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NPS to Fix King Memorial Drum Major Quote

Etched into stone at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a phrase attributed to one of Dr. Kings sermons that reads "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." Problem is, ...

1 day ago

Health Insurance Must be Simply Stated

It took an act of Congress, but health insurance companies will soon be required to explain their coverage options and requirements to consumers in what the Department of Health and Human Services (H...

2 days ago

Has the VA Gone AWOL on Hiring Veterans?

Through things like tax breaks for employers, the Obama Administration is trying to create thousands of new jobs for thousands of new U.S veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. But, has the on...

3 days ago

HHS Ups Funding to Fight Alzheimers

Anybody who plans on aging should be glad to hear that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just announced a $156 million effort to fight Alzheimers disease, now known to inflic...

6 days ago

DOT: $826 Million for Transit Improvements

To help implement President Obamas plan for an "America Built to Last," the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it will be doling out $826.5 million in federal grants this year to re...

09 feb 12

Who Wants to be an Astronaut Now? Who Doesnt ?

With the Space Shuttle only a memory and manned flights to the moon, Mars or anywhere else grounded by the economy, NASA reports getting the second highest number of new astronaut applications in its...

08 feb 12

Obama Wants to Help Responsible Homeowners

Believe it or not, there were lots of Americans who, during those days of zany "everybody qualifies" borrowing that caused the great recession, bought houses they actually could afford and ma...

08 feb 12

Turning 90 in America

The number of Americans 90-and-over has almost tripled since 1980, reaching 1.9 million. With the Census Bureau projecting the ranks of Americas "super seniors" will grow to more than 7.6 mil...

07 feb 12

IRS-DOJ Conduct Nationwide ID Theft Crackdown

Imagine waiting for your big fat tax refund only to have the IRS inform you that an identity thief has already used your social security number to fraudulently claim a big fat tax refund. Needless to...

06 feb 12

CDC Also Provides Free Breast Cancer Screening

Neither to condemn nor condone the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to suspend its funding of Planned Parenthood organizations, it should be noted that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), t...

03 feb 12

How Many Government Workers Does it Take?

Unlike the 1.8 million federal government employees, we dont know how happy the people who work for the state and local governments are, but we do know that there were 19.6 million of them at the end...

03 feb 12

House Votes to Extend Federal Pay Freeze

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved by a vote of 309 to 117 a bill that would extend a freeze on congressional salaries, as well as the salaries of congressional staff members and all civi...

02 feb 12

Survey to Identify Best Government Jobs

Every year since 2002, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has asked a group of U.S. government employees how happy they are with their jobs. This year, the "group" will be all 1.8 millio...

02 feb 12

VA Under Serving Homeless Women Veterans: GAO

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs to do more to help homeless women veterans, whose numbers are increasing rapidly as servicemembers return from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according t...

01 feb 12

VA Provides Newborn Care for Women Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has officially issued a regulation amending its veterans health benefits package to pay for up to seven days of medical care for newborn babies of women vetera...

31 jan 12

American Binge Drinker

So, were still fat, and we drink too much! Now the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that binge drinking is a bigger problem than previously believed, with more than 38 million U.S. adults bi...

30 jan 12

Chevy Volt Not a Fire Risk, NHTSA Finds

In a final report on an investigation that began last November 25, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has determined that all-electric Chevrolet Volts are no more likely to ca...

28 jan 12

USDA Unveils Healthier School Meals Rule

Try as it might, the U.S. government has so-far failed to reduce the national obesity rate, but now the Obama administration believes its new requirements for healthier school meals will at least hel...

27 jan 12

DEA Gun Safety Demo Rule 1: Dont Shoot Yourself

A U.S. Court of Appeals has taught a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent two important rules. Rule 1: when demonstrating gun safety to a group of kids, do not shoot yourself in the leg. Rule 2: ...

26 jan 12

US Making No Progress Against Obesity

Dude, were still fat! Despite repeated warnings from our surrogate mother - the U.S. government - to push away from the table and generally be more careful of what we eat, Americans are making no pro...

25 jan 12

Philanthropist Gives $7.5 M to Fix Washington Monument

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has donated the $7.5 million needed to complete repairs to the Washington Monument, damaged by a magnitude 5....

24 jan 12

The Congressional Record for Your iPad

While lots of people say theyve had enough of the U.S. Congress, others just cant get enough. For them, the Library of Congress has created a mobile app that will bring the voluminous but informative...

23 jan 12

Feds Block South Carolina Voter ID Law

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has blocked South Carolina from implementing a recently enacted state law requiring voters to show a form of state-issued photo identification in order to vote in...

20 jan 12

83 Percent of Tax Payers Pay On Time

How many of us pay our taxes on time? In 2006, 83.1% of U.S. taxpayers paid their federal taxes on a "timely basis," according to the Internal Revenue Service. This was down slightly from the...

19 jan 12

Weekend Elections? GAO Has Doubts

While very few Americans are happy with Congress, the fact remains that only 37% of eligible voters actually voted in the 2010 mid-term congressional election. Is the problem that general elections a...

18 jan 12

USDA to Close 259 Offices

While the U.S. Postal Services plan to close 3,600 post offices has hit a governmental speed bump, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will probably move right along with its recently announced...

17 jan 12

Older Americans Risking Health to Save Money

In potentially dangerous attempts to get by on increasingly reduced incomes, more than 20% of Americans age 50 and over are foregoing or giving up essential health care services, according a new repo...

16 jan 12

Mama Wont Let Baby Grow Up to Be Robber

A Garland, Texas man must have thought he had found his lifes calling after successfully robbing three banks in three weeks. But even the very best bank robbers have some very bad days. Like the day ...

13 jan 12

Got Your Nose! No, Really!

We can only hope a 41 year old Baraga, Michigan woman was more mad than hungry when she bit off the end of a mans nose, leaving him permanently disfigured. Mad, hungry or both, she will now have 46 m...

12 jan 12

Acai Berry Diet Marketers to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty

Remember all those online ads for an acai berry diet supplement called "AcaiPure," claiming the product was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray, would result in rapid and substantial we...

11 jan 12

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