Transplanted heart rider completes 3000 mile checkup trip
Jim Hayes, a Knoxville transplant recipient, finished a two month 3000 mile bicycle journey to prove transplant recipients can match others. He raised funds for the East Tennessee Heart Association, visited Stanford for a yearly checkup, and plans to continue next year by motorcycle.
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Jim Hayes
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East Tennessee Heart Association
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Improper Black Lung Payments Linked to Deceased Spouses
Social Security auditors identified up to 18 million dollars in improper payments to widows of disabled coal miners and ex wives of deceased miners. Beneficiaries included dead former spouses, with total mispayments estimated at 15 to 18 million dollars amid a 237,000 spouse case database. Further reviews are expected as records are studied.
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UPI
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Social Security Administration
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House votes to extend daylight saving time two months
The House approved a bill by 243 to 165 to move to daylight saving time from the first Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, a shift aimed at energy savings but opposed by rural lawmakers who warn farmers will work in darkness. PATCO says it will end its strike only when FAA ends its lockout. officials claim workers cannot return yet. The House also shot down a bid to raise outside income limits for members, rejecting a pay raise back door claim by 147 to 27.
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Mubarak orders border armor withdrawn amid peace pledge
Mubarak told Al Mussawar Egypt has withdrawn armor from the Libyan border and will not attack neighbors. He will skip the Arab summit to push a reassessment of regional policies and says Egypt will never fight another Arab country after peace with Israel.
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