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Cotton Channels
Public Sector Breeders/Geneticists
By Carroll Smith
Seed trait technology in the form of insect and herbicide resistance has provided U.S. cotton producers with useful tools to fight pests and create esoteric values, such as fewer trips across the field and added convenience.
In addition to all of the new and improved technology being explored in these areas, cotton producers have other exciting seed trait technology to look forward to as well.
Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS research geneticist in Florence, S.C., says the primary emphasis of the Pee Dee Research and Education Center breeding program is to develop new germplasm with enhanced traits, such as fiber quality and drought tolerance.
"Like other public sector breeding programs, this is a long-term effort that is essential for broadening the genetic base in cotton and ensuring adequate genetic diversity for years to come," he notes.
"Private companies use the germplasm that we release here to develop new commercial varieties with all of the characteristics that cotton producers demand."
In 2007, the Pee Dee breeding program developed and released two cotton germplasm lines that have improved fiber quality, particularly strength and length.
"Seeds of these two lines have been requested by and subsequently provided to private breeding companies devoted to developing commercial varieties," Campbell says.
Drought-Tolerant Cotton
A seed trait that is of great interest to many cotton producers is drought tolerance. Campbell says the Pee Dee breeding program is initiating field drought and laboratory drought work.
"We are planning a field project designed to screen cotton accessions from the USDA National Cotton Germplasm Collection for their performance under field drought conditions," he says. "This may identify specific cotton landrace germplasm from Central and South America that contain some level of tolerance to drought. (A land-race cotton variety is an historic, predominant variety that has been grown in a specific area).
"In the future, drought-tolerant germplasm can be used to develop new commercial cotton varieties with drought tolerance," Campbell adds.
The South Carolina geneticist says they also are initiating research using biotechnology to identify genes that provide drought tolerance in cotton.
On The Texas Front
In Lubbock, Jane Dever, associate professor of cotton breeding at Texas AgriLife Research, lists the biotechnology traits coming on line from commercial companies in three ways: input traits followed by agronomic traits followed by output traits.
"I believe the first wave will still consist of im-proved insect tolerance and herbicide resistance," she says. "But in what we call the development phase, I think the next new traits will be agronomic traits, such as drought tolerance and nitrogen use efficiency. These are examples of yield enhancement traits that are being field tested in the development stage."
In looking at the value of drought tolerance, Dever says it sometimes boils down to whether you can grow the same amount of cotton with reduced water. In other words, "What is the value of replacing one irrigation and not reducing your production?"
Another consideration is what kind of yield increase do you see from a normal standard variety that produces well in an area versus one that has been engineered to be drought-tolerant and grown under limited irrigation.
"It has to be something measurable and visible," Dever says.
Nematode tolerance also is an area in which Dever is involved from a conventional variety development standpoint in collaboration with plant pathologist Terry Wheeler.
"There are sources available for root-knot nematode, but they have not always been in the best performing varieties," she says. "Root-knot nematode tolerance is difficult to breed for from a field selection standpoint."
To work around this challenge, the Texas Agrilife Research team modified the breeding methodology and at certain points in the breeding process included excellent greenhouse screening techniques developed by Wheeler.
"We're developing conventional breeding lines that could be used for breeding commercial varieties or also good enough to go directly into conversion with biotechnology traits," Dever says. "We are addressing the nematode tolerance goal through classical plant breeding although there still are on-going research efforts looking at biotechnology solutions.
"We're dealing with three biotechnology genes that will be in the variety anyway, so we try to pack in as much other 'good stuff' as we can from a classical breeding standpoint, including our other research objectives in yield improvement, fiber quality, verticillium wilt and seedling disease."
Thwarting Nematodes/Plant Bugs
Peggy Thaxton, a cotton breeder with Mississippi State University (MSU), along with the rest of the team, also strives to improve fiber quality, develops reniform resistant and nectariless cotton germplasm lines and works with bioengineered cotton.
As for their reniform efforts, the MSU team is working on the development of reniform resistant – not just tolerant – cotton varieties.
"Although this is a major part of our breeding program, we won't see results from it for a few years down the road," she says. "2008 was our first year to look at it in the field."
Another primary focus of the MSU program is developing nectariless cotton germplasm lines to help control plant bugs, which like to feed on nectar found under the leaves and on bolls.
Once these germplasm lines are completed, they are released to commercial seed companies who use them to develop new seed varieties.
As South Carolina's Todd Campbell says, "The public sector is more in-volved in broadening the genetic base and improving specific characteristics to help private industry develop a finished variety that has all of the traits that a producer would like to have."
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Just 24 hours after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour from $7.25 would deal a "devastating blow to the very people that need help most," Gap Inc. announced it would raise employees' minimum pay to $10 per hour by next year.
In striking contrast to the alarms sounded by McConnell, Gap chief executive officer Glenn Murphy emphasized the benefits of this pay raise for the company's lowest-paid workers. He described it as a "strategic investment to do more for our employees" — one that will help "attract and retain a skilled, enthusiastic and engaged workforce."
If there's a lesson in the recent tug-of-war over the Congressional Budget Office's report estimating the impact of a federal minimum wage increase, it's that despite the dire predictions made by opponents of raising the minimum wage, many CEOs have already seen that higher wages are good for business.
