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Amazon warehouse workers fight for unemployment benefits

By hdcoadmin | December 24, 2012

“Its relationship with Amazon has made Integrity Staffing Solutions the biggest temporary-employment firm in the Lehigh Valley and one of the fastest-growing agencies of its kind in the country. Part of its role is fighting to keep its workers from collecting unemployment benefits after they have lost a job at Amazon.”

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The Wrong-Way River

By hdcoadmin | December 24, 2012

“Biologists predict the number of unwanted organisms moving on the Chicago canal will only grow until the waterway is somehow plugged. And it is much more than a Great Lakes problem because biological pollution travels both directions on this invasive species superhighway.”    

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Shale drillers eager to move wastewater on barges

By hdcoadmin | December 24, 2012

The shale gas drilling industry wants to move its wastewater by barge on rivers and lakes across the country. But the U.S. Coast Guard, which regulates the nation’s waterways, must first decide whether it’s safe.

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Universities with connections win most stem cell money

By hdcoadmin | December 24, 2012

Repeated independent reviews of the agency, including one by the Institute of Medicine released this month, have found that its board is rife with conflicts of interest. In fact, of the $1.7 billion that the agency has awarded so far, about 90 percent has gone to research institutions with ties to people sitting on the…

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BP’s U.S. Suspension Allows Airport-Fuel Exception for Pentagon

By hdcoadmin | December 24, 2012

“BP Plc (BP/)’s temporary ban from new U.S. government work now includes a bit of wiggle room for the Defense Department.”

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Extra Extra Monday: Several enterprise stories tackle gun control issues

By hdcoadmin | December 24, 2012

The Washington PostReview of FBI forensics does not extend to federally trained state, local examinersThe Washington Post reports that thousands of criminal cases at the state and local level may have relied on exaggerated testimony or false forensic evidence to convict defendants of murder, rape and other felonies, according to former FBI agents. The Journal…

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Evaluation of UC Davis Medical Center’s handling of neurosurgeons is scathing

By hdcoadmin | December 23, 2012

“Investigators found hospital staff repeatedly failed to intervene or raise questions about three highly unusual surgeries on brain cancer patients, according to a Bee analysis of the findings, released earlier this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In its 92-page report, the federal watchdog agency detailed the secrecy and inaction that enveloped…

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Gaps in gun laws a boon for felons in Florida, experts say

By hdcoadmin | December 23, 2012

“Permissive in some respects, Florida firearms laws unequivocally aim to prevent gun ownership by convicted felons. But that prohibition is faltering.”

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Gun sales booming in Nevada

By hdcoadmin | December 23, 2012

“State officials said 2,383 firearms transactions were recorded statewide last weekend, Friday through Sunday. It’s unknown how many of those were assault weapons, like the kind used in the Connecticut shooting, because new laws – backed by Nevada’s influential gun lobby – prohibit the state from collecting specific details on gun purchases.”

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Treatment guidelines heavily influenced by Dr.’s with interest in drug companies

By hdcoadmin | December 20, 2012

“Doctors with financial ties to drug companies have heavily influenced treatment guidelines recommending the most lucrative drugs in American medicine, an analysis by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today has found.”

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