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Food industry decries tighter rules on marketing to kids

by Chelsea Whyte | Jul 27, 2011 | Science + Technology

WASHINGTON –The bottom rows of grocery store aisles, usually reserved for brightly packaged foods set right at kid’s eye level, may be in for a makeover – and it’s what’s inside the boxes that could be changing. New recommendations from government agencies could...

Last of the shuttles, but space education will continue

by Gabrielle Levy | Jul 25, 2011 | Education, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON—When the shuttle Atlantis touched down at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday, more than three decades of NASA’s space shuttle program ended. ram. . But the programs that introduced students to the space shuttle aren’t planning on going anywhere. For many...

Politicians pushing for a public safety communications network

by Matt Yurus & Noor Wazwaz | Jul 20, 2011 | Business & Tech, Politics, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON–A bipartisan coalition of U.S. politicians urged that the auction of wireless spectrum be used to, in part, fund a public safety wireless network for first responders, which has been stalled since the days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks....

First lady’s program expands food choices

by Jacqueline Klimas | Jul 20, 2011 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama announced a plan Wednesday that involves some of the country’s largest food retailers increasing their presence in underserved communities. Over the next five years, Supervalu will build 250 new stores, Walmart will...

Shortage of pediatricians could worsen without funding

by Jacqueline Klimas | Jul 20, 2011 | Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — Pink eye from a classmate.  A sprained wrist from after-school basketball.  Missing school because of a stomach bug. Children may have difficulty seeing a doctor in a timely matter for these and other common illnesses and injuries if funding for the...

Nursing industry rapidly bounces back as the profession’s role expands

by Kyle Jahner | Jul 19, 2011 | Science + Technology

In 2009 Becky Jones was a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill nursing graduate in the midst of recession. She said that even having graduated from the fourth-ranked nursing school in the country didn’t seem to help at first. “Even we were sweating for jobs,”...
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