Fall of Peshawar to militants eminent: NYT, other dailies

" TORONTO/NEW YORK: The fall of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to heavily armed Islamic militants is eminent, say experts and locals of the area. According to the Globe and Mail, Peshawar, which borders Pakistan's wild...

Miami - Medicare fraud capital of the country

" The top growth jobs right now in South Florida are in health care and government. Healthcare according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Miami-Dade County alone accounted for more paid DME (durable medical equipment) claims than 44 other...

Potential Annexation Of The Falls And Fairway Estates

" Miami-Dade County mailed a letter to 12 cities last August asking whether they might take in one of eight unincorporated areas after the county lifted a two-year moratorium on annexations. Several cities said they might want parts of some areas, like Biscayne Gardens...

Fool me once

" While Miami-Dade commissioners have conceded that the county can’t keep promises it made in 2002 when voters approved a half-penny sales tax to fund bus and rail projects over the next 25 years they now want voters to approve another half-penny tax to fund the very same...

First Gov For Consumers

" Ever wondered what you should do if you are a victim of identity fraud? what your savings bonds are worth? Where you could get tax forms? Here is the pick of the week a federal website that is meticulously organized by topic (Money, Food, Children, Health, Technology, Your...

Florida Plunder & Loot

" Ok what is wrong with this picture?Here is company or to be more accurate group of companies that is one of the more generous South Florida companies when it comes to lavishing perks on its execs. In what Miami Herald calls POURING ON THE PERKS its Chairman and CEO received...

Hospitals, Nursing homes, Doctors and Prescription Drugs

" Here is another useful website, this website rates hospitals, nursing homes, doctors and prescription drugs. It has safety, pricing and background information on more than 4,300 prescription drugs, including whether their use is on the upswing or downswing, and how they...

Florida leads the nation

" If tourism is one of the pillars upon which Florida’s economy rests and if tourism is a major source of employment the good news is that preliminary estimates of visitors to Florida show an estimated 23.8 million people visited the Sunshine State in the first quarter...

Green Travel

"Every week I try to share with my readers new and interesting websites that I come across. I have found that various departments within the Florida Sate government have been launching some very useful interactive sites; this week’s pick is Florida Department of...

Phishing gets sophisticated goes international

" Phishers have targeted users of Apple Inc.’s iTunes music store with sophisticated identity theft attacks for the first time (Computerworld, Gregg Keizer May 20, 2008). People began receiving spammed messages yesterday telling them that they must correct a problem with...

51st State of the United States?

" Are we paying a fair amount of taxes, and is the government using the money the way it should? According to the Miami Dade County commission here are some projects that could use funding from the state government:$157 million for bridge replacements and repairs$20 million...

How to Create a Pill Card

" Many people have trouble keeping track of their medicines and one in four do not take prescription medicines as prescribed. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has lauched this webpage to help users create an easy-to-use “pill card” for patients, parents,...