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“The people of this state wanted for us to look very carefully at the budget, to try in every way we could to have a more efficient budget. We have tried our very best”

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's $30 billion budget proposal for next year was pared down Sunday by $120 million, after the House's budget committee stripped millions of dollars in health care and education ... via The Shreveport Times

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“In the past, our understanding of ADHD treatment was limited to clinical data on short-term use, meaning a few weeks or a couple of months”

Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved Strattera for maintenance treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and ... via News-Medical.Net

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“Now that the delivery combinations of the vaccine have been worked out, the Phase II trial will expand the participants to 150 vaccinated volunteers and 75 volunteers as a control group who do not receive the vaccine.”

The Atlanta-based biotechnology firm GeoVax Labs plans to launch Phase II clinical trials of its experimental HIV vaccine this summer, company officials recently announced, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... via News-Medical.Net

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“The company is surprised and disappointed that ArcelorMittal would file such a frivolous lawsuit.”

ArcelorMittal has sued Esmark Inc., the parent company of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., and a joint venture that was trying to buy a Maryland steel plant for $540 million, alleging breach of contract. via The Intelligencer

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“Recent hearings of this Council have addressed the most fundamental precept of our democracy -- that the voice of the people must be heard and heeded”

The attorney hired by the Detroit City Council to help it trudge through the legal muck stemming from a text-messaging sex scandal involving Kwame Kilpatrick and his ex-top aid spells out possible options for ... via ClickOnDetroit.com

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“The defendant simply abandoned dangerous chemicals and walked away, rather than disposing of them safely and legally”

A Muncie businessman has been sentenced to a year of community detention for abandoning two semitrailers loaded with drums of hazardous waste on someone else's property. via TheIndyChannel

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“The years in the aftermath of Sarbanes-Oxley have spotlighted the critical role the accounting profession plays in our capital market system”

More than 64,000 students graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting in the 2006-07 school year, according to a new report by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. via WDWB-TV Southfield

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“To say that the state has been patient, would, in my judgment, be a considerable understatement”

' The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency suspended talks with A&L Salvage in a letter Thursday, with legal action the next move to address numerous violations at the Lisbon dump, including an injunction to ... via Salem News

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“It's one of those things where you scratch your head and ask, 'Why would they do that?' ”

NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. will go to trial if necessary to fight a federal environmental lawsuit filed against it because of a deadly January 2005 train wreck in Graniteville, S.C., the ... via Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

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“This generic drug approval is an example of the FDA's efforts to increase access to safe and effective generic drugs as soon as the law permits”

Read the news release below from the FDA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Requip tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome. via WSLS

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