For other major retailers have echoed Gap's rationale. Costco, which supports Obama's call for raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, starts its entry-level employees at $11.50 per hour. This is significantly more than its closest competitor, Sam's Club, which is owned by Wal-Mart. Costco also has almost double the sales per employee compared to Sam's Club.
Similarly, the starting wage for full-time employees at the grocery retailer Trader Joe's is between $40,000 and $60,000 per year — more than twice what many of its competitors pay. The sales revenue per square foot at Trader Joe's is three times higher than the average U.S. supermarket.


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The Cartersville museums were both added to the bank's Museums on Us program, which offers free admission to customers one weekend a month. Upcoming weekends include March 6-7, April 3-4 and May 1-2.
The program already allows free admission to the Atlanta History Center, High Museum of Art and Millennium Gate Museum, three fewer than had been offered in 2009.
Tellus and the Booth are great additions to this program, though, especially for folks who want to explore something further to the north. Here are posts I did from the Booth art museum, and from Tellus.
There are more free and and discounted days or events at museums, too, like Fulton Free Saturdays at the High Museum of Art, Target Free Second Tuesdays at Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta and Phoenix Flies events at The Wren's Nest, The Center for Puppetry Arts and Atlanta History Center.
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Washington • A Democratic committee chairman overrode his own subpoena three years ago in an investigation of former subprime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. to exclude records showing that he, other House members and congressional aides got VIP discounted loans from the company, documents show.
The procedure to keep the names secret was devised by Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y. In 2003, the 15-term congressman had two loans processed by Countrywide's VIP section, which was established to give discounts to favored borrowers.
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The effort at secrecy was reversed when Towns' Republican successor as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, California Rep. Darrell Issa, issued a second subpoena. It yielded Countrywide records identifying four current House members, a former member and five staff aides whose loans went through the VIP unit. Towns was on the list.
Issa, in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday, said, "It was a long fight to expose how Countrywide used its VIP program to advance its business and policy goals."
Most of the names had dribbled out to the media by the time Issa issued the committee's final report last month on Countrywide's use of loan discounts to buy influence with government officials. But there was no official confirmation until Issa made his report public.
Towns' effort to keep the loans secret was at odds with statements by Republicans and Democrats alike that full disclosure of lawmakers' financial dealings was the best means for keeping the public aware of congressional perks, unethical conduct and fundraising.
Countrywide had been the nation's largest home loan originator before the housing market collapse. Many of its borrowers were left unable to repay mortgages that, in many cases, required no proof of income or a down payment. The company was purchased in 2008 by Bank of America, which now holds the VIP loan files.
The original Towns subpoena had asked for all files that went through the Countrywide VIP unit and specifically mentioned House members and aides. Bank of America sent a spreadsheet that identified 18,000 files that listed a borrower's employer, but without names to maintain privacy.
The spreadsheet identified several files listing the House or Congress as the employer. Since the vast majority of the employers in the spreadsheet were of no interest to the committee Republicans — then in the minority — and majority Democrats each drew up a separate list of loan files to be turned over by the bank.
The Republican list totaled 3,000 files and included borrowers listing the House as an employer. Towns narrowed the files to about 300 and excluded references to the House. It was Towns' truncated list that went to Bank of America.
Bank of America confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press that the original subpoena terms were changed by Towns.
"The committee provided the bank with specific instructions and modifications regarding the scope of the subpoena, and the bank followed and fulfilled all instructions and fully complied with the subpoena as modified by the committee," the bank said.
The AP reviewed the original bank spreadsheet of 18,000 and confirmed there were references to the House or Congress. The AP also obtained a copy of the subsequent instructions from Towns to the bank that excluded the House or Congress as an employer.
Some borrowers on the VIP list became known as "Friends of Angelo" because they received discounts on orders from then-Countrywide chief executive Angelo Mozilo.
The foremost benefit of being a Countrywide VIP was access to discounted loans in which borrowers received a reduction in points and fees. Usually between $350 and $400 was waived.
For several months in 2009, Towns refused to issue a subpoena for VIP loan documents to Bank of America, a position that became politically untenable after it was revealed in the media in August that year that he himself had two Countrywide loans.
The Issa committee report confirmed that the VIP section processed a 30-year, $182,972 loan to Towns for a vacation home in Lutz, Fla., and a $194,540, 30-year mortgage for his Brooklyn residence.
Towns still defended his approach when the Oversight Committee met for the first time under Republican control in January 2011. "This is not a super ethics committee and I want to make that very clear," he said at the public meeting.
The Issa report named:
• Towns, who has consistently denied that he received any special treatment from Countrywide.
• Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., now chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. A spokeswoman said McKeon was never aware of any Friends of Angelo designation and shares an interest with Issa in determining whether there was any wrongdoing by Countrywide.Next Page >
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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Two state commissioners were held in contempt of court Monday afternoon, for continuing to make school and local government unions hold recertification elections under Act 10.
Judge Juan Colas ruled 13 months ago that the 2011 public union bargaining limits did not apply to the Madison teachers' union and a Milwaukee city employee union.
Since then, Colas said the dismissal of Act 10 applied to all local and school unions statewide -- and today, he ordered members of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission to halt around 400 recertification votes planned in the near future.
