Parents of Special-Needs Children Divided Over Palin's Promise to Help

Amid the barbs and hockey banter Wednesday night, Gov. Sarah Palin directed an emotional appeal to the hearts of millions of parents with children who have special needs, promising they would "have a friend and ...

Family feared for child long before he was found in car's trunk

After first hearing on Thursday that 2-year-old James Many White Horses II was missing, relatives from Browning who helped raised him wondered if his mother, Summer Many White Horses, could be responsible for ...

Medicare Advantage plans overpayments to total $8.5 billion in 2008

Overpayments will remain significant even after payment reductions in new Medicare legislation are implemented.

Number of Companies with Top Rating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and...

Number of Companies with Top Rating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Workers Jumps by One-Third Sunday Sep 7, 2008 The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released the seventh annual Corporate ...

Borough pays price for employee lawsuits

The borough's dealings with three employees who filed lawsuits against the borough have cost taxpayers more than $100,000 in the past three years, a Mercury analysis of borough records has shown.

Laboring on Labor Day: 'Somebody has to do it'

COSHOCTON - Labor Day has been a holiday for more than 100 years. The Department of Labor's Web site states, 'The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest ...

National "re-releases" environment and conservation policies

National Party Environment spokesman Nick Smith quipped, during an interview on TV One's Agenda this morning, that Labour's Trevor Mallard had intensified interest in the policies which he had somehow obtained ...

EPA finds Hawaii vog response lacking

A $170,000 federal study of increased emissions from Kilauea Volcano has recommended additional examination and a more coordinated response by government agencies.

EPA standard will boost mower costs 18 percent

Joe Hall was unequivocal about what he expects new emissions standards for lawn mowers will mean for his small lawn-care business.

Nigeria: Wema Bank - and the Drama Continues

Lucky Fiakpa writes that the latest development in the bank must have thrown up fresh challenges and given the fighting spirit of the embattled Wema Bank chief executive another bout of legal fireworks might ...

Our View: Oil market apparently misused

While much of the attention for solving the economic crisis of high gas prices has focused on more drilling, an important government investigation is suggesting that a big spike in prices in 2007 may have been ...

Federal Securities Laws: Judicial candidate accused

A candidate running for embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson's seat is facing a complaint brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that alleges he helped set up an improper stock scheme that ...

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