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Nuclear powers say Iran threatening nuclear treaty goals
[JURIST] The world's five major nuclear powers - Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US - cited Iran's uranium enrichment program as a major threat to the goals of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) [PDF text; JURIST news archive] in a joint statement [PDF text] issued Thursday at the end of a two-week meeting [official website] of 106 NPT member nations...

$45 trillion needed to combat global warming
The AP reports: The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday...

Deadline Extended for Food Stamp Clients to Apply for Replacement Benefits; Customers have until Oct. 3 to make claim for groceries destroyed after wind storm
September 24, 2008  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 24, 2008) ? Kentuckians who lost perishable groceries purchased with food stamp benefits after the recent wind storm have extra time to apply for replacement benefits...

Everything You Wanted To Know Nuclear Power In China
Or "nucular," as President Bush calls it. China Comment (an excellent, relatively new blog) did a pretty amazing post, entitled, "China's Nuclear Power," detailing (and that is the right word) China's nuclear power industry...

Everything You Wanted To Know About Nuclear Power In China
Or "nucular," as President Bush calls it. China Comment (an excellent, relatively new blog) did a pretty amazing post, entitled, "China's Nuclear Power," detailing (and that is the right word) China's nuclear power industry...

I am now an Accredited Attorney under the regulations for the Department of Veterans Affairs
I am happy to report that, as of September 19, 2008, I am an accredited attorney for “the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 4
Where to get help

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 3
Other Benefits

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Prudential veterans' lawsuit
Families of Deceased Veterans Sue Prudential

Drug Manufacturer Rebates
Caremark Corp. agrees to pay $38.5 million settlement after convincing doctors to switch drug brands.

Sales to Iran
Software company to pay $132,791 settlement in conspiracy lawsuit.

Canadian Government
allegedly used Canadian soldier as test subjects for nuclear explosion radiation exposure.

Wind and Hail Coverage
Allstate Corp. agrees to restore insurance coverage and pay $250,000 settlement.

State Farm Class Actions
Policy Holders Settle