The Walker administration contended that federal court rulings in other cases allowed the state to proceed -- at least for those unions other than the plaintiffs in the Colas case.
Colas ruled otherwise, and said his rulings in the case apply statewide.
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42 U.S. Code § 2993 to 2993b - Repealed.
Section 2993,Pub. L. 88–452, title VIII, § 820, as added Pub. L. 90–222, title I, § 110,Dec. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 724; amended Pub. L. 92–424, § 26(c),Sept. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 703, related to community service programs, providing in: subsec. (a) for term of service and range of activities; subsec. (b) for support and allowances; and subsec. (c) for allowance of service as non-Federal contribution.
Section 2993a,Pub. L. 88–452, title VIII, § 821, as added Pub. L. 90–222, title I, § 110,Dec. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 724; amended Pub. L. 92–424, § 26(d),Sept. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 703, related to special volunteer programs.
Section 2993b,Pub. L. 88–452, title VIII, § 822, as added Pub. L. 90–222, title I, § 110,Dec. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 724, related to demonstration projects to help young adult criminal offenders.
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Boosting Access to Healthier Grocery Stores Might Not Improve Eating Habits
Boosting Teens' Mental Well-Being Is Goal of New Skills Program
Bullying Starts Before School Years Begin, Study Finds
California Teens Drinking More Sugary Drinks: Report
Calling Obesity a Disease May Have 'Boomerang Effect'
Calling Young Girls 'Fat' May Increase Their Teen-Obesity Risk
Can Fire Retardants Raise Risk of Children Born With Lower IQs?
Can Weight-Loss Surgery Lower Cancer Risk for the Obese?
Carbonation May Help Artificially Sweetened Soda 'Trick' the Brain
Cash Incentives Spur Poor To Buy Healthier Foods
Casinos Linked to Lower Obesity Rates for Native American Kids
Changes in Household Routines Help Reduce Kids' Obesity: Study
Cheaper Food May Be Fueling U.S. Obesity Epidemic
Childhood Mental Disability Rates Up, Study Finds
Childhood Obesity Adds Nearly $20K to Lifetime Medical Costs: Study
Childhood Obesity Again Tied to Earlier Puberty in Girls
Childhood Obesity Quadruples Chances of Adult Hypertension: Study
Clues to Obesity Found in Infants
College Students' Unhealthy Habits Can Mark Their Future
Could Dads' Obesity Raise Autism Risk for Kids?
Could Good Manners Help Spur Holiday Weight Gain?
Could Low-Fat Yogurt Help Ward Off Diabetes?
Could Obesity Help Older People With Type 2 Diabetes?
Could the 'Ulcer Bug' Guard Against Obesity?
Could Turning Down the Thermostat Help You Lose Weight?
Could Weight-Loss Surgery Help Slow Aging for Some?
Could White Bread Be Making You Fat?
Counseling Urged for Obese People at Higher Odds for Heart Disease: Experts
Crunchy or Smooth? Food's Texture May Sway Perception of Calories
C-Section Birth May Raise Risk of Adult Obesity: Study
Despite Childhood Obesity Epidemic, Few Kids Tested for Cholesterol
Diabetes Drug May Spur Weight Loss in Obese Nondiabetics
Diabetes Drug Metformin Tied to Slight Weight Loss in Obese Kids
Diabetes May Outrank Weight Measurement When It Comes to Weight-Loss Surgery
Diet, Exercise Counseling Urged for Overweight Americans With Heart Risks
Dieting at Young Age Often Backfires, Study Says
Do Antidepressants in Pregnancy Raise Risks for Mental Woes in Kids?
Docs Urged to Treat Unhealthy Habits Before Damage Is Done
Does Your Preschool Child Have ADHD?
Don't Pressure Preschoolers to Overeat, Experts Say
Drivers With ADHD May Be at Higher Risk for Serious Crashes
Drug Therapy May Lower Odds That Kids With ADHD Will Smoke
Ear Acupuncture May Hold Promise for Weight Loss
'Eating for Two' During Pregnancy Could Pack on Too Many Pounds
Eating Out Equals Eating More
Energy Drinks, Coffee Increasing Sources of Caffeine for Kids, CDC Says
Excess Weight a Risk Factor for Ovarian Cancer: Report
Exercise May Guard Against Irregular Heartbeat in Older Women
Exercise May Not Stave Off Holiday Weight Gain
Family Meals May Keep Kids, Parents at Healthy Weight
Fast Food Not Major Culprit in Kids' Obesity: Study
'Fat Hormone' Tied to Higher Colon Cancer Risk in Obese Men
Fatty, High-Calorie Diet Linked to Pancreatic Cancer in Mouse Study
FDA Panel Backs Appetite-Curbing Implant for Severely Obese
FDA's New Food Labels Would Focus on Calories, Sugar Content
Feeding Cats Smaller, More Frequent Meals Might Make Them Friskier
Fit Kids Have Better Body-Fat Distribution, Study Finds
Food Companies Cut 6.4 Trillion Calories From Supermarket Shelves: Report
For Many Men, Impotence Is Treatable Without Drugs
Gel May Offer Simple Treatment for Newborns With Low Blood Sugar
Gene Mutation May Make Food More Tempting
Gene Mutation Tied to Higher Obesity Risk in Kids
Genes May Influence Weight Gain From Fried Foods: Study
Genetic 'Networks' May Play Role in Autism
Getting Healthier a Big Money-Saver for People With Diabetes
Glaucoma Drug May Help Reverse Obesity-Related Vision Loss
'Grazing' Appears No Better for Weight Loss Than Standard Meals
Grief in Pregnancy May Trigger Obesity in Adulthood
Gut Bacteria Tied to Obesity May Vary With Geography
Gut Microbes Differ in Obese or Diabetic People, Study Finds
Hairdo Trumps Exercise for Many Black Women, Study Finds
Health Tip: Avoid Weight Gain During Menopause
Health Tip: Communicate With an ADHD Child
Health Tip: Cutting Down on Fat
Health Tip: Debunking Myths About Weight Loss
Health Tip: Help Prevent Childhood Obesity
Health Tip: Is a Medical Condition Affecting Your Weight?
