| New push on health care in the works
The failure of his massive health-care plan to pass the Illinois General Assembly this year hasn't discouraged Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who will ask the legislature next year to create a state-regulated pool of affordable private health-insurance policies for individuals, families and small businesses. .
Howard emerges for morning walk
OUTGOING prime minister John Howard went on his daily morning walk in Sydney today after losing government last night. Mr Howard emerged from the prime minister's official Sydney residence, Kirribilli House, at 7am (AEDT) and was followed by a sizeable media pack as he took his usual route along the Sydney Harbour foreshore and through the streets of Kirribilli. People stopped to clap the prime minister as he walked by with one woman remarking, "they don't know what they've done''. Some fishermen on Sydney Harbour heckled Mr Howard with one calling: ``Better luck next time buddy''. Asked how he felt this morning Mr Howard said only "I'm fine thanks'' and declined to answer any other questions from reporters. The Howard government's 11-year rule ended last night with a sweeping victory by Kevin Rudd's Labor Party.
Boldly green
The world has changed a lot since the spring of 2005, when the emPOWER student campaign formed to call on Brown to purchase electricity from renewable energy sources. The climate is changing and ice caps are melting, but the politics of climate change are heating up.
Over 700 mayors have committed to reduce carbon emissions with renewable energy and more efficient cities. States are moving forward aggressively to convert from a carbon economy to a green economy. The three leading Democratic presidential candidates have all endorsed the call from former Vice-President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for a clean energy economy that reduces carbon emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
In the past year, 427 U.S. colleges and universities have gone far beyond simply purchasing renewable electricity: they have signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) to eventually reduce carbon emissions all the way to "climate neutrality."
Where is Brown? We're getting there.
John O'Connell on home testing kits
Hepatitis, diabetes, cholesterol, chlamydia ... Go into any chemist today and there are shelves laden with home-testing kits. But are they a useful first-line tool for the well-worried, or a dangerous waste of time and money? Self-confessed hypochondriac John O'Connell puts his finger on the line
Sunday November 25, 2007
The Observer
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Business brief
BUSINESS HONORS: Allstaff Payroll Inc. has been selected as the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce's Small Business of the Month for November.Allstaff, managed by Bill Agall and son-in-law Skip Shelton, takes care of payroll, employee leasing, Fortune 500 benefits, cafeteria plans, workman's comp and 401(k) services.Allstaff, at 2102 N. 9th Ave., has played an active role in the community by sponsoring youth baseball teams and sponsoring a bowling trip for Ruby Gaines High School. Most recently, Allstaff donated a $25,000 endowment to the University of West Florida. .
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