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U.S. employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workers
Healthcare educator Rainelle White, background, helps patient Viola Sanon out of the Family Van in Boston.]]>
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Live Strong Tucson wants you to help them for a day of awareness to create a group photo and dance video.]]>
Genetic Testing Reveals Breast Cancer Gene
According to the American Cancer Society, 20 to 30 percent of women with breast cancer have a family member with this disease, but that also means 70 to 80 percent of women who get breast cancer don't have a family history.]]>
Influenced by mother, Cokato woman is advocate for dementia patients
COKATO - A Central Minnesota woman won a national award for her work with those struggling with dementia.]]>
Fewer illegal immigrants living in U.S.
Read the full Pew report. About 60,000 illegal immigrants live in Oklahoma, making up 1.7 percent of the state's population and 2.6 percent of the labor force, according to a Pew Hispanic Center report released Wednesday.]]>
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Receives Grant
The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in Charlottesville has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to win a $5,000 grant.]]>
Hawaii plant thought to be extinct found in Kohala
A Hawaiian plant species thought to be extinct has been found on the Big Island.]]>
New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB
Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.]]>
HRW urges Bahrain investigate torture claims
Human Rights Watch has urged Bahraini authorities to immediately look into allegations of torture made by four Shiite activists in detention since mid-August. In a statement Wednesday, the group said Abdul-Jalil al-Singace, one of the detainees, told prosecutors that his captors beat him on his fingers with a hard instrument, slapped him around, ...]]>
Lake Ouchita Bird Island
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteKAREN E. SEGRAVE 81810 Purple martins fly in to roost on a small grove of cypress tress on Bird Island in the middle of Lake Ouachita which has been named an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society because it hosts 30,000 to 50,000 purple martins each year in lake Julyearly August before they begin their annual ...]]>
Pakistani-American group turns attention to victims of massive flooding
Pakistani children who survived heavy flooding are covered with flies while living in miserable conditions at a roadside in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Tuesday.]]>
Charitable organizations granted funding
By Krista Siefken - Cowichan News Leader Pictorial Published: August 31, 2010 3:00 PM Updated: August 31, 2010 3:23 PM Local charitable groups will receive a total of $602,725 in provincial gaming grants.]]>
Feds Sued for Trying to Kill Qaeda-Linked Cleric
This Oct. 2008 file photo provided by Muhammad ud-Deen, shows radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen.]]>
The heavy truth behind light cigarette labeling
What does "light," "low" or "mild" mean to you? For many consumers, these words may suggest a healthier or safer product.]]>
Picking That Perfect Pet: Tips from the ASPCA
Here in New York, the ASPCA , the countrya s oldest animal welfare organization, took in 4, 090 animals in 2009.A Nearly 3,800 found forever homes.]]>
Amnesty slams Rwandan genocide laws
Amnesty International has blasted Rwanda`s laws on genocide ideology, which the campaigning group said are being used to suppress political dissent.]]>
US finding expected on Chinese aluminum exports
Analysts say the Obama administration, under congressional pressure to take a tough stance on Chinese trade policies, is expected to declare that China unfairly helped its aluminum industry.]]>
Fatal bear attack highlights Ohio's lax laws on exotic pets and high number of fatal attacks
The bear that recently killed a caretaker in a Cleveland suburb was the latest example of animal violence in a state that has some of the nation's weakest restrictions on exotic pets and among the highest number of injuries and deaths caused by them.]]>
KC Jesuit priest nears end of cross country bike tour
A Kansas City Jesuit priest is nearing the end of his 5,000-mile bike ride aimed at raising awareness about poverty.The Rev.]]>
Groups seek order blocking targeted killings in terror plots
Two New York-based civil liberties groups have sued the federal government, saying its targeted killings of U.S. citizens overseas is unconstitutional.]]>
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