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The Central Coast Humane Society held its fourth Dog Wash hosted by The Rogue Brewery on Sunday, Sept.

CHICAGO While other states shrank their health insurance programs for low-income families last year, Illinois expanded its enrollment.

WASHINGTON Between governments and the private sector, a huge effort is being made to help victims of Hurricane Katrina find jobs.

Participating chefs, to name a few, include Chicago chefs and restaurateurs like Paul Kahan, Blackbird; Shawn McClain, Spring; Stephanie Izard, Scylla; Jackie Shen, Red Light; Grant Achatz, Alinea; Bruce ...

Williston resident ReNae Vorgert isn't just watching the disaster area left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina unfold on television and in the newspaper - she is doing something to make a difference, and in a ...

Public Opinion Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars/Pew Charitable Trusts Informed Public Perceptions of Nanotechnology and Trust in Government From press release: "Americans welcome new ...2.7

I President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle, in an editorial in the Aug. 31 Washington Post , asserts that data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a 67-percent decline in total injuries and illnesses in the meat ...3.1

The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life fundraising event will take place at Lampe Park, 5 p.m. Saturday through 9 a.m. Sunday.2.7

By Gannett News Service NEW ORLEANS - Opening the door to a small house on Tchoupitoulas Street Thursday revealed more than a dozen cats in a garbage-strewn room where they had been trapped since Hurricane ...2.7

Hudson County employees who volunteer their time with charitable organizations in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort will be guaranteed paid leave of up to 15 days under an executive order signed yesterday by ...2.7

MOVING FORWARD: Brittney McGee, 16, of New Orleans, does her English homework from her wheelchair at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center near Palestine.2.9

David Carruth, president of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, points to a map showing the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project Thursday, Sept.2.7

An investigation by the Committee on Finance for the United States Senate has thrust The Nature Conservancy and its conservation buyer program under a spotlight, and along with it the record $64 million sale of ...2.7

For release: Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 California Association of REALTORS donates additional $310,000 to hurricane relief efforts in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi LOS ANGELES - The California Association of ...2.7

Cancer is a scary disease. So naturally, we want to avoid anything that could cause cancer.2.7

Habitat For Humanity International's motto is "A hand up, not a hand out." Dozens of employees lent their hands - " and hearts - " to build BNP Media-sponsored House #20, one of 31 houses dedicated June 24 as ...2.9

Human Rights Watch has urged the government of Sudan to end arbitrary arrests and to curb executions, citing human-rights violations in the African country.

The IRS released guidance on Sept. 8 for employers that have adopted or may be considering adopting leave-based donation programs to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.2.7

The Center for Constitutional Rights issued a special report, The Guantanamo Prisoner Hunger Strikes & Protests: February 2002 - August 2005, chronicling the origins and scope of the major hunger strikes by ...2.7

The UK's three leading bioscience research funding agencies have today, 8 September 2005, published a joint policy statement on reducing the risk of the research they fund being misused for harmful purposes by ...2.7

A researcher in Africa has finally spotted the rare white giraffe that he's been seeking for twelve years, and he's got a photograph to prove it.2.9

Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley announced Aug. 31 that a special collection will be taken up at Masses Sept.2.7

The Conference Board announced that it has become a Robert W. Campbell Award Global Partner with the National Safety Council.3.1

Chinese President Hu Jintao is greeted by cheering crowds upon his arrival at Ottawa International Airport, Thursday afternoon.2.9

Closer to home, ScaredSacred also kicks off something called the Ground Zero Awareness Campaign, culminating this weekend, on the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.2.9

State and federal land managers are teaming with The Nature Conservancy, Warm Springs Tribes and others on a series of prescribed burns this fall.2.1

Jim McHale became interim senior vice president of programming at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation last week.2.7

"State of Fear," about the war on terror, is among the movies to be screened during the Amnesty ... All of the festival films are Pittsburgh premieres; four will make their Eastern U.2.9

They were looking for the ivory-billed woodpecker, a big, majestic bird considered extinct for 61 years.2.7

Attorney General Charlie Crist is suing two Broward County organizations, accusing them of running a charity scam targeting seniors.

Winfrey donated $1 million to America's Second Harvest- The Nation's Food Bank Network.

The American Cancer Society evaluated the state's legislative activity on 6 key cancer issues.1.6

Tens of thousands of ethnic minority civilians in Burma are being used as forced labourers by the military, according to Amnesty International.2.7

The Nature Conservancy is halfway to its goal after purchasing nearly three miles of land along the Santa Clara River.2.7

We've seen an influx of Hmong immigrants in the Wausau area over the past few years.