Health Tip: Losing Weight May Help Against Osteoarthritis
Health Tip: Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight
Health Tip: Measuring Your Waist
Health Tip: Understanding Childhood Obesity
Health Tip: When Your Child Is Overweight
Health Tip: Why Am I Overweight?
Healthy 'Brown Fat' May Cut Odds for Obesity, Diabetes
'Healthy Obesity' Is a Myth, Report Says
'Healthy' Obesity May Still Carry Higher Health Risks
Healthy Weight Loss May Bring Better Sleep, Brighter Mood
Heart Disease No. 1 Cause of Pregnancy-Related Deaths in California: Study
Heavy Kids Exposed to Everyday Chemicals May Face More Heart Risks
Heavy Kids May Suffer Worse Elbow Fractures
High Blood Pressure Common Among Overweight Kids
High Estrogen Levels Plus Diabetes May Boost Dementia Risk
Higher Dose of IVF Drug May Be Needed for Obese Women
How to Slash Heart Risks Tied to Obesity
How You Digest Carbs May Influence Weight Gain, Study Says
In Elections, Thin May Help Bring the Win
Inactivity May Be Main Culprit in Obesity Epidemic: Study
Intensive Early Childhood Education May Boost Adult Health
Is Healthy Obesity a Myth?
Is Obesity an Advantage After Heart Procedures?
Is Technology Creating a World of Sickly Couch Potatoes?
Junk Food Makers Target Kids With Free Online Games, Study Says
Just 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Gets Enough Exercise: Report
Kidney Patients May Face Serious Side Effects From Weight-Loss Surgery
Kids' Genetic Risk for Obesity Rises With Age, Study Finds
Kids' Movies Deliver Mixed Messages on Eating, Obesity
Kids' Obesity Risk Rises With Parents' Divorce: Study
Kids Still Getting Too Much 'Screen Time': CDC
Kids Who Add Sleep Can Subtract Pounds, Study Suggests
Kids With ADHD May Benefit From 'Brain Wave' Training in School: Study
Kids With ADHD May Face Higher Obesity Risk as Teens
Kids With ADHD More Likely to Abuse Drugs: Analysis
Kids With ADHD Often Prone to Bowel Problems: Study
Kids Worldwide Getting Less Heart Fit, Research Shows
Lack of Sleep Compounds Health Problems for Obese Teens: Study
Landmark ADHD Study Backed Drugs Over Therapy at a Cost: Report
Language Problems Common for Kids With ADHD, Study Finds
Less Sleep in Teen Years Tied to More Pounds at 21
Light Exercise Might Reduce Risk of Kidney Stones
Losing Weight at Any Age May Help the Heart
Low Iron in Brain a Sign of ADHD?
Low-Carb Beats Low-Fat for Weight Loss, Heart Health: Study
Lower Obesity Rates Due to Better Diets, Not Economy: Study
Make Exercise Fun, Eat Less Afterwards
Make Kids' Weight Loss a Family Affair, Study Suggests
Many ADHD Drugs Linked to Painful Erections: FDA
Many Hispanic Women Unaware of Heart Disease Risk Factors
Many Ivy League Students Admit Using ADHD Drugs for Better Grades: Study
Many Obese U.S. Kids Think They're Thinner Than They Are
Many Obese Women Face Stigma Every Day, Study Finds
Many Parents of Obese Children Underestimate Their Weight
Many Restaurant Chains Not Serving Healthier Fare: Report
Many Would Give Private Info to Health Insurers to Save Money
Marketing of Unhealthy Foods Still Common in U.S. Schools: Study
Mediterranean Diet May Keep Kids Slimmer
Might Stomach Artery Treatment Be Future Weight-Loss Tool?
