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Connecticut Dismisses Pension Adviser Accused of Fraud - New York Times

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

New York Daily News

Connecticut Dismisses Pension Adviser Accused of Fraud
New York Times, United States - Leslie WayneLeslie Wayne
Aldus, based in Dallas, had made investment recommendations for several of the nation's largest pension funds, including those overseen by New York State and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Department of Fire and Police Pensions board received a report on ...
Los Angeles pension fund may dump Aldus Reuters
Public Pension Funds Scurrying to Cut Off Future Pay-to-Play Action Workforce Management
Task force created against pension fund abuse Global Pensions
Reuters
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Firehouse funding restored - Meriden Record-Journal

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

Firehouse funding restored
Meriden Record-Journal, CT - George MooreGeorge Moore
The City Council Monday approved a spending plan that restores funding for the Broad Street firehouse, adds another $600000 to the school district and adds another $500000 in the post-retirement benefit fund. All three items were not present on the ...
Mayor Anticipates Long Firehouse Meeting WFSB
Fate of the firehouse to rest in budget vote Meriden Record-Journal
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Special Report: Hidden - WISH

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WISH

Special Report: Hidden
WISH, IN - Andrew BonnerAndrew Bonner
24-Hour News 8 wanted to ask the Indiana State Fire Marshal about the fire safety issue. His office refused repeated requests for an interview. Instead, the office released a statement saying, among other things, don't go back into a burning home (read ...

Heat-related illness a threat as temperatures rise - KVIA

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

Heat-related illness a threat as temperatures rise
KVIA, TX
EL PASO, Texas -- With the mercury rising this week, the threat of heat-related illnesses such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke also rises. Lt. Mario Hernandez of the El Paso Fire Department said there were five heat-related deaths last year in El ...

Opinion: Who you gonna call? The role of public health departments - San Jose Mercury News

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Opinion: Who you gonna call? The role of public health departments
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Douglas K. Owens
By Dr. Douglas K. Owens Local public health departments are for health problems what police departments are for crime and fire departments are for fire. As we enter another week of swine flu threats, these public health departments' lack of funding, ...

Step Right Up and Play ‘Name the Flu' - New York Times

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

Step Right Up and Play ‘Name the Flu'
New York Times, United States - Clyde Haberman
And in each instance, a favored solution seems to be to give the problem a new name, and just hope for the best. Take swine flu, which turned up in pockets of New York City. Confirmed cases, however, have been mild. At St. Francis Preparatory, ...

DPS director resigns abruptly - Austin American-Statesman

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

DPS director resigns abruptly
Austin American-Statesman, TX - Mike Ward
By Mike Ward | Monday, May 4, 2009, 07:05 PM The embattled Texas Department of Public Safety lost its second director in nine months Monday, as Col. Stan Clark resigned amid an internal investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. ...

DMN editorial board says hold incumbent trustees accountable - Dallas Morning News

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

DMN editorial board says hold incumbent trustees accountable
Dallas Morning News, TX
Providing he winds up being the best the Republican Party can place in this newly created congressional district his probable democratic opponents may include Texas State Senator Royce West, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, former Dallas ...

New York State Designates First Week in May Arson Awareness Week - ReadMedia (press release)

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WVNS-TV

New York State Designates First Week in May Arson Awareness Week
ReadMedia (press release), NY
A. Paterson today designated May 3rd through May 9th "Arson Awareness Week" in New York State. The Department of State's Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC) is joining the efforts of the US Fire Administration, the Coalition Against Insurance ...
Arson awareness week News 10 Now
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Local fallen officers saluted - Shelbyville News

by @ Monday, May 4th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

Local fallen officers saluted
Shelbyville News, IN - Ron Hamilton
"People should place blue ribbons on their cars and to wear blue in support of our local law enforcement officers, fire department and safety personnel and military members," she said. "The ribbons, created by the Concerns of Police Officers group, ...

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