Study: Bankruptcies soar for senior citizens

First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up.

Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program

The federal government provides grants for voluntary family planning services through the Family Planning Program, Title X of the Public Health Service Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 300 to 300a-6. The program, ...

Maine assisted living benefits cut

Maine assisted living benefits cut AUGUSTA, Maine - ' State funding cuts that affect about 120 assisted living facilities in Maine that care for 4,000 needy residents couldn't have come at a worse time, the ...

Dallas County commissioners to wait for ruling on court reporters' pay

Dallas County commissioners have agreed to delay any decision about how to classify court reporters until district judges seek an opinion refuting the U.S. Department of Labor's position that they are hourly ...

Chester County's unemployment numbers jump slightly

Some 10,600 of the county's 265,500-person labor force were out of work during the month, according to statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.

Obama criticizes Iowa kosher meatpacker

An embattled kosher meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa is reacting to more criticism, this time from Barack Obama.

EPA Completes Water Testing Preparedness Exercise

The Environmental Protection Agency has completed a week-long exercise aimed at ensuring the safety of drinking water in four states in the event of terrorism or other emergencies.

CDs, cases difficult to recycle

B7 EarthTalk - From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What's going on in the music industry with all the CDs and plastic CD holders undoubtedly generating a lot of plastic waste? - ...

OSHA Proposes Stiff Fine for Cullman-based Company

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $138, 500 in penalties for a Cullman-based company for 31 safety and health violations.

Public defender to take ex-prof's appeal in scam

The federal public defender for South Carolina will handle the court appeal of Al Parish, the former college professor convicted of bilking hundreds of investors out of $66 million.

SEC OKs plan that could lead to global accounting rules

Securities regulators on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a plan that could require thousands of U.S. companies to change from U.S. accounting standards to global accounting rules that are quickly gaining favor ...

GeoEye Receives Nasdaq Staff Determination Letter

GeoEye, Inc. reported that the Company would not be able to timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.