Moms Who Keep 'Baby Weight' May Risk Heart Trouble
Monkeys on Very-Low-Cal Diet Lived Longer, Healthier Lives
More Evidence Ties Obesity to Disability in Older Women
More Evidence Ties Poor Sleep to Obesity in Kids
More Evidence Weight-Loss Surgery Helps People With Diabetes
More Than 6 Percent of U.S. Teens Take Psychiatric Meds: Survey
More U.S. Children Severely Obese, Study Says
Most Adults Are Members of 'Clean Plate Club'
Mother's Pregnancy Weight Gain May Influence Child's Obesity Risk
Mother's Smoking, Early Birth May Raise ADHD Risk in Children
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Drinks at Least 1 Soda a Day: CDC
Nearly 10 Percent of U.S. Adults Now Have Diabetes: Study
Nerve Blocking Procedure Fails to Impress in Weight Loss Study
New Drug May Someday Battle Obesity and Diabetes
New Guidelines May Widen Use of Statins
New Obesity Weapon: Kids Teaching Kids
New Study Paints Grim Health Picture for Obese Teens
New Weight-Loss Surgery May Not Ease Chronic Heartburn
No Sign That ADHD Meds Raise Suicide Risk: Study
Nursing Home Care May Be Out of Reach for Many Aging 'Boomers': Study
Obese Girls Prone to Poorer Grades, Study Suggests
Obese Kids Might Have Higher Levels of Stress Hormone
Obese More Likely to Survive Serious Bloodstream Infection
Obese Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Have Shorter Survival, Study Finds
Obese Teens Eat Up Fast-Food Hype, Study Says
Obesity Crisis Has Scaled Even the Himalayas
Obesity During Pregnancy Linked to Raised Asthma Risk in Kids
Obesity Epidemic Hitting Hispanics Hard, Study Finds
Obesity Fueling Rise in Diabetes Rates, Study Finds
Obesity Gene May Explain Why Some Gain Weight as They Age
Obesity Is Driving Surge in Knee Replacements, Study Finds
Obesity Linked to Increased Odds of Losing Baby, Study Finds
Obesity May Be Hard on Your Hearing, Study Says
Obesity May Raise Breast Cancer Death Risk for Some Women
Obesity May Raise Death Risk From Tongue Cancer
Obesity May Raise Risk of COPD
Obesity May Shorten Colon Cancer Survival
Obesity May Shorten Lives By Almost 4 Years: Study
Obesity Might Slow You Down at Work
Obesity Rates Triple in Canada
Obesity Remains Rampant Across America
Obesity Researchers Identify 'Good Fat' in Mice
Obesity Tied to Decline in Kidney Function
Obesity, Overweight Rates Jump Worldwide, Report Finds
Obesity, Smoking Might Threaten Implants After Mastectomy
Obesity, 'The Pill' May Raise MS Risk, Research Suggests
Obesity-Related Enzyme Targeted in Mouse Study
Obesity's Link to Type 2 Diabetes Not So Clear-Cut: Study
Older Women With Asthma Face Worse Health Outcomes
One-Third of U.S. Adults Are Obese, CDC Says
Overweight Men May Face Higher Death Risk From Prostate Cancer: Study
Overweight Moms May Have Dangerously Big Babies
Overweight Teen Years Tied to Later Cancer Risk
Overweight Teens Don't Share in Life-Expectancy Gains: Study
Overweight Teens Feel Stigmatized, Bullied: Study
Pain Can Plague Women After Knee Replacement Surgery
Painkillers May Halve Risk of Breast Cancer Return in Obese Women: Study
Parents of Obese Kids Often View Them as Healthy
Parents' Sleep May Affect Child's Risk of Obesity: Study
Parents Who Set, Stick to Rules May Help Kids Stay Slim
People With Heart Disease, Diabetes May Be More Likely to Stay on Statins
Poor Sleep Habits Linked With Chronic Diseases, Study Says
Preemie Birth Linked to Higher Insulin Levels in Kids
Preemies' Woes Sometimes Due to Heredity, Study Says
Preschoolers' Use of Psychiatric Drugs Levels Off, Study Shows
President Taft's Obesity Struggle Was a Harbinger of Things to Come
Psychiatric Ills Widespread Among U.S. Soldiers: Studies
PTSD Might Lead to Sizable Weight Gain in Women
Read Food Labels to Combat Childhood Obesity
Removable 'Gut Sleeve' Might Become a Future Weight-Loss Tool
Report Sees Continued Advances in War Against Cancer
Review Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safe and Effective
Rigid Parenting Style Linked to Obese Kids
Rising Fresh Produce Prices Tied to Higher Risk of Child Obesity
Rising Stroke Rate for Blacks in South Carolina, Study Finds
Scientists Find New Way to Observe 'Good' Brown Fat
Scientists ID New Genes Linked to Belly Fat
Scientists Spot New Obesity Gene
Severe Obesity Cuts Up to 14 Years Off Life: Study
Severe Obesity in Teens Tied to Possible Kidney Problems
Shivering, Like Exercise, May Help Boost Weight Loss
Sleep During the Day May Throw Genes Into Disarray
Slow Eating Might Help Curb Calories
Smaller Belly, Less Deli May Reduce Kidney Disease Risk, Study Finds
Smaller Bowls May Keep Kids From Overeating
Smoking While Pregnant Linked to ADHD in Children
'Spare Tire' May Be Especially Bad for Your Blood Pressure
Steady Sleep Schedule May Help Keep Weight Off
Steroids for Preemies May Raise ADHD Risk, Study Says
Stress May Leave You Heading to the Cookie Jar
Study Disputes Notion That Breakfast Is Key to Weight Control
Study of Severely Obese Family Leads to Gene Discovery
Study Spots Growing Disparity in U.S. Teen Obesity Problem
Study: Black Women Lose Less Weight Than White Women on Same Diet
Study: Kids With ADHD, Aggression May Benefit From 2nd Med
