used to what I see. I've seen it everywhere all through my life, on billboards and...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Fighting back; Community pushes for change at Admiral King playground (with video)
LORAIN - A car slowed to a stop outside Admiral King Elementary, its driver shaking his head.
morningjournal.com (1 day ago)
Madigan pushes through gun bill over Quinn objections
- Speaker Michael Madigan on Friday pushed a concealed weapons bill through the House over the objections of Gov. Pat Quinn and Senate President John Cullerton, who oppose a provision that would overrule local gun laws in Chicago and other cities.
chicagotribune.com (1 day ago)
Actor Gary Sinise pushes veterans issues
The rold of "Lt. Dan,"a Vietnam vet that loses his legs, is not one that Sinise forgot when the cameras stopped rolling.
cnn.com (1 day ago)
Raghida Dergham: Western Powers Appease the Iranian Regime
The ambiguity of Western attitudes towards the Islamic Republic of Iran raises many questions about whether it is the goal of the United States, Britain, and France to enable Tehran to prevent the victory of the armed opposition in Syria, or to further involve Iran and its ally Hezbollah in the Syrian quagmire. This...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Google Pushes Into Emerging Markets
Google is deep into an effort to fund, build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.
wsj.com (1 day ago)
GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Coosa High School's Ben Masters graduates with honors
When Ben Masters pushes his wheelchair across the stage of The Forum today and accepts his high school diploma, it’s not a stretch to guess the 18-year-old Coosa High graduate’s accomplishment ...
rn-t.com (1 day ago)
EU Approves Better Bee Protection Rules
EU pushes through restrictions on pesticides, aiming to protect bees
abcnews.com (1 day ago)
Southaven population pushes above 50,000 mark
A fast-growing city in north Mississippi has reached a population milestone.
clarionledger.com (2 days ago)
Mayoral candidate Peter Steinbrueck pushes livability
Seattle mayoral candidate Peter Steinbrueck answers a few questions about his background and plans for the city
seattletimes.com (2 days ago)
Rep. Janice Hahn again pushes for port summer jobs for teens
For the second consecutive Congress, Harbor Area Democratic Rep. Janice Hahn has introduced a bill that would establish a grant program to encourage U.S. ports to hire teenagers for summer jobs.
dailybreeze.com (2 days ago)
Yakima group pushes supermajority on tax increases
YAKIMA, Wash. - Some of Yakima’s most vocal fiscal conservatives are collecting signatures to put a measure on the November ballot requiring a two-thirds vote - 5-2 - by Yakima City Council to increase taxes. The fiscal hawks’ group, Citizens for Two-Thir...
yakimaherald.com (2 days ago)
Genesee Community College seeks more funding
BATAVIA – Genesee Community College is seeking an additional $100,000 from its county sponsor to meet its budget for the 2013-2014 academic year. The plan was presented Wednesday at the county Legislature’s regular meeting.The Legislature will hold a public hearing and vote on the request as part of the agenda at...
buffalonews.com (2 days ago)
Graham Onions makes England take note after claiming five wickets for Durham against Middlesex
Durham (259 & 37-0) lead Middx (196) by 100 runs Graham Onions pushes England claims by taking five wickets in an innings for 18th time in his career.
telegraph.co.uk (2 days ago)
Greenacres pushes for earlier alcohol drink sales on Sundays
The city council is considering whether to allow stores to sell alcoholic beverages beginning at 7 a.
palmbeachpost.com (2 days ago)
Obama pushes new rules for drones, transfers for Gitmo prisoners
Brian Hughes President Obama on Thursday announced new limitations on using drone strikes overseas and took fresh steps to remove inmates from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, declaring America at a “crossroads” in how it combats terrorism. In the most expansive detailing of his counterterrorism policies, the...
washingtonexaminer.com (2 days ago)
Vin Diesel Says His Body Is All Natural, No Steroids
Vin Diesel stood by his comments about the pressure on men in Hollywood to be in shape on "The Tonight Show." He told Men's Fitness that there's more pressure on men to stay in shape than there is on women in Hollywood, which pushes a lot of men into steroid use -- which he insists he's never done; his body is...
huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
Immelt Pushes Harder to Shrink GE Capital
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- General Electric has made great progress in shrinking GE Capital, and CEO Jeff Immelt on Tuesday said the company was considering spinoffs through public offerings as a way to meet its goals. GE reported first-quarter operating earnings of $4.059 billion, or 39 cents a share, increasing from...
thestreet.com (2 days ago)
Drinking it all in: Red Bull pushes boundaries in sports & lab
Red Bull plays a unique and expanding role in sports - fielding soccer and motorsports teams, staging made-for-TV events and sponsoring hundreds of athletes in niche pursuits such as cliff-diving and windsurfing. The company is especially active within adrenaline-driven pursuits that have a viral thrill.
nydailynews.com (2 days ago)
Amazon pushes forward with Kindle Fire HD’s international expansion
Amazon is making its Kindle Fire HD tablets broadly available internationally, with preorders shipping in June. The tablets were already available in Europe and Japan.
gigaom.com (2 days ago)
Moore mayor pushes for shelter law in wake of Oklahoma tornado
The mayor of Moore, the Oklahoma suburb devastated by a massive tornado earlier this week, has called for a new law to have shelters installed in every new-built home to protect the town's residents.
independent.co.uk (2 days ago)
Grocery chain pushes to shift venue of breach suit
BELLEVILLE – The suburban St. Louis-based supermarket chain Schnucks Markets wants a federal court to handle an Illinois lawsuit related to a security breach of customer credit and debit cards.
daily-chronicle.com (2 days ago)
Joplin remembers tornado, pushes for recovery
The draft beer and whiskey shots flow freely at the sparkling new Joplin Elks Lodge 501, a distant hallway plaque the only visible reminder that three members and a bartender cleaning up after Sunday bingo died in a monster tornado that forever grafted a little-known southwest Missouri city into the nation’s...
newstribune.com (3 days ago)
Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review
It's wonderful stuff, swearing. It stiffens the sinews and summons up the blood, and not just metaphorically. Obscenities actually do act on us physiologically. Swearing increases electrical conductance across the skin, pushes the heart rate higher and measurably increases resistance to pain. Obscenities are also...
guardian.co.uk (3 days ago)
