Retail clinics see limited reach in poor neighborhoods
A study finds most walk in clinics in grocery and drugstore chains are in affluent areas with strong existing medical resources. Researchers note only a fraction of clinics sit in medically underserved tracts, while industry leaders say clinics offer convenient care and can expand to serve the uninsured during health care reform.
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Chicago
Ateev Mehrotra
University of Pittsburgh
Florida
U.S
Tine Hansen-Turton
Convenient Care Association
Congress
Hansen-Turton
Peter Miller
Walgreens
Take Care Health Systems
Margaret Laws
California Healthcare Foundation
Online news fees reshape future for newspapers
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Idaho Post Register grow print sales by limiting free online access, while others consider online fees to boost revenue as print ads fade. Executives warn of risks, including losing online readers and ad dollars to Internet platforms, but potential gains target stabilizing circulation and cross-subsidizing print.
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Arkansas Democrat- Gazette
U.S
Idaho
Post Register
Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette
The
Roger Plothow
Idaho Falls
Google Inc
Associated Press Managing Editors
Newspa
Cablevision Systems Corp
Long Island
N.Y
Media News Group
Denver Post
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Hearst Corp
San Francisco Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
Journalism Online
Steven Brill
Air powered cars edge toward U.S. roads by 2011
Zero Pollution Motors aims to sell an air powered car by 2011 using compressed air and a small engine. The car would run on air at low speeds and use a conventional engine for faster speeds, refilling the tank to extend range. Critics stress energy inefficiency of compressing air versus direct electricity use.
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New York
Zero Pollution Motors
U.S
ZPM
Shiva Vencat
Motor Development International
Geneva
KLM
Air France
Harold King
Chemical and Biological
Engi
Neering
Northwestern University
Vencat
Guy Negre
Negre
Tata Motors
General Motors Corp
AY Guy Negre
Carros
France
Milk price crash hurts farmers as stores delay pass-through
A nine month slide in milk prices crushes farm profits with many dairy farmers exiting business or slaughtering herds while stores see only modest price relief. Farmers report pay of about 1.04 per gallon in April versus 3.83 peak last July. Wholesale prices dropped up to 45 percent this winter as middlemen and processors reap gains.
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Darrell Kraus
Fayetteville
Ark
Katherine Thacker
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