Sunny Regions Reflect Lower ADHD Rates: Study
Take Talk of Weight Off the Holiday Menu
'Talking' Medical Devices, Apps Continue to Evolve
Testing for Pregnancy-Linked Diabetes Should Be Routine, Experts Say
Texting Your Way to Weight Loss
The 'Bear' Facts on Obesity and Diabetes
The Morning Light May Help You Stay Slim
There's No 'Obesity Paradox' for Stroke, Study Finds
Today's Parents Less Able to Spot Obesity in Their Kids: Study
Toddlers Who Sleep Less May Eat More
Tonsillectomy for Sleep Apnea May Trigger Weight Gain
Too Few Americans Aware of Their High Blood Pressure: Study
Too Little Vitamin D May Add to Obesity's Burden
Too Many Foster Kids With ADHD Treated With Antipsychotic Drugs: Study
Treating Sleep Apnea May Lower Heart Risks, Study Finds
Troubled Launch of 'Obamacare' Tops Health News for 2013
Truck Drivers Top List of Overweight Workers
TV in Child's Bedroom Tied to Weight Gain
TV Time, Feeding Habits Set Babies Up for Obesity: Study
TV, Computer Time Tied to Heavier, Less Happy Kids: Study
Type 2 Diabetes Is Often a Family Affair
U.S. Diabetes Cases Jump to 29 Million: CDC
U.S. Health Snapshots: Insurance Coverage Expands, but Gaps Remain
U.S. Obesity Rate Shows Signs of Leveling Off
U.S. Panel Rejects Blood Pressure Screening for Kids, Teens
U.S. Teens Begin to Slim Down, Study Suggests
U.S. Teens' Cardiorespiratory Fitness Has Dropped in Last Decade: Report
U.S. Teens Eat Too Much Salt, Hiking Obesity Risk: Study
Ultrasound of Lymph Nodes No Less Accurate for Obese Women, Study Says
Underweight Even Deadlier Than Overweight, Study Says
Use of Tylenol in Pregnancy Tied to Higher ADHD Risk in Child
Waistlines of U.S. Kids Seem to Be Holding Steady, Study Finds
'Walkable' Neighborhoods May Help Cut Diabetes Rates
Want to Keep the Weight Off? Weekday Meals May Be Key
Weight Loss May Boost Success of Joint-Replacement Surgery
Weight Loss Surgery May Help Ease Urinary Incontinence
Weight-Loss Surgery Can Improve Long-Term Diabetes Control, Study Says
Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Risk for Heart Attack, Death: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery May Add to Painkiller Dependence, Study Says
Weight-Loss Surgery May Ease Type 2 Diabetes Long-Term
Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Prevent Heart Rhythm Disorder
Weight-Loss Surgery Might Help Mild Knee Pain
Weight-Loss Surgery Safe for Very Obese Teens, Study Says
When School's Out, Weight Can Pile On
Whites More Likely to Undergo Weight-Loss Surgery: Study
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Central Illinois Braggin' Rights KCBS BBQ Competition
Some of the top KCBS and backyard BBQ teams in the Midwest compete for $14,000 in cash prizes. Featuring BBQ equipment and BBQ food vendors, kids activities, and close up looks at some of the big time BBQ teams you have seen on the Food Channel.
CITY: Arthur
Arthur Amish Country Christmas Kickoff
The Christmas lighted parade steps off at 5:30pm and will showcase Santa & Mrs. Claus through downtown Arthur. Immediately following the parade, Santa will visit with children and parents in Knights Court downtown to start collecting those early Christmas requests. Complimentary hot chocolate and cookies will be served during his visit. Throughout the day, businesses in the downtown area as well as the countryside will feature early Christmas bargains and host Open Houses.
CITY: Arthur
Harvest Frolic Fall Celebration
Celebrate the arrival of autumn with Lincoln Log Cabin's annual Harvest Frolic on Saturday and Sunday, September 27-28 from 10am to 4pm daily. Activities will take place at both the Lincoln and Sargent farms including children's games, doll making and hearth cooking. There will also be a three-legged race, a cast iron skillet toss, two-man saw contest and a "dipping cup race" and a special scavenger hunt will be open to children 12 years of age or younger. Visitors are encouraged to take part in these period games and activities. Demonstrations, food, period music and entertainment along with our featured visiting artisans will round out the weekend programing.
CITY: Lerna
Torchlight Halloween Hike and Weenie Roast
Join us for a torchlight hike around the historic site then return to the Visitor Center for a Barn Dance and weenie roast. Lincoln Log Cabin is the last home of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's parents. It shares the site with the Sargent farm, an 1840's living history farm.
CITY: Lerna
6th Annual Civil War Santa's Visit
Celebrate Christmas, 1860s style, at Lincoln Log Cabin. While Christmas would not become an official holiday until 1870, during the Civil War, soldiers both north and south found ways to celebrate. Join us as we welcome our Civil War era Santa Claus, whose image once graced the front page of Harper's Weekly as he distributed gifts to Union soldiers. Let's hope they won't be any hardtack under your tree this year! 10am-4pm
CITY: Lerna
Charleston Challenge 40 Mile Relay
Are you looking for a new and exciting race? Check out the 40 Relay covering the Southeast corner of Coles County! The 40 mile loop course can be run individually or with up to 4 runners.
