Medicare to pay half of drug costs in a decade warned
Federal officials warn the 2006 Medicare prescription drug benefit will sharply raise the program share of drug spending. By 2014 Medicare funding could approach half of U S health costs, threatening solvency and crowding out other programs unless tax increases occur.
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Trooper Mizzoni Dies By Own Hand After Search
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a 49 year old state trooper Arthur J Mizzoni was found dead in his pickup outside his Ephrata barracks four days after Clay Township Police searched his home and seized magazines ads and newspaper clippings with pictures of children and Polaroid photos of children. The investigation began after a teenage boy reported abuse over about four years and no charges had been filed against him by Wednesday.
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Legal hemp farming in California proposed
Sacramento proposes Assembly Bill 1147 to legalize growing hemp for fiber seed and oil by California farmers. The measure would permit sale of hemp products to state businesses that currently import hemp, with sponsor Assembly Member Mark Leno arguing for competitiveness and future ag viability amid tough conditions.
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Two alumni donate $20 million to Michigan Judaic studies
Two alumni donated $20 million to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for Jewish studies, the largest gift to an American university in Judaic studies. The funds will expand the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, established in 1988 with an earlier $2 million gift from Samuel and Jean Frankel. The money will bring 14 leading scholars to Ann Arbor annually to research Judaism and Jewish history, culture and literature.
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Official urges schools to drop drug program
Sacramento, Calif. California education chief Jack OConnell called for all schools to drop a narcotics education program after a panel evaluation found it inaccurate and unscientific. Narconon Drug Prevention & Education, linked to the Church of Scientology, had presentations in at least 39 districts.
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