Grassley wins stay on conference agenda for rural Medicare funds
Senate Republican Chuck Grassley pushes a $25 billion rural Medicare boost onto the House Senate conference agenda as lawmakers meet on a $400 billion drug benefit bill. Grassley cites Iowa needs and notes ongoing probes into motorized scooter and wheelchair payments, while Rep. Bill Thomas leads talks.
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Chuck Grassley
House-Senate
Grassley
Iowa
Bill Thomas
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Thomas
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Calif
Space observatory captures sound from distant black hole
NASA's Chandra X ray Observatory detected sound waves in the Perseus cluster 250 million light years away. Andy Fabian of the Institute of Astronomy Cambridge said the X ray ripples reflect waves produced by energy from a supermassive black hole. The tones correspond to a B flat far below human hearing.
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Black Hole
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
Institute of Astronomy
Cambridge
England
Perseus
Andy Fabian
The
Chandra
Alabama Rejects Governor Riley Tax Package in Vote
Alabama voters rejected Gov. Bob Riley’s 1.2 billion tax plan by about two to one with 66 percent opposed and 34 percent for. Across the state distrust of politicians and calls for spending cuts dominated discussions as supporters argued the measure would lift education.
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Bob Riley
Alabama
Riley
Adie Ward
Policy calls to curb teen alcohol use outlined
Washington AP The Institute of Medicine urged higher taxes on alcoholic beverages tougher state drinking laws better ID cards and stronger policies to detect and stop underage drinking parties The report notes teen drinking links to traffic deaths suicide violent crime and academic failure.
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Institute of Medicine
Institute
The
National Academies
Alcoholic Beverage Industry
Beer Institute
Distilled Spirits Council of the
United States
Billy Tauzin
R-La
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Richard Bonnie
University of Virginia
Bomb kills U S soldier near Baghdad on supply route
A homemade bomb exploded near a U S military vehicle northeast of Baghdad killing one soldier and wounding another. The troops were from the Army's 3rd Corps Support Command and names were withheld pending family notification.
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U S accuses Iran of violating treaty in nuclear talks
In Vienna the United States alleges Iran violated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and warns Tehran has a last chance to prove it is not pursuing a covert weapons program. Allied delegates back the U S briefing filed by chief delegate Kenneth Brill and a report detailing discrepancies.
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IAEA
Mohamed ElBaradei
Vienna
Austria
United States
Iran
Tehran
U.S
Kenneth Brill
Boston Archdiocese seeks funds for massive abuse settlement
Survivor Gary Bergeron explains the struggle to finance a settlement after Rev. Joseph Birmingham's molestation case. Archbishop O'Malley negotiates with lawyers. possible funds include selling property and insurance claims. The deal follows the Geoghan scandal that rocked the church and led to massive lawsuits and resignations nationwide.
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Joseph Birmingham
Boston
Sean O’malley
Washington
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
O'Malley
Roderick MacLeish Jr
U.S
America
Geoghan
Bernard Law
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