Santa Clara County Public Health Department urges parents, child caregivers to ... - San Jose Mercury News
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:01:18 GMT+00:00
Health Department urges parents, child caregivers to ... San Jose Mercury News As whooping cough season nears, Santa Clara County Public Health Department officials are urging parents and child caregivers to get ... San Diego County baby dies of whooping cough Los Angeles Times (blog) Growing outbreaks of whooping cough raise health fears msnbc.com San Diego reports whooping cough death in newborn San Jose Mercury News NPR (blog)  - USA Today

Facing Steep Odds, 128 House Democrats Revive the Public Option - The Washington Independent
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:29:04 GMT+00:00
Option The Washington Independent is leading the charge for a new public option health plan. (Santa Rosa Press Democrat/ZUMApress.com) Four months after President Barack Obama enacted the ... GOP blocks small business bill. Who will get the blame? Washington Post (blog)

CAF Loans Argentina $672 Million For Public-Works Projects - Wall Street Journal
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:37:11 GMT+00:00
-Works Projects Wall Street Journal The loans from the Caracas-based multilateral organization will be used for public works and technology development, the CAF said in a press release ...

Public defenders threaten to stop taking cases in St. Louis County - Kansas City Star (blog)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:10:30 GMT+00:00
defenders threaten to stop taking cases in St. Louis County Kansas City Star (blog) The public defenders in St. Louis County say they're overworked and are threatening to refuse any new cases there, the Post-Dispatch reports. ...

Envestnet expected to go public this week - BusinessWeek
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:25:19 GMT+00:00
this week BusinessWeek ... that provides Web-based services for financial advisers, expects to raise more than $31 million in net proceeds this week in an initial public offering. ... Envestnet Prices Initial Public Offering MarketWatch (press release)

Open mic day at Board of Public Works - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:38:15 GMT+00:00
Works Baltimore Sun (blog) Wedged between approvals to purchase land for Program Open Space, a complex lease deal for a new development in Baltimore and a state bond sale, ...

Don't call them obese, they're fat: UK minister - Washington Post
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:09:31 GMT+00:00
Washington Post Calling people fat rather than obese would be more likely to motivate them to lose weight, according to Britain's public health minister. ... Say fat not obese, says minister BBC News Call overweight people 'fat' instead of 'obese', says health minister Daily Mail Telling it like it is Sydney Morning Herald (blog) NPR (blog)  - Herald Sun  - The Guardian

Brittany Murphy's late husband may have drained her finances - Chicago Tribune
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:28:21 GMT+00:00
Chicago Tribune The controversy surrounding the death of Brittany Murphy has taken a grim turn with an allegation by Murphy's former business manager that her late husband, ... Brittany Murphy's Mom Doesn't Think Mold Killed Her Daughter and Son-in-Law Peace FM Online Beware of mould in your home - it can kill Times of India Linda Monjack: My Son Simon Did Nothing Wrong People Magazine msnbc.com  - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)  - Daily Mail

North Dakota coal mines fined for soil erosion - The Associated Press
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:04:17 GMT+00:00
The Associated Press bismarck, ND Two coal companies have agreed to pay fines to settle Public Service Commission environmental complaints about water drainage and soil ...

WikiLeaks: For public, it confirms worst about Afghanistan - Christian Science Monitor
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:35:08 GMT+00:00
, it confirms worst about Afghanistan Christian Science Monitor But they're unlikely to convince the public that the answer is to get out now. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks a news conference at the Frontline ... Non-profit WikiLeaks website gains financial support from the public for ... Examiner.com On air: Are you glad this information is public ? BBC News (blog) Don't be at war with public : Americans deserve to know all about Afghanistan. Palm Beach Post Voice of America  - Daily Mail  - Washington Technology (blog)

DeMorning DeBonis: July 26, 2010 - Washington Post (blog)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:31:06 GMT+00:00
Washington Post (blog) No fewer than 165 DC Public Schools teachers were fired last week for poor performance. That's a stunning number -- combined with the 76 pink-slipped for ... McGurn: Giving Lousy Teachers the Boot Wall Street Journal DC school system fires 241 teachers CNN International DC schools chief fires 241 teachers, puts 737 on notice Seattle Times New York Times  - NPR  - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Top secret America and the dangers of FBI ethnic profiling - Boston Globe (blog)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:30:04 GMT+00:00
Boston Globe (blog) The Post investigation details the emergence of a massive public -private spying bureaucracy that secretly employs millions of people and is so unwieldy, ...

Lack of fiscal discipline in Seattle Public Schools - Seattle Times
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:01:34 GMT+00:00
Schools Seattle Times The Washington state auditor's scathing report on Seattle Public Schools illustrates how tough it is for the district to change from a culture too casual ...

Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials - San Jose Mercury News
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:37:21 GMT+00:00
San Jose Mercury News By AP The city of Bell paying its city manager an annual salary of nearly $8000 has made it painfully apparent yet again that public employee pay abuses ... Calif. town's council likely to see angry public BusinessWeek Salary of $8000 Sparks California Taxpayer Mutiny: Joe Mysak Bloomberg California's city officials scramble to limit damage from Bell scandal Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times  - Los Angeles Times  - FOXNews

Regulators clear way for Expo Line completion - Los Angeles Times (blog)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:17 GMT+00:00
Los Angeles Times (blog) In its decision, the California Public Utilities Commission adopted recommendations made in June by one of the agency's hearing officers, who supported a ...

Pipeline leak deals blow to Canada's oil sands industry - Financial Times
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:35:27 GMT+00:00
Financial Times Canada's oil sands industry was trying to defuse a fresh public relations headache on Thursday after a ruptured pipeline spilled ... Evacuations Urged For Oil Spill Residents WNEM Saginaw Michigan Oil Spill Prompts Evacuations, Finger-Pointing Wall Street Journal Report: Michigan among states with most pipeline accidents USA Today Detroit Free Press  - Michigan Messenger

Today in Globe Business - Boston Globe
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:17:36 GMT+00:00
Boston Globe Boston is finally slated to get its own downtown public food market a showcase for dozens of New England agricultural businesses that will sell locally ...

National Weather Service official wanted his research used for 'public good' - Washington Post
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:15:57 GMT+00:00
good' Washington Post Biggest challenge: Working with partners and customers to keep forecast products and services relevant to the public and ensuring that life-saving ...

Confusion on Where City Students Stand - New York Times
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:00:15 GMT+00:00
New York Times For years, parents, voters and students themselves were told that the New York City public schools were improving all the time. ...

Brazil Budget Surplus Widens But Lags Behind Goal - Wall Street Journal
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:48:11 GMT+00:00
Wall Street Journal brasilia (Dow Jones)--Aided by federal and state government spending cuts, Brazil's public -sector ...