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Durbin blasts FDA's veggie mix-up
The Swampby Christi Parsons Before you breathe a sigh of relief that the real culprit of the summer salmonella outbreak has been found, consider this critique from Sen. Dick Durbin. It took three months for the FDA to figure out the......Tags: Health, Dick Durbin, Food Industry
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Barack Obama: A progressive view
The Swampby Katie Fretland When Sen. Barack Obama takes the stage to accept the Democratic nomination for president as planned this month in Denver, don't be fooled into thinking that hard work is not needed for the Illinois senator to go......Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Health, Elections, Illinois
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Michelle Obama: 'Nothing cynical about it'
The Swampby Mark Silva DENVER --- Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, says: "I know Barack better than anybody.'' As she prepares to take the stage on the opening night of the party's convention, the candidate's wife......Tags: National Government, Entertainment, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Radio
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Mystery meat and other food hazards
Dining@LargeGreat. As if I didn't worry enough about food-borne illnesses because of my job, consumer blogger and reporter Liz Kay has sent me a link to BarfBlog, 'Musings from the International Food Safety Network.'It sounds a little nutty, but it's......Tags: Health
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Hurricane Ike: Feds outline preparations
The Swampby Frank James The Feds have issued a press release outlining the preparations they've made for Hurricane Ike. The release has some useful information. For instance, there are more than 1,000 high-water vehicles at the ready to conduct search-and-rescue.....Tags: Demographics, Louisiana, Veterans Affairs, Defense, Health Organizations
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Health care: Right or responsibility? Either way, it???s broken
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsLast night???s debate didn???t do much for me. Most talking points were a repeat of the first debate (what, they think we voters don???t have the attention span to watch every one of these things?) and the lack of specificity......Tags: Insurance, Death, John McCain, Health, Social Security
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, October 18. President Bush is speaking on the economy to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Commerce Department is releasing its housing starts report for September. Health......Tags: George W. Bush, Health, Land Price
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Wednesday's Ten: Targeting Pennsylvania
Spin CycleMcCain targets Pennsylvania, sensing fertile ground and having few alternatives to victory despite trailing by double digits in some polls of the state's voters. But he's scaling back his ad buys in Colorado, NH and other states to finance......Tags: Health, Steve Israel, Steve Levy, Colorado, Pennsylvania
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Wednesday ten: Night of the Obama infomercial
Spin CycleObama will try to close the deal with a 30-minute infomercial airing at 8 pm on CBS, NBC, Fox and other networks, and the NYTimes gets a preview. Obama will also make his first joint appearance with Bill Clinton......Tags: Washington Post Co., Television Industry, Halloween, Barack Obama: American Stories (tv program), Police Investigations
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Cold a factor in two Maryland deaths
Maryland WeatherIt's only October, and already state health officials are reporting two deaths in Maryland where cold weather was found to be a factor. It's fair warning that we need to be paying attention to folks in our community who may......Tags: Health Products, People, Weather Reports, Social Issues, Weather
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Obama gets a to-do list of priorities
The Swampby Frank James One thing about being President-elect Obama is that you get a lot of advice, including potential to-do lists. The Government Accountability Office, Congress's investigative agency, has just posted its list with supportive material on its...Tags: National Government, Health, Government
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The end of holiday potlucks as we know them
Dining@LargeSometimes I look at a story one of my fellow journalists writes (not, of course, at the Sun) and think, 'This is just nutty.'Consumer blogger Liz Kay is one of my best sources for odd items, and she passed along......Tags: Health, Holidays, Virginia, Fruitcake
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