Planned Parenthood puts Contraception in your Stocking

It may not be what every child hopes for in their stocking, but  it may be exactly what many young women need in this time of financial crisis. This year Planned Parenthood of Indiana is spreading good cheer via condoms and birth control. While health costs continue to...

Housing all locked up on isle (Galveston Island)

"Available housing is limited. Some people are finding that the places they want to rent have yet to be repaired after Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston on Sept. 13, flooding 75 percent of the island and rendering four of the island’s public housing complexes...

Mexico's Supreme Court slams Walmart's labor practices

"Mexico's top court on Thursday backed a Walmart employee who had complained that vouchers handed out by the company as part of its salary payments could only be spent in the company's stores. The practice of vouchers "that come from the worker's salary only to be exchanged...

Mexico's Supreme Court slams Walmart's labor practices

US retailer Walmart -the largest private employer in Mexico with 157,000 employees- has been slashed by Mexican Supreme Court. It has been paying its employees a "salary only to be exchanged in the...

Fifth of Burmese aid cash lost to exchange rate trick

The situation in Burma after getting hit by Cyclone Nargis is back in the headlines. This time, it has much to do with money issues. " International aid agencies helping the victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma are losing as much as a fifth of the money that they...

S squared: Stossel and Sowell

John Stossel’s latest column is titled Utahns Can Vote for School Choice Tuesday and delves into the issue of choice in public schools. No, not the kind of choice that allows eleven-year-olds to secretly get...

New Poll: Latino Voters Support School Vouchers

75% percent of Hispanic parents say they would consider using vouchersWashington, DC--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--August 29, 2007--Hispanics are more likely to vote for candidates who support parental choice in education, including voucher programs, according to a poll released today...

US Charity Awards Scholarships to Students in Micronesia

(July 31, 2007, Columbia, South Carolina) The Habele Outer Island Education Fund announced today that it is awarding over $3,500 in high school scholarships to students from a remote and underdeveloped Pacific...

Taking Aim at Immigration in Texas

"In control of every statewide office, Republicans are targeting illegal immigrants by proposing to cut their benefits and even deny citizenship to their U.S.-born children. With the Democrats in charge in Washington, conservatives in Texas are wasting no time on a pity...

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Bleak Christmas for hamper firm

"Thousands of families are facing a bleak Christmas after a UK hamper company suddenly ceased trading. Customers of Farepak, owned by European Home Retail (EHR), paid money monthly to the firm or its agents towards food hampers for the festive season. BDO Stoy Hayward has now...

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