How U.N. Interference Threatens the Rights of American Women
By Grace Melton, 1/12/2009 8:44:42 AM
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly and initiated in 1981 after its ratification by 20 member states; today 185 countries are party to CEDAW. The United States Senate–under both Dem­ocrat and Republican leadership–has consistently chosen Read the rest of this entry »

When the snow falls and the temperature drops each winter, the instinct to stay inside where it’s warm and snack on potato chips instead of heading outdoors and getting some exercise can overtake even the most physically active of us.
Then comes the weight gain.
But hope doesn’t have to be entirely lost — there are several exercise options available, both outdoors and indoors, to help get you back on track to meeting your fitness goals.
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” on Thursday examined the expectations President-elect Barack Obama faces from abortion-rights advocates who supported him during the campaign. NPR reports that although Obama has made it clear that he supports abortion rights, he also has pledged to find “common ground” between abortion-rights opponents and supporters. According to NPR, “Pretty much every president says he wants to find common ground on abortion and other reproductive health issues, Read the rest of this entry »

January 26, 2009
NEW YORK — Warning: Peanut butter products could leave your pets at risk for salmonella, according to the Federal Drug Administration, which issued an alert on Sunday.
More brands and major pet product stores are now likely to follow the lead of PetSmart, which preemptively recalled seven Grreat Choice dog biscuit products last Tuesday.
The FDA has now listed 12 sources, both grocery stores and brands, from which it has identified Read the rest of this entry »

The Food and Drug Administration approved Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s generic version of the nicotine gum Nicorette, the company said Wednesday, and Watson plans to start selling the mint-flavored gum in early January.
Watson said the FDA approved its over-the-counter nicotine polacrilex gum in 2 mg and 4 mg strengths. Nicorette is made by British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC, and sold by Johnson & Johnson Healthcare. The FDA approved Nicorette Read the rest of this entry »

The grants are the result of a collaboration with the Georgia Office of Highway Safety to cut fatalities on state highways.
“A child under age eight has more than a two times greater risk of dying in a motor vehicle crash if that child is not secured in an appropriate child safety seat,” said Dodi Slaughter, RN, Child Passenger Safety Coordinator. “Our program partners with several other community agencies including the Lamar County School Read the rest of this entry »

Joshua Seitz and John Pryor both lived in Western New York before settling in Pennsylvania.
The two men now share another bond: Christmas Day casualties in the Iraq war zone.
Seitz, 19, who had lived in Allegany County, died in a boat collision in Manama, Bahrain.
Pryor, 42, a surgeon, died in a mortar blast after falling asleep in his trailer following Christmas Mass in Mosul, Iraq.
“He could have gone anywhere. He had that level of Read the rest of this entry »

Pilgrim’s Pride agrees on exiting executives’ severance payments: News nuggets and coffee-shop chatter from Paducah and the area.
Jan 04, 2009 (The Paducah Sun – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –
— Bankrupt Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has agreed to pay former President-CEO Clinton Rivers and Chief Operating Officer Robert Wright each $143,242 in severance after they resigned in December.
The Pittsburg, Texas, firm also agreed Read the rest of this entry »

Teaming up with Gifts.com, Zac Efron gives away $10,000 worth of toys to patients at the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA in Los Angeles.
brought cheers to patients at the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA in Los Angeles when he took time Friday, December 19 to visit critically ill patients for approximately two hours. Teaming up with Gifts.com, he presented gifts, signed autographs and posed alongside his fans as he toured the wards.
Among Read the rest of this entry »

MONTHS after a country hospital served baked beans for three weeks because NSW Health had not paid its meat bill, staff are still using petty cash to buy food over the counter for patients because businesses are refusing to deal with the health service.
Meat supplies were cut off to 15 hospitals across the Greater Western Area Health Service in September after the Dubbo Meat Company waited four months for a $30,000 bill to be settled.
It is believed Read the rest of this entry »