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Coming together to stop racial profiling in East Haven
March 18, 2009EAST HAVEN, Conn. -- Community meetings and solidarity actions are being organized in support of Latino residents and immigrant owned businesses in East Haven who have become the victim of racial profiling by police and targets...
Read moreHealth reform forum: Who is going to help this woman?
March 17, 2009DEARBORN, Mich. — “We have an economic crisis and one of the primary reasons is health care. We cannot afford not to reform,” Melody Barnes, director of President Obama’s Domestic Policy Council, told a White House...
Read moreRaising awareness about poison prevention
March 17, 2009National Poison Prevention Week is March 15-21. The goal is to increase awareness of the danger to children of unintentional exposures from pesticides and household products. The Environmental Protection Agency encourages parents and caregivers to lock...
Read moreCelebrate Deaf History Month March 13 – April 15, 2009
March 17, 2009Most American public libraries own or have access to books and videos related to American Sign Language, deaf culture and history. The public is also encouraged to look up information at the library or on the...
Read moreA fish a day keeps stupidity at bay
March 16, 2009Teenage Boys Who Eat Fish At Least Once A Week Achieve Higher Intelligence Scores New research has found that 15-year-old males Fifteen-year-old males who ate fish at least once a week displayed higher cognitive skills at...
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