Friday, March 30, 2012

Hospital: Mo. Jail Death Mom Treated Appropriately - NPR

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Hospital: Mo. Jail Death Mom Treated Appropriately

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St. Mary's Health Center said in a statement Thursday that its staff followed medical guidelines and performed appropriate tests. "Unfortunately, even with appropriate testing using sophisticated technology, blood clots can still be undetected in a ...


Hospital: Mom bo oted from ER to die in jail was treated appropriately

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Percentage of Kansas City-area roads in good condition rises - Kansas City Business Journal:

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percent in 2004, according to the . MoDOgT said in a release Tuesdaythat 82.2 percent of the area’sx major roads — including Interstates 70, 435, 29 — were in good conditionh in 2008. Statewide, more than 83 percent of Missouri’ss busiest highways were in good conditionin 2008, up from 47 percentt in 2004, MoDOT said in the release. The St. Louizs area had 84.6 percent of its major roads in good conditiobin 2008, up from 53.6 percent in 2004.
“Wde have been hard at work makintgthe state’s roads better and safer, and it’se showing,” MoDOT Director Pete Rahn said in a More than 100 million milex a day are driven on the 5,573 milese of major roads in Missouri, MoDOT They carry 80 percent of all and 95 percent of Missourianx live within 10 miles of one of these MoDOT attributed the improvement to its Smootjh Roads Initiative and Better Roads, Brighter Future program. The Amendmenrt 3-funded Smooth Roads Initiativeimproved 2,200 miles of the state’as busiest highways in 2005 and 2006.
Through the Betteer Roads program, the remainder of the state’s major highwayws are getting smoother surfaces, wider stripes, brightert signs and paved shoulders. More transportation improvements are under way with funding from the American Recoverhy andReinvestment Act. MoDOT’s Safe and Soun Bridge Improvement Program also is in the proces of repairing or replacing 802of Missouri’s worst bridgex by Oct. 31, 2014. Truck drivers voted Missouro roads asthe fifth-best in the nationn in a survey published in January by a publication serving the commercial mototr carrier industry.
The listex Missouri as among the nation’s leaders in maintaininbg its transportation system and gettinfgood value, and the gave Missouri a B+ for its infrastructures performance, which was better than all but four othee states. “We’ve made a lot of progresss in bringing our roads up togood condition, but now the challengs is keeping them there,” Rahn “The economic recovery funding will help, but it’x not the answer. In fact, the money we received from the recoverty act for transportation infrastructure amounts to only about a thir of our annual highwayconstructionn budget.
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Putnam kicks off joint venture with PanAgora, Integra Capital - Boston Business Journal:

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Called Putnam PanAgora Integra it was named for the threecompanies Putnam, in Boston, and of Oakville, Ontario. The venturew will provide institutional investors will provide equitygand fixed-income products from Putnam, which uses so-called fundamentao strategies in its funds, and which manages money using quantitative formulas. Integra, provides the venture with a knowledge of the Canadiamn institutionalinvestment market. Putnam Investments, a unit of New York's MMC), has approximately $194 billion in assets under PanAgora, with about $13.4 billionm in assets under management, is jointly ownee by Putnam and Nippon LifeInsurancew Co. in Japan.
Integra, in additio n to offering investment products to institutional andindividua investors, also provides administrative and record keepingf services to defined contribution plan sponsors.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Consumer confidence buoys Dow; Qwest leads Colorado gainers - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finishedd the trading day at up 196.17 points (2.37 The S&P 500 closed at up 23.33 points (2.63 percent). The NASDAQ Composites finishedat 1,750.43, up 58.42 points (3.45 percent). Among actively traded Colorado stocks, Denver-basedc telecom Qwest (Q) led the day’s gainers, up 7.98 percent (32 to close at $4.33. • (UDR) Up 7.96 percent (81 to $10.99. • (DCT) Up 7.33 percent (31 cents) to • ProLogis (PLD) — Up 7.26 percentr (56 cents) to $8.27. • — Up 6.72 percent (75 to $11.91. Among the few actively tradedd Colorado stocks that declined on the day was down 9.
98 percent (4 cents) to close at 36 • (GSS) — Down 0.96 perceng (2 cents) to $2.06. • (DGI) Down 0.27 percent (5 cents) to $18.75.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Raiders confirm Khalif Barnes deal - ESPN

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Raiders confirm Khalif Barnes deal

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AP ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Oakland Raiders have officially announced a one-year deal to bring back free agent offensive lineman Khalif Barnes. ESPN.com's Bill Williamson writes about all things AFC West in his division blog.



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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Bears' trade for Marshall is certainly high risk and reward - Morris Daily Herald

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Bears' trade for Marshall is certainly high risk and reward

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Whether you love or hate the Bears' trade for Brandon Marshall, you have to admit that the receiver's marriage with the Bears could very well end unhappily. Marshall gave the Broncos three consecutive seasons with over 100 catches and 1100 yards.



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Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Perils of Piecemeal Intervention - New York Times

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The Perils of Piecemeal Intervention

New York Times


But the debate over intervention to date has played up the benefits of piecemeal options while understating their dangers. Partial measures may seem attractive, but they risk turning a small local conflict into a far messier regional war.



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