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"After this year's long and seemingly never-ending winter, homeowners will be anxious to begin improvement projects," Attorney General Kane said. "Our message to consumers is one of caution. Be careful with whom you do business this spring."
The Office of Attorney General typically begins to see an influx of "transient" contractors offering to paint homes or pave driveways each spring. These traveling contractors claim to be in the area with excess paving or sealing material and offer to repair or protect a homeowner's driveway. In many cases, the materials are inferior and the work performed is shoddy, forcing consumers to pay someone else to correct the job.
Complaints involving home improvement or repairs are among the top subjects of calls to the Office of Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection. The Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act (HICPA), which went into effect in July 2009, establishes a mandatory registration program for contractors who offer or perform home improvements in Pennsylvania. The statute also establishes minimum insurance requirements for contractors; requires contractors to provide their registration number in their ads and contracts; establishes required contract terms for home improvement contracts; and creates a criminal penalty for home improvement fraud.
Homeowners are encouraged to check with the Office of Attorney General to verify contractor registration. In addition, consumers should also contact the Better Business Bureau, check the contractors' references and obtain multiple estimates.
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For nearly 3 decades, Margaret Barrett-Simon has served Ward 7. She was first elected in 1985. Now, she wants to be mayor.
"I have served with 5 mayors, said Barrett-Simon. "I know what has worked and what has not worked. I have also served in every capacity on the council from president to vice president of committees. There is nothing at the city level I have not done."
The veteran councilwoman acknowledges serious challenges in this city, but the same problems also plague other older cities.
"It's about bringing everybody to the table," added Barrett-Simon. "And we can achieve that. There is such a feeling in this town right now that has to happen."
Knowing the internal workings of the city, she says the planning is a critical link to the future.
"We have lost a number of very important people in recent weeks in our planning department," said Barrett-Simon. "And people don't understand planning and development affects every aspect of your life. It can make or break the community, it can make or break a neighborhood."
She says Ward 7 is the hub for economic development, citing numerous projects she helped bring to fruition, including Baptist Hospital expansion, mid-town neighborhood revitalization and others.
"Most of the economic development that's going on right now is happenings in this ward," said Barrett-Simon. "That means jobs, that means people moving into homes, that means working in Jackson. We also have a program in this development called jobs for Jacksonian which insures a percentage of the jobs in these projects go to our citizens."
Barrett-Simon says her campaign supporters are addressing last minute details as she faces a large field of candidates hoping to become Jackson's next mayor Tuesday.
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Fighting a bad cold, Carlos Gomez had decided to sleep by himself that night so he wouldnt expose his wife.
He awoke to a nightmare. Just before dawn, insistent pounding on the front door jolted the ex-Marine and young father out of bed. Federal agents poured into his Kendall home, pushing his wife aside and rushing to his bedroom. They held guns to his face before slapping him in handcuffs.
I kept asking, What is going on? recalled Gomez, who works as a UPS driver. I was scared for my life.
Gomez, busted in a money laundering scheme, would spend nearly two weeks in a federal detention center and another seven months under house arrest.
It took 222 days before federal prosecutors realized it was all a terrible mistake: A rogue bank worker had stolen his identity.
Thanks in part to Gomezs own sleuthing, prosecutors eventually discovered he had been wrongfully charged. The Wachovia Bank employee had stolen $1.1 million from customers, then swiped Gomezs identity to create a checking account under the pilfered name to launder portions of the embezzled proceeds.
Now, nearly three years after the ordeal, Gomez is suing Wachovia for malicious prosecution.
Gomez was among 13 co-conspirators named in a 2010 indictment, a list that included the shady bankers own grandmother. He was charged with participating in a money-laundering conspiracy and structuring withdrawals from his checking account in 2006 to avoid detection by bank regulators offenses that carried up to 20 years in prison.
But Gomez, whose federal case was built on information mainly provided by the bank to federal authorities, refused to acknowledge a crime he did not commit.
They say youre innocent until proven guilty, said Gomez, 36, a U.S. citizen who was born in Colombia. In this case, I was guilty until I proved my own innocence.
Gomezs criminal defense attorney, Joel DeFabio, said he and his client had to persuade the U.S. attorneys office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to acknowledge that they had the wrong guy an admission that rarely happens in federal court.
We never gave up, we never stopped fighting, we never stopped believing, and we told the United States government we were going all the way to trial unless they realized the mistake they had made, DeFabio said. And it worked.
The U.S. attorneys office and ICE declined comment.
Gomezs civil lawyers, Jermaine Lee and Eric Hernandez, claim in a lawsuit filed in September in Miami federal court that Wachovia officials were reckless when they failed to protect Gomezs confidential account and to provide accurate information about him to federal authorities.
In a key ruling last month, U.S. District William Dimitrouleas rejected the banks bid to throw out the civil case, saying Gomez had sufficiently alleged that Wachovia violated its fiduciary duty to him by allowing an employee and others to misuse his private and confidential information to launder monies. As a result, Gomezs case is headed for mediation and, if still unresolved, trial.
During roughly the same period as Gomezs case, North Carolina-based Wachovia was found in violation of major anti-money laundering laws in Miami and agreed to pay $160 million to the U.S. government for failing to block drug-trafficking profits from passing through the bank between 2003 and 2008.
