Nursing homes face layoffs as federal cuts bite
Hartford AP The nation s nursing homes risk closures and staff layoffs due to a $16 billion Medicare rate cut over 10 years and ongoing state funding reductions. Industry experts warn of a looming crisis as Congress debates further Medicare cuts while baby boomers age into care. 24 states have already cut funding this year, and facilities struggle with inadequate Medicaid reimbursements.
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David Hebert
American Health Care Association
U.S. Census Bureau
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, D.C
Treasure hunt prank ties to late joker Chauncey Wolcott
Patty Henken of Mount Sterling Illinois dug up a Springfield Illinois lot after finding a note in an antique chair claiming buried gold. The note signed Chauncey Wolcott pointed to over 250 in gold coins but the dig yielded bricks and bottles. An Iowa woman identified Wolcott as John Jay Slaven a famous prankster who died in 1976. Slaven used the Wolcott alias in pranks and had lived where the dig occurred. Henken remains hopeful a final joke or clue lies beneath.
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Patty Henken
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Chauncey Wolcott
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Betty Atkinson Ryan
Mason City
State Journal-Register
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Journal-Register
Mount Sterling
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Somali president condemns Minnesota recruiting drive
Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed denounces efforts to recruit Minnesota’s Somali community for terrorism. He plans to coordinate with the U S government to return surviving recruits to Somalia as authorities note up to 20 may have gone abroad, with at least three deaths and several guilty pleas in terror cases.
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Somalia
United States
Minnesota
Parma Typhoon Kills 16 in Northern Philippines
Parma dumped heavy rain and triggered floods and landslides across Luzon burying at least two families and causing sixteen deaths. In Benguet a family of five and another of five perished as their homes were covered by debris while four others died elsewhere from floodwaters.
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Camarines Sur
Philippines
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Census Bureau adopts new tactics to boost mail replies
In Seattle the U S Census Bureau plans a 300 million advertising push to raise participation for the 2010 census. The 10 question form shortens the survey and aims to beat the 67 percent return rate from 2000. Televised and on air campaigns include Sesame Street and Telemundo integrating census content.
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Sonia Krishnan
Seattle Times
Seattle
U.S. Census Bureau
America
Telemundo
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