NAACP to lay off staff amid 3.5 million deficit
Baltimore report says the NAACP sent home about 90 employees for a week amid a 3.5 million shortfall. Interim administrator Fred Rasheed said the organization spends about 40,000 daily while taking in 15,000, with layoffs expected to save roughly 250,000.
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Elderly care rationing would barely dent health costs study says
Researchers analyzing Medicare records contend that denying high cost care to the very elderly is ethically debatable yet would shave less than 1 percent from the national health bill. Case Western Reserve University experts Fortin sky and Binstock say financial impact is insignificant even if rationing was morally acceptable. In Pensacola Florida abortion is a muted issue for candidates in the 1st District with violence claims and neither candidate stressing the topic ahead of the election.
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Meat Industry Sues to Halt USDA E coli Testing
Washington groups including supermarkets and meat producers sue in Austin and argue that USDA testing of raw meat for the E coli O157:H7 serves no consumer protection, increases recall risk, and was started without proper industry notice under Acting Undersecretary Michael R. Taylor.
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Disturbed Forests Harbor More Muriquis Study Finds
Madison researchers report that damaged forests recovering from logging and farming host more muriqui monkeys than pristine rainforest. The 12 year study led by Karen Strier of the UW private center shows disturbed ecosystems may be crucial for conserving Brazil's endangered muriqui, whose population has risen from an estimated 350-500 a decade ago to at least 500 and increasing. Strier cautions continued long term research was essential to these findings.
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Turbulence cited as cause in Flight 4184 crash
Flight 4184 held for 32 minutes then descended in rough weather before vanishing from radar. All 68 aboard died when the American Eagle plane crashed into a muddy soybean field near O Hare amid rain. NTSB chair Hall noted two in flight advisories warned of turbulence and icing. Bruce Anglemyer of Rocky Mount was among the victims. flags at half mast marked the tragedy.
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Critical jury decisions begin in Simpson case
In Los Angeles AP reports jurors in the O J Simpson trial move into the peremptory challenge phase, with 42 prospects questioned and each side granted 20 challenges. The process aims to shape a sympathetic panel as debates over juror biases and race surface amid potential delays before opening arguments.
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Man accused in White House shooting refuses mental exam
Francisco Martin Duran, charged in a White House shooting, cut short a preliminary mental evaluation as prosecutors weigh attempted assassination charges. A Colorado Springs coworker said Duran threatened killing the president. Investigators found a map reading kill the prez and other papers in his truck.
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