They're crucial to U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but civilian workers wounded on the job must battle an insurance system marked by long delays and high costs, an investigation finds. Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding battle for basic medical care, artificial limbs, psychological counseling and other services.
Take That! High-Tech Ways To Fight Off Pirates
Most merchant ships aren't allowed to carry cannons — unless they're water cannons. These high-tech super squirters are part of a growing market in pirate repellants, ranging from slippery foam that coats ship decks and stairs to beams of piercing sound.
Tupperware recalls toy
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall today of about 44,000 toy maracas made by Tupperware.
New rules would ease limits on stem cells, not end them
When President Barack Obama eased limits on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, the big question became how far scientists could go. Friday, the government answered: They must use cells culled from fertility clinic embryos that otherwise would be thrown away.
WATER-GUINEA BISSAU: Neglecting Infrastructure at the People's Peril
BISSAU, Apr 17 (IPS)The most recent cholera outbreak in Guinea-Bissau killed 225 people before it was brought under control in February; 14,000 people were infected by the water-borne disease, most of them in the capital, Bissau.
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