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Source: news.yahoo.com --- 10 hours ago
The federal government is requiring airlines to better accommodate passengers with breathing, hearing and vision problems. (LCC) ...

Source: www.forbes.com --- 12 hours ago
On the growing attention paid to sovereign wealth funds. ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 10 hours ago
For the first time, the UK government is to calculate the number of adults with autism in England. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 9 hours ago
The federal hiring process is broken and needs a quick fix, two senators with a keen interest in government management said yesterday. ...

Source: www.guardian.co.uk --- 9 hours ago
Children who struggle to read at age six can catch up and overtake their peers with the help of specialist one-to-one tuition ...

Source: www.nydailynews.com --- 12 hours ago
The secretive generals who run Myanmar flatly refused U.S. aid Thursday - even though 100,000 people are feared dead and millions more starving in the wake of a monster cyclone. ...

Source: blogs.cars.com --- 12 hours ago
For about 10 years, the long-term reliability of hybrid-electric vehicles has remained relatively unknown and constantly in question, even though current hybrids’ track records and reliability ratings are positive. People fear having to replace a hybrid’s expensive battery pack, and are generally concerned about high-dollar repairs because of the advanced technology in hybrids. Surprisingly, these concerns have been directly confronted by the U.S. government. Since about 2001, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity department has conducted accelerated reliability tests on hybrids to address such concerns. AVTA’s tests are primarily for fleet operations, where vehicles rack up absurd amounts of miles in a short period of time. The vehicles tested see mileage numbers up to 50,000 miles per year and remain in service until they hit 160,000 miles. The information collected still holds value for the average 15,000-mile-per-year car shopper, however. Data such as fuel economy, maintenance and repair costs are meticulously recorded throughout the vehicle’s term, and every factory-recommended maintenance procedure is followed. The test results are available to anyone and can be viewed at AVTA’s website. At the end of 160,000 miles, hybrids are tested for fuel efficiency and remaining battery pack capacity. This would be roughly equivalent to a normal driver driving 16,000 miles a year for 10 years. Again, though ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 8 hours ago
Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government today as sectarian clashes reminiscent of Lebanon's bloody 15-year civil war raged in the capital. ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 12 hours ago
New Zealand will join the international community to assist Myanmar, following last weekend's devastating cyclone which left 22,000 dead, 41,000 missing and tens of thousands homeless, by contributing $500,000 in aid. Prime Minister... ...

Source: news.zdnet.co.uk --- 9 hours ago
The national initiative is aimed at reducing IT-related carbon emissions and will focus on examples of best practice ...

Source: blogs.jsonline.com --- 11 hours ago
Madison - Victor Manian, a former Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, and Gordon Myse, former chief judge of the District 3 Court of Appeals, were today named to the government Accountability Board. Gov. Jim Doyle made the appointments, filling two vacancies on the board that was created last year by the merger of the state Ethics and Elections boards. The government Accountability Board enforces ethics and campaign-finance laws involving elected state officials. A former Milwaukee police officer, Manian served as a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge until 2004. Myse was chief judge of the District 3 Court of Appeals until 1999. Although the appointments must be confirmed by the state Senate, Manian and Myse can begin serving on the board immediately. The next board meeting is June 9. They replace former Court of Appeals Judge David Deininger and former Vilas County Circuit Court Judge James Mohr, who had to resign because of a legal technicality. The judicial terms to which they had been elected had not yet expired, which the attorney general said violated a provision of the state Constitution.   ...

Source: www.euronews.net --- 11 hours ago
At least 10 people have died as violent clashes erupted in Beirut, after Hezb'ullah said the government had declared outright war. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 7 hours ago
Pensions News May 9 2008 9:18AM GMT ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 10 hours ago
IT Security May 9 2008 3:14AM GMT ...

Source: www.cio.co.uk --- 7 hours ago
IT industry fails to record and produce environmental best practice The IT industry needs to benchmark and copy best practice methodology rather than design from scratch, according to government CIO John Suffolk. ...

Source: www.nbc4.com --- 6 hours ago
The president of the American Federation of government Employees says the influential union is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president. ...

Source: www.eadt.co.uk --- 8 hours ago
THE rumpus over the abolition 10p tax band will be as nothing compared with the outcry next year when motorists of older cars find their road fund licence fee rocketing to up to £455 a year. ...

Source: www.ledger-enquirer.com --- 9 hours ago
Where she works, Velvalane Campos has seen the change. ...

Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- 11 hours ago
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun warned in a televised speech on Thursday that dismantling Hizbullah's communication network would expose the resistance to Israel.Aoun voiced support for comments earlier made by Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah that the political divide had a "political rather than a sectarian dimension to it." ...

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk --- 11 hours ago
The government is scrambling to throw lifelines to homeowners suffering as a result of the credit crunch as the Building Societies Association gave warning last night that the mortgage market would not improve for another two years. ...