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FDA Approves New OxyContin Formula that Discourages Misuse and Abuse

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new formula of OxyContin. Apparently this new version of the drug has been designed to help discourage misuse and abuse of OxyContin. OxyContin is made to “slowly release the potent opioid oxycodone to treat patients who require a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic for management of their …

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New Report Shows Lessons Learned From the H1N1 Swine Flu Outbreak

Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), the Center for Biosecurity, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) issued a new report called “Pandemic Flu: Lessons From the Frontlines”. The report found that the initial response to the H1N1 Swine flu outbreak “showed strong coordination and communication and an ability to adapt to changing circumstances from U.S. …

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How to Qualify for the New First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

An $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers is a step in the right direction toward revitalizing Florida’s housing market and stimulating the state’s economy, says Cynthia Shelton, 2009 president of the Florida Association of Realtors(R) (FAR). “The new tax credit provides a great incentive for first-time homebuyers to enter the housing market and find the …

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Politicker.com Leaves Amazon EC2 For Voxel.net

Politicker.com, a leading online political news network which operates 17 political news websites across the country, has switched managed hosting providers, leaving Amazon EC2 for Voxel dot Net. Primarily due to unanticipated scalability difficulties with the popular cloud offering, Politicker made a full transition of all its websites to Voxel just five days ahead of …

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Should We Care WHY? (US)

Photo courtesy of Logos School website Something that seems irritating to me is that some people refuse to accept historical events and get on with their lives. What am I talking about? Well…take the war in Iraq, for example. By the way, regardless whether you have Republican or Democratic (political party) leanings, it appears that …

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Former Klansman James Ford Seale Found Guilty for Role in 1964 Kidnapping and Murder

A federal jury in Mississippi found James Ford Seale, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, guilty for his role in the kidnapping, abductions and eventual slayings of two African-American men in 1964. Seale and other Klansmen conspired to abduct, interrogate, beat and eventually murder Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charlie Eddie Moore, both 19 …

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Jolie-Pitt Foundation Donates $1 Million to Three Groups Working in the Darfur Region

Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt have donated one million dollars towards the humanitarian effort assisting more than four million people affected by the crisis in Darfur. The donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation will go to three agencies playing key roles in Darfur and neighboring Chad: the UN Refugee Agency; the International Rescue Committee and …

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VCs and Serial Entrepreneurs to Mentor TechStars Start-ups

Over 40 of the United States’ most prominent venture capitalists, “serial entrepreneurs”, and business leaders are lining up to serve as mentors to ten business start-up teams. Ten will be chosen in early April for the TechStars entrepreneur program. About 300 new company founders are vying for the chance to get their business plans off …

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