Stimulus road money fails to curb unemployment impact
An AP analysis finds more than 21 billion dollars in highway and bridge spending under Obama's stimulus did little to alter local unemployment rates. Transportation spending barely aided construction jobs, with overall joblessness and layoffs continuing as lawmakers push a second infrastructure bill amid skepticism.
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Ray LaHood
Senate
Todd Steen
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Michigan
Aaron Jackson
Bentley University
Transportation Department
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Emory University
Thomas Smith
White House
Jared Bernstein
Kenneth D. Simonson
Associated General Contractors of America
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Nashville
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Bifocals May Slow Myopic Progress in Children
A study of 135 progressive myopia cases in Chinese Canadian children shows bifocals slow progression, with prismatic bifocals yielding the greatest reduction. After two years, single-vision wearers progressed fastest, while prism-bifocal wearers showed a 58 percent slower progression than single-vision users.
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Los Angeles
National Eye Institute
Abortion foes hope Kansas ruling shifts Roeder case
Before jurors are seated, a judge allows Scott Roeder to argue voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of late term abortion provider George Tiller. The decision shocks Tiller supporters and rights advocates who fear it signals tolerance for violence. Prosecutors challenge the ruling as unwarranted given no imminent threat.
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Kan
Scott Roeder
George Tiller
Tiller
Warren Hern
Boulder
Colo
Roeder
Reformation Lutheran Church
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