VA steps up services for women

Increased funding is aimed at better care, more programs for growing number of female veterans. Government - United States - Veteran - Military - Business

VA is stepping up its services for female veterans

About 1.8 million women have served in the U.S. military, and with 245,000 female soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, it's estimated that within a decade, women will make up 16 percent of all veterans. United States - Veteran - Military - Organizations - Government

Ultra-light canoes efficient and popular

Several years ago at a sportsmans club the guest speaker was an Adirondack guide. As I looked out the door I saw him with canoe, projector, and assorted material so I went to the door and offered to help. He smiled and said, sure you can hold the door, as he proceeded to pickup his canoe with one hand and stroll through the doorway.

Vigil attendees grieve women killed in Sunday westside fire

Police tape cordoned off the front and sides of the burned-out apartment building at 933 W. 18th St. late Wednesday afternoon. Laid across the building's front steps were stacks of flowers, candles, crosses, stuffed animals and photos.

FDA holds off on decision

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met with the UN in Stockholm recently to discuss a mercury treaty.

Taxpayers Cram Hearing; Subpoenas Ordered

It was 1 a.m. The citys tax assessor, Bill OBrien, had just heard New Haven taxpayers and lawmakers decry him for six straight hours. Misperceptions, he said of the invective; stress because of a flagging economy. Moments later, Alderman Michael Smart, who conducted the standing-room-only public hearing, offered a different take. We cant get any straight answers, he said of OBrien and ...