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Catholic non-profits oppose federal rule on birth control
South Bend TribuneArea Catholic colleges and other religious-based employers are considering their options in the wake of a federal order that they must provide birth-control coverage to women employees by Aug. 1, 2013. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services...Tags: Government, Justice and Rights, Birth Control, Health Treatments, Labor Legislation
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Indiana man dies in rail mishap at US Steel complex
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a northern Indiana man died at U.S. Steel's Gary Works complex after becoming wedged between two rail cars. The Times of Munster reports (http://bit.ly/ADrMVy ) that 55-year-old Michael M. Shoemaker of Hobart was...Tags: USX-US Steel Group, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health, Health and Safety at Work
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Ind. regulators fine company over teen's death
PARKER CITY, Ind. (AP) — Indiana regulators have fined a sanitation company $3,600 in the death of 17-year-old Ohio boy who fell beneath a garbage truck. The Palladium-Item reports (http://pinews.co/u5BJYI ) the state Department of Labor fined...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Fines, Companies and Corporations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Prayer group gets waiver on Statehouse access
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A prayer group is getting special access to the Statehouse for the opening day of the 2012 session. People attending Capitol Commission Indiana's prayer day at the Statehouse can show a copy of an email message to skirt an...Tags: Republican Party, AFL-CIO, Labor Legislation, Labor Legislation, Unions
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Indiana agency to release fair stage collapse report
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana regulators will release a report Wednesday on their investigation into August's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. The state Department of Labor said Monday that the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health, Health and Safety at Work
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Emergency exercise preceded Indiana fair disaster
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage. That exact scenario ahead of last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair was eerily...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weather Warnings, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health, Weather
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Ind. closed meeting angers wounded clerk's family
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a convenience store clerk seriously injured in an October shooting is criticizing Indiana's decision to hold a closed-door meeting on efforts to boost safety at the stores. A spokeswoman for relatives of 38-year-...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Employment Opportunities, Injuries and Wounds, Employment, Health
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October Storm Hits Connecticut
Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...Tags: Elections, Simsbury, Physical Conditions, Richard Blumenthal, Business Enterprises
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UC Regents Reach Settlement in Deadly UCLA Lab Fire
KTLA NewsWESTWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- The University of California Regents have reached a settlement in the case of a 2008 laboratory fire that killed 23-year-old research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji. The UC Regents have agreed to "comprehensive...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Science and Technology, Labor Legislation, Punishment, University of California, Berkeley
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Report faults professor, UCLA in death of lab assistant
Ever since Sheri Sangji was fatally burned in a December 2008 lab fire, UCLA officials have cast it as a tragic accident, saying the 23-year-old staff research assistant was a seasoned chemist who was trained in the experiment that went awry. But...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fines, Chemical Industry, Health and Safety at School, Science
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Why we're fat, Part 3: Our lifestyle promotes added pounds
Despite popular belief, a surge of laziness and gluttony is not what's making Americans fat, says science writer and fat researcher Gary Taubes, author of "Why We Get Fat."
In looking at the past 30 years, during which time obesity rates have soared,...Tags: Human Body, Bipolar Disorder, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Weight, Travel
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