Nov. 24– A student organization that helps young people resist pressure to use alcohol and other drugs will receive $5,000 from a Kutztown bar as a result of a recently announced legal settlement in a drunk-driving tragedy. Attorney Kevin R. Marciano of Philadelphia said that while nearly all of the $12.7 million settlement will come from insurance companies,…
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Nov. 24– ASHLAND– This year’s Christmas Tour of Homes, presented by the Ladies of the Highlands, includes a variety of houses with unique architecture exquisitely decorated in styles that reflect the owneres’ tastes. The house was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1979; the Fannins purchased it in 1992.. The Renaissance tree in the dining room is…
Nancy O’Neale Agency- Farmers Insurance has been serving the Oak Park community for three years. In addition to being a business owner, Nancy is an affiliate member of OCREBA- Oakland County Real Estate Brokers Association, as well as the Ferndale Chamber. About Nancy O’Neale Agency- Farmers Insurance The O’ Neale Farmers Agency is a locally owned and operated…
Tom Coburn has beaten melanoma, colon cancer and prostate cancer. Last week, Coburn, R- Muskogee, kept up his usual hectic schedule on Capitol Hill and, in an interview in his office, he was as impassioned as ever on topics such as health care and the Senate’s operations. Coburn, 65, a physician, was first elected to the Senate in 2004, and he limited himself to two terms.
Nov. 24– Say you wanted to build a deck on the back of your house. You would come up with plans. So you would go to City Hall to visit the building department.
Nov. 24– Early in the new year, the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Public Square will conduct its 50th program. Started in September 2005, the Public Square was intended to be an experiment in civil discourse. All we wanted to do was open our doors to the public and be relevant in the examination of issues that could spur or shape decisions that improve the quality of life…
In any case, there was a weird energy at Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, starting with the guy in the cowboy hat who delivered a rambling monologue during the public comment period and several outbursts throughout the night. What started with complaints from a handful of disgruntled former park users about Manchester Dog Park Association…
Nov. 24– PHOENIX– Ryne Sandberg needs a ride. There was instructional league ball to watch in Florida, followed by Phillies organizational meetings, then some charity events in Philadelphia, and the wedding of his son, Justin, in Baltimore. The family– five children and five grandchildren– will convene here this week for Thanksgiving.
Nov. 24– VIRGINIA BEACH– Jen Klimkiewicz was expecting her second child in 2007 when a friend emailed her a question:. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are concerned that private companies might be profiting from and preying on people’s emotions. Jen’s husband, Steve, suspected as much and was…
Munson Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan are launching a new value-based hospital reimbursement agreement in northern Michigan designed to improve patient care and medical outcomes while also enhancing efficiency and holding down the cost of care. “Blue Cross and leading hospitals such as those affiliated with Munson Healthcare are…
According to a release, the FDA recently recognized multiple standards that collectively help support medical-device interoperability and cyber security. “The FDA’s recognition of the IEEE 11073 standards recognizes the many years of effort that have been put into the development of these standards by industry experts,” said Todd Cooper, chair of the IEEE…
According to the audit by the McGladrey firm, the Medi-Cal plan that insures 120,000 low-income Ventura County residents finished the 2013 budget year with $11.8 million more in revenue than expenses. A year earlier, Gold Coast was $6 million in the hole. Still under a state mandate to improve its financial and medical documentation processes, Gold Coast…
Changes to Virginia law in 2008 made dam owners liable for the safety of anyone living or driving downstream and required them to prepare their dams to withstand a storm so large that it will never, ever occur. Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr., for instance, faced a potential multimillion-dollar tap for the university’s Ivy Lake Dam in Forest.
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center issued the following news release:. More than 50 physicians affiliated with Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston appear on the Best Doctors in America (TM) List for 2013. Only five percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, which is decided by impartial peer…
1. REASON FOR ISSUE: This Veterans Health Administration Directive establishes policy for approving and providing authorized users access to VHA personally identifiable information in Information Technology systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 4. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE: The Director, National Data Systems is responsible for the content of this…
Nov. 24– HAMLET– The last time Lois Womble saw her 1990 Buick, a Hamlet police officer sat behind the wheel and drove it away after a traffic stop. Her Buick, according to city officials, was sold as scrap and parts last year to a junkyard in one of a series of questionable and off-the-books transactions handled by the police in this small city of roughly 6,000 near the…
Called “Give Back,” the event at the Ephesus Center, located at the Ephesus Church on South Mint Street, was created especially for those who have already been touched by the organization’s helping hand. “It’s cool to see people have this kind of heart,” said Erin Blackmore, 31, the nonprofit’s founder. A part-time food stamp case manager with the Mecklenburg County…
Nov. 23– The first ray of sunlight brought the first shot. The cannon boom from the south cut through the chill of the Sunday morning twilight, shook the dirt walls of the fort and jarred every soldier alert. John Watkins of the 19th Ohio Battery wrote in a letter home.
Nov. 23– It’s been a long time coming: On Nov. 8, the Obama administration issued a final ruling spelling out how health insurers will be required to provide comparable treatment for mental illness and addiction as for other health challenges. But for those without insurance, the outlook is far grimmer, particularly in Texas, which has the largest number of…
