Government Shutdown Halts Scientific Research Projects Across the Country

Published October 17, 2013

Government Shutdown Halts Scientific Research Projects Across The Country
At the University of Hawaii, work on a vaccination for rat lungworm disease — a gastrointestinal infection that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans — was put on hold when scientists were suddenly prohibited from accessing the facilities where …
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Sunday Preview: Delaware's prison problem
Delaware's prison overcrowding problem is found at the Wilmington facility, known as Gander Hill prison, with inmates piled beyond capacity as the state's two other prisons near Smyrna and Georgetown hover near their maximum. At the end of August …
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Glitches persist as gov't blames high demand
As new health insurance markets went live around the country, the federal call center also received 190,000 calls. Agency spokeswoman … "If you can't set up an account … you can't enroll," said Graham, of Leavitt Partners, a consulting firm run by …
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Chad Blair: It's High Time to Legalize Pot
We can use a portion of the revenue to fund treatment centers and seriously start paying off the state's growing unfunded liability for health and pension benefits. I'm sure the HGEA … It's unclear exactly how many of our inmates are incarcerated for …
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