Yo, ho, ho and a lot of bottles of rum. Florida’s two senators are taking heat for taking sides in an expensive and increasingly divisive rum war between the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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Florida senators in middle of rum fight (Miami Herald)
Maria Nerieda Morales, 78, of Washington, died Feb. 13, 2010 at St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network, Fountain Hill, Pa. She was born Oct.
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Obituaries: Maria Nerieda Morales, 78, of Washington (The Warren Reporter)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has invited state departments of agriculture in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to submit applications for grant funds under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program-Farm Bill.
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Applicants sought for $55M grant funds (Saipan Tribune)
A group of 53 beauty queens picked from around the country for their smiles, struts and interview savvy were set to woo a panel of judges in hopes of winning the Miss America 2010 crown. The young women from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will cap a week of preliminary competition with the scheduled crowning of a winner Saturday night in Las Vegas.
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53 Beauty Queens Compete For Miss America Crown (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
LAS VEGAS – A group of 53 beauty queens picked from around the country for their smiles, struts and interview savvy were set to woo a panel of judges in hopes of winning the Miss America 2010 crown. The young women from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will cap a week of preliminary competition with the scheduled crowning of a winner Saturday night in …
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53 beauty queens vie for Miss America crown (Nevada Appeal)
According to a CDC report, 3.7 percent of people across the United States, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands tested positive for the seasonal flu. Last year, 11.5 percent of people tested positive during the second week of 2009.
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Seasonal flu rates called ‘minimal’ by CDC (Valley News Dispatch)
No U.S. states were reporting widespread A/H1N1 flu activity during the first week of 2010, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. “No states reported widespread influenza activity, nine states reported regional influenza activity, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 15 states reported local influenza activity, Guam and 24 states reported sporadic …
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No U.S. states report widespread A/H1N1 flu last week (People’s Daily)
Legislatures in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico met in 2009, leading to the enactment of 40,697 laws, many of which take effect January 1.
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Laws covering texting, tanning beds, trans fat take effect in 2010 (CNN)
In a large Phase III clinical trial, Tasigna (nilotinib capsules) demonstrated greater efficacy over Gleevec (imatinib) in the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase. The new clinical data were just presented as a late breaking abstract at the 51st annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology …
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Tasigna demonstrates greater efficacy over Gleevec in chronic Ph+ CML patients (News-Medical-Net)
CPSC HAS RECEIVED ABOUT 2,091 REPORTS FROM RESIDENTS IN 32 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO WHO BELIEVE THEIR HEALTH SYMPTOMS OR THE CORROSION OF CERTAIN METAL COMPONENTS IN THEIR HOMES ARE RELATED TO THE PRESENCE OF DRYWALL PRODUCED IN CHINA . STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ALSO RECEIVED SIMILAR REPORTS.
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CPSC Releases Chinese Drywall Reports (US Recall News)