Archive for February 9th, 2009
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How to help patients make wiser health choices (AP)
AP – It’s one of medicine’s uncomfortable truths: That blood test for prostate cancer is far from perfect. Would as many men take a PSA test if they knew?
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FAA says Hackers broke into agency computers (AP)
AP – Hackers broke into the Federal Aviation Administration’s computer system last week, accessing the names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees and retirees.
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U.S. Senate Vote Set for Today on $838 Billion Stimulus Package (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Senate is set to vote today
on an $838 billion economic stimulus package after Democrats
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Roundtable with the First Lady and Mary’s Center Teen Program
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Remarks of President Barack Obama (Ft. Myers, FL)
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Roundtable with the First Lady and Mary’s Center Teen Program
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Obama to Congress: Pass stimulus, don’t play games (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama, urgently pressuring lawmakers to approve a massive economic recovery bill, turned his first news conference Monday night into a determined defense of his emergency plan and an offensive against Republicans who try to “play the usual political games.” -
Stimulus bill passes key Senate hurdle
The Obama administration’s $827 billion economic stimulus plan moved toward passage in the Senate on Monday as a compromise version of the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle.
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Obama, Crist team up in Florida (Politico)
Politico – President Barack Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist sharing a stage in battleground Florida to stump for the same economic stimulus plan might seem like an unusual alliance.
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FBI raids Ga. plant at center of salmonella scare (AP)
AP – Federal agents on Monday raided a Georgia peanut processing plant linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak that has prompted one of the largest product recalls in U.S. history.
