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2013/06/20 09:55

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10 Iowa volunteer organizations granted $2.7M

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Ten AmeriCorps programs in Iowa will receive $2.7 million for projects that include mentoring youth at risk for dropping out of school, building Habitat for Humanity homes, and...

2013/06/20 09:55

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2013/06/19 17:46

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Republicans Reject Signature Bush Law

The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday passed the Student Success Act, chairman Rep. John Kline's (R-Minn.) rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act with a 23-16 vote along party...

2013/06/19 12:11

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Nickelodeon resists calls to restrict its food ads

LOS ANGELES >> One year ago, the Walt Disney Co. unveiled a strict new set of nutritional standards and said it would ban ads for noncompliant foods from its child-focused cable channels by 2015....

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2013/06/19 05:09

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VA awards IVH $24M for Dack and Malloy renovations

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced a $24 million grant to help fund renovations at the Iowa Veterans Home Tuesday. The grant is a match grant that splits the cost of overhauling...

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2013/06/18 23:36

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New group to push for drug compounding safety

Tommy Thompson, Health and Human Services secretary under President George W. Bush, and pharmacist Sarah Sellers said they founded the Working Group on Pharmaceutical Safety to ensure that all the...

2013/06/18 20:36

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VA Awards Nearly $24 Million to Iowa Veterans Home

ABC5 Newsroom DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Sen. Tom Harkin says the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $24 million for renovations at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Harkin...

2013/06/18 17:45

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GOP: Sick Leave For Me, None For Thee

On Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a so-called sick-leave "preemption" bill into law, thereby forbidding local jurisdictions from passing measures that mandate accrued sick time for...

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2013/06/17 19:45

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New No Child Left Behind bill could give states m...

WASHINGTON — The Senate Education Committee last week finished its sweeping rewrite of No Child Left Behind that eases coast-to-coast requirements for schools and gives states greater independence to...

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2013/06/15 23:53

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Cargill tries to improve conditions at West Afric...

WASHINGTON — Cargill Inc. CEO Greg Page never used the words "child labor" in the 30-minute keynote address he delivered earlier this month to the World Cocoa Foundation. Instead, he talked at length...

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2013/06/15 22:44

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GOP: Education system 'congested' with mandates

Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 5:05pm ATLANTA (CNN) — A Senate committee voted this week to move forward with a Democratic-backed education plan, but Republicans argue the proposal forces the country's...

2013/06/15 17:58

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With student loan rates about to double, lawmaker...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Student loan rates will double to 6.8 percent on July 1 if Congress doesn’t settle on a new plan soon, but disagreements flared Thursday, not only between the two parties, but...

2013/06/15 06:30

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Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin: Dig deep into NSA's actions

WASHINGTON — When Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, kicked off his weekly conference call with reporters Thursday, he was hoping to discuss his education legislation, which had just passed out of...

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