The first book drive is Wed. Feb. 11 at the men's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion.
The University of Connecticut Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will sponsor a book drive at the Wednesday, Feb. 11 men’s basketball game vs. Syracuse and the Sunday, Feb. 15 women’s basketball game vs. Pittsburgh. Both games will be played here on the Storrs campus, at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.
The UConn SAAC invites all patrons planning to Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press – October 8, 2008 3:45 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Family health care premiums in Tennessee rose about five times faster than wages between 2000 and 2007.
That’s according to a new study by the nonprofit Families USA, which advocates health care for everyone.
According to the report, premiums for family health coverage provided through the workplace rose by more than $4,000 during the 8-year period studied. That included increases Read the rest of this entry »
As the financial crisis has worsened and the economy has deteriorated, basic pocketbook issues — taxes, jobs, retirement — have taken center stage in the presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
When the new president “comes to town in January, he’ll have to work on the short-term stimulus to the economy, and the longer-term plans may get deferred,” says Clint Stretch, managing principal of tax policy at Deloitte Read the rest of this entry »
In difficult times like these we need a good laugh to take our minds off
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NO PRESIDENT in recent memory has come into office with a to-do list as long as Barack Obama’s. Certainly his first priority must be to fix the economy and get Americans working again. International flashpoints will demand his attention, and he must make good on the pledge to extricate US troops from Iraq. Still, after eight years of regressive policy on matters of health and justice, the pent-up demand for relief is explosive. And with a stronger Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2008)
— Researchers are on the verge of unleashing the power of the element boron in a new generation of drugs and therapies, as decades of research begins to bear fruit. Boron has to date far been one of biology’s best kept secrets, but is now attracting fast growing research interest and investment from the pharmaceutical industry in the quest for novel drugs to tackle cancer and infectious diseases, potentially overcoming Read the rest of this entry »
Feb. 13–When Orange County middle-school teacher Felicia Brown was laid off last summer, she not only lost a paycheck — she also lost health insurance for herself, her husband and their infant son.
“They offered me coverage through COBRA, but it was like $780 a month, which was entirely too much,” Brown, 28, said. “We couldn”t pay that and still pay the rent.”
Her husband, Jon, works full-time as a credit-union teller. But the employer health Read the rest of this entry »
New treatment option for the estimated 6 million Americans living with this chronic, debilitating condition
NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Forest Laboratories, Inc.
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and Cypress Bioscience, Inc.
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today announced that Savella(TM) (milnacipran HCl), a selective serotonin and norepinephrine dual reuptake inhibitor, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Read the rest of this entry »
A statement issued by the 76-year-old senator’s office attributed the episode to a change in medications. Sen. John Kerry said his fellow Massachusetts Democrat was well and planned to watch the evening’s presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama.
A 911 call from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port came around 5 p.m., said Barnstable police Sgt. Ben Baxter. Kennedy was taken to Cape Cod Hospital and was “alert and responsive” during Read the rest of this entry »
For iPhone and iPod touch users interested in cutting edge fitnessapplications, and for Spinning enthusiasts eager to integrate their fitnessdata with Apple’s mobile computing platforms, the new iSPINNING iPhoneapplication is a breakthrough in fitness tracking.
iSPINNING is an iPhone-based Spinning computer and cardio fitness systemthat is compatible with leading fitness heart rate transmitters and a growinglist of other fitness sensors. In addition Read the rest of this entry »