Archive for 2010
Violent Crime ‘Race Gap’ Narrows, But Persists In U.S.
The U.S. ‘race gap’ in the commission of violent crime has narrowed substantially, yet persists – with murder arrest rates for African Americans still out-distancing those for whites – concludes a new 80-city study by the University of Maryland, Florida State University and the University of Oregon…
Tetanus, Hepatitis Vaccination Campaign Launched In Chile Amid Fears Of Disease Outbreaks
“Chile launched a hepatitis and tetanus vaccination campaign Friday and doctors warned of outbreaks of diarrhea and infection among thousands of people displaced by the earthquake and the tsunami that heavily damaged or destroyed 36 hospitals and made garbage dumps of coastal towns and cities,” the Associated Press reports…
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Office Of Legal Counsel Nominee Johnsen For Second Time
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted 12-7 along party lines to approve the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to be assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, CQ Today reports. The committee had already approved Johnsen nearly one year ago, but her nomination was never brought to the full Senate…
Former Deputy Kansas AG Seeks To Have Attorney Removed From Ethics Panel
Former Kansas Deputy Attorney General Eric Rucker is attempting to have Patricia Dengler, a Wichita attorney, disqualified from a panel considering an abortion-related ethics complaint against him, the AP/Fort Scott Tribune reports…
New Cases Of Genocide Often Denied After Holocaust
Experiences from the Holocaust led to the international community coming together and agreeing on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Despite this, more cases of genocide occurred during the 20th century than during any other century…
New Research Could Help Provide Answers To Mesothelioma, England
The British Lung Foundation is working with the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund to support new research which could lead to better treatments for mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer that affects the tissues lining the outside of the lung and the chest wall (pleura)…
Mid-Atlantic Region Gets First Certified Electronics Recycler (PA)
PHILADELPHIA (March 9, 2010) — Through a brand new electronics recycling certification program, the U.S
EPA Seeks Public Comment on the 15th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory (HQ)
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on the annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 draft report. This report will be open for public comment for 30 days after the Federal Register notice is published
Gerber Legendary Blades Recalls Machetes Due to Laceration Hazard
The saw side of the machete can stick in wood during use, and if the user’s hand slips off the handle and slides forward across the machete blade, this poses a laceration hazard.
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Trustee’s Proposal for Sale of Portland, Maine, Store Under Whole Foods Market Inc. Divestiture Order
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on an application filed by the Divestiture Trustee to divest one store pursuant to the Commission’s March 5, 2009 order, which was issued to help restore the competition lost by Whole Foods Market Inc.’s 2007 acquisition of Wild Oats Market, Inc.
LifeLock Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Charges by the FTC and 35 States That Identity Theft Prevention and Data Security Claims Were False
LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEO’s Social Security number on the side of [...]