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How we got details on questionable federal health research funding (You can look, too)
On Sunday and Monday of this week, we published a series examining 12 years of spending at one of the centers at the National Institutes of Health -- the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, also known as NCCAM.
Sen. Tom Harkin...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Trine Tsouderos, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Facebook
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Tom Harkin: Investigate S.C. Gov. Haley about healthcare panel
Nation NowHarkin blasts Haley: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is asking for a federal investigation of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, over allegations that she wasted federal dollars by convening a healthcare reform study panel while dictating a... -
Nostalgic look at 1992 to cheer Republicans
Change of SubjectUpdated and expanded In March 1992, George H.W. Bush was leading Clinton in head to head polls as Obama now leads Romney. The problem with finding too much hope in such a number is that GHWB's overall approval number was...... -
Companies propose curbing junk food ads for kids
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government.
A...Tags: Obesity, Republican Party, Food Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Standards
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, St. Louis Cardinals, World Series, Democratic Party, Football
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States can apply for waivers to No Child Left Behind
With a growing number of states rebelling against the No Child Left Behind law and stalled efforts in Congress to reform it, the Obama administration says it will grant waivers to liberate states from a law that it considers dysfunctional. Education...Tags: Examinations, John Kline, Republican Party, Arne Duncan, School Examinations
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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: Food Industry, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Diet, Dining and Drinking
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Financial Aid, Trials, U.S. Senate, Adult Education
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Business, Judges, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agriculture
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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: Financial Aid, Melbourne, Colleges and Universities, Justice System, Elections
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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: Food Industry, Livestock Farming, Judges, Justice System, Food and Drug Administration
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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....
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