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Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that
PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...
Tags: American Cancer Society, Diabetes, Justice and Rights, Dietary Supplements, Civil Rights
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Frozen pizza purchase pays off in a big way
South Bend TribuneMark Howie, of South Bend, recently had to make a decision about what to do for dinner. His wife, Molly, had a nephew’s ballgame to attend. He had to fly solo through cuisine-land. So he went to CVS, 51467 U.S. 31 North, to pick up a frozen pizza...Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Services and Shopping, Identification Technology, Sage
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Department of Veterans Affairs plan to clear glut given slim odds
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Department of Veterans Affairs, buried in disability claims and appeals, plans to push through by slashing its high rate of processing errors and using technology. Yet critics contend the overdue reforms likely won't drastically cut by 2015 the glut...Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, Wars and Interventions, Behavioral Conditions, Barack Obama
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: Diabetes, Afghanistan, Prostate Cancer, Wars and Interventions, Behavioral Conditions
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UPDATE 1-USDA says more review needed for new Monsanto, Dow GMO crops
Reuters* Dow's Enlist corn delayed likely until 2015 * Monsanto, Dow say cooperating with USDA * Critics applaud USDA move May 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it will extend its scrutiny of controversial proposed biotech crops...Tags: Monsanto Company, Politics, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Agriculture, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Letters: Vietnam today
Re "The Vietnam syndrome," Opinion, May 5 Frank Snepp, a former CIA analyst who was in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, worries that we may not have learned the lessons of our war in that country. He may have missed the most important lesson....
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Central Intelligence Agency, Los Angeles International Airport, Afghanistan, Vietnam
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Veterans Administration Secretary Faults Delays In Processing Claims
The Hartford CourantKevin Burke walked into the veterans hospital about 18 months ago with advanced diabetes and kidney and liver disease. A subsequent mental health screening revealed that the 51-year-old Navy veteran is also an alcoholic and suffers from post-traumatic...Tags: Science and Technology, Diabetes, Electronics, Afghanistan, Hospitals and Clinics
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Six veterans plead guilty to Agent Orange benefits fraud
Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty to fraud charges this week in a scheme to obtain federal military benefits and state tax breaks with faked documentation claiming they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the...
Tags: Diabetes, U.S. Navy, Parkinson's Disease, Trials, Wars and Interventions
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New York VA center one of slowest to process veterans' claims
NewsdayThe New York-area center that processes veterans' disability claims is one of the slowest in the country, taking nearly four times longer than the Department of Veterans Affairs' targeted schedule, federal data show. Veterans filing disability claims...Tags: Diabetes, Steve Israel, Afghanistan, Long Island, Manhattan (New York City)
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Cutting the VA backlog: William and Mary may have national model
— At the College of William and Mary, a small group of law school students has tackled a very large problem. They help military veterans applying for benefits to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, taking on the most difficult and complex...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Barack Obama, Teaching and Learning
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Vietnam Veterans Honored During Closing Ceremony Of Memorial Wall Replica
Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.A closing ceremony was held Sunday to honor Vietnam War veterans and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the final day of the monument being displayed at Chaffee Crossing. The 8-foot-by-240-foot, three-quarter-scale faux granite replica of the original...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Military Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Washington, DC, Air Transportation Industry
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South Texas veterans' advocate gets overdue accolades
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasDecades ago, Technical Sgt. Placido Salazar said an overt act of racism against him almost kept his Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart from being placed on his lapel. The story of how the Edcouch-born, La Villa-raised, retired Air Force...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Military Interventions, Vietnam, Crime, Law and Justice
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