But a spokeswoman for Wells Fargo, which absorbed Wachovia at the end of 2008 after the nations financial crisis, said the bank intends to vigorously defend itself against Gomezs allegations.
This is an unfortunate situation, and Wells Fargo regrets that it is in litigation with Mr. Gomez, said bank spokeswoman Michelle Palomino. We dont believe the facts we have and the applicable law support the claims made regarding the role of Wells Fargo and the circumstances that preceded his arrest.
Gomezs Kafkaesque Journey
Before his Kafkaesque journey through the U.S. criminal justice system, Gomez was a typical young immigrant trying to work his way into a better life.
He dutifully opened his first bank account after he graduated from high school in Stamford, Conn., where he spent his teenage years. It was with First Union, which would later be acquired by Wachovia. He kept the account active until he joined the Marine Corps in 1997.
After a four-year stint in California, he moved to Miami to live with his mother, attending Miami-Dade College and getting a part-time job as a driver for UPS. In 2001, he reactivated his First Union account but then permanently closed it and switched to Washington Mutual.
He married Shelithea, who worked at South Motors, in 2006 and they bought their first home in Kendall. She had a young daughter from a previous marriage and they would have two more girls themselves, a brood that the in-laws would gladly help babysit.
We were moving forward, Gomez said. We were happy.
Then, early one spring morning in 2011, a cop came by his house to inquire if he had called Miami-Dade police to report something. The officer asked for his ID and verified his name and address. Gomez said he and his wife had not called the police. Both were unsettled by the cops visit, he said.
A week later, on April 6, before the sun rose on their modest three-bedroom, two-bathroom home, a squad of ICE agents arrived, forcibly knocking on their front door.
Gomez said he was whisked away so quickly that he couldnt even talk to his wife. They separated us right away. They threw me in the car with handcuffs.
I was thinking that these two guys could take me somewhere and kill me, and nobody would know about anything, he said during a recent interview at his lawyers downtown Miami office. Thats how scared I was.
Gomez said he didnt have a clue as to why they arrested him, thinking to himself that his name was so common in Miami that theyve got the wrong Carlos Gomez.
He asked one of the agents why he was arrested. The answer: money laundering.
During an interrogation, Gomez said the agents urged him to work with us. We already know what you did. We know someone who can point you out.
When they flashed Wachovia checks at him, Gomez said, he told them it wasnt his signature. You have the wrong guy.
It began to dawn on Gomez, who saw other suspects being rounded up in his same case, that he was not going to be released. He also realized he was late for his job at UPS and would probably get fired because he couldnt contact his boss.
He was transferred from ICEs holding facility to the federal detention center in downtown Miami, where inmates are held before trial. Stuck behind bars, he said he was so depressed that he couldnt eat. Three days after his arrest, he finally got to talk with his wife, but still didnt know what to tell her. Through a family contact, Gomez hired DeFabio to represent him. His lawyer told him that the prosecution had a solid case and that he could be facing a long time in prison.
I was devastated, Gomez said. The reality was hitting me hard.
After nearly two weeks in detention, Gomez was freed on a $100,000 bond he got with the help of family members. He also regained his UPS job with union assistance. But he remained largely under house arrest with charges still over his head. Under the bail terms, he could work during the day but had to be confined to his home at night. The Feds would make random calls to see whether he was there.
Gomez then began trying to clear his name, starting with a polygraph test on the advice of his defense lawyer. He passed.
Next, after a discussion with his lawyer, Gomez went to a local branch of Wells Fargo, which had acquired Wachovia. He told the branch manager that someone had stolen his identity and asked her if she could look up the address on his checking account number the fabricated one that had been used to withdraw $135,000 of stolen money from bank customers.
The manager wrote down a Hialeah address a place Gomez had never lived.
I started to sense this was a real breakthrough, he said.
He dug up his old First Union check card with the original account number. It did not match the newly created account number used in the money-laundering scheme.
He also compiled his UPS pay stubs to show how much money was actually deposited into his real bank account during the period that the money laundering was going on.
In August 2011, Gomez and his attorney finally secured a meeting with the federal prosecutor in his case, Dwayne Williams, and ICE agents. Though it was risky as a legal tactic, they showed all their evidence to the prosecution. The prosecutor grilled Gomez, showed him pictures of other defendants and asked if Gomez had sold his identity to the ringleader: Wachovia bank employee Noel Abraham Mendez.
Of course not, Gomez said.
He and his lawyer felt more confident after the meeting, filing a motion to dismiss the charges. But still no word came from the U.S. attorneys office.
People were telling me it was going to be OK, but it didnt feel OK, Gomez said. The reality of having to do time in jail for something I didnt do was unbearable.
Finally, on Nov. 14, 2011 following guilty pleas by Mendez and the other defendants U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke signed an order submitted by the U.S. attorneys office dismissing all charges against Gomez.
Gomez was on one of his UPS routes in Miami when he got the call from DeFabio. I couldnt believe it, he said. I broke down.
It was a nightmare, Gomez said, that no one should have to endure and that could have been easily thwarted by diligent bankers.
I blame the bank because they started the whole thing, he said. They were so clueless about what they did. They should have called me in the first place to verify my account and signature and none of this would have ever happened.


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