Friday, January 17, 2014: The Southern Home Furnishings Association (SHFA) members have voted to close the Association and become members of the North American Home Furnishings Association, of which they were previously an affiliate. The ...
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MONDAY Jan. 20, 2014, 2014 -- Happier seniors can look forward to greater mobility as they age than their gloomier peers, new research suggests. The findings don't prove that happiness preserves mobility. However, "the research suggests ...
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Kaiser Health News staff writer Anna Gorman, working in collaboration with USA Today, reports: "On a recent winter morning, health outreach worker Christopher Mack walked through the streets and alleys of the city's Skid Row, passing a man ...
The chemical spill that contaminated water for hundreds of thousands of West Virginians is just the latest and most high-profile case of coal polluting the nation's waters. An Associated Press analysis of federal environmental data found ...
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The U.S. economy continued to expand at a moderate pace from November to the end of the year, with reports on transportation services generally positive, the Federal Reserve said. The economic outlook is positive in most of 12 Federal ...
Arlington, Va. – Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) president and CEO, formally praised a recently U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear a lawsuit brought by the nation’s largest television broadcasters against ...
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Specialty bedding producer Dormeo Octaspring is rebranding itself as Dormeo N.A. in a move to better reflect its commitment to North American retailers and to U.S. manufacturing, the company said. Along with the new name and a logo ...
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Aided in some cases by a new cast of elected officials, groups pushing for Medicaid expansion hope to reopen the debate in state legislative sessions beginning in Maine, Virginia, Louisiana, Kansas and Georgia. The Washington Post: Maine ...
RESOLUTE Partners, a leading provider of Guest Internet access and fixed wireless communications solutions for government and commercial applications has been selected to provide Patient and Guest Wi-Fi service throughout the VA San Diego ...
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has expanded its Goodyear Authorized Retread network with the addition of Colonial Tire Distributors, a Richmond, Va.-based firm that serves trucking fleets with new Goodyear commercial truck tires, Goodyear ...
The number of infections with dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria at VA long-term care centers has dropped since a program to combat the problem was launched in 2009, a new report shows. The initiative to reduce the number of ...
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Two years ago,the U.S.Congress mandated that the Federal Aviation Administration integrate robotic aircraft into national airspace by 2015.The FAA has since taken only baby steps toward that goal,but the topic has already sparked much ...
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Gander Mountain is opening a new location in Greenfield, set to open in the spring of 2014. "For many years, Gander Mountain has been a well-known and trusted name in Indiana among those who love the outdoors, and who enjoy great ...
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After 55 years, the Donald B. Rice Tire Co. Inc. has a new trade name, Rice Tire, and a new logo focusing on tire solutions for retail, commercial and wholesale customers in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia markets. As ...
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New county-level federal data shows that, on average, Bay Area workers bring almost double the amount of money that their counterparts nationwide earn each week. Workers in Santa Clara County pulled in an average $1,810 per week during ...
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