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Veterans
New York Times:
The official responsible for the problem-plagued disability compensation system at the Department of Veterans Affairs will resign early next year, the department announced Friday.
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TechCrunch:
For our last discussion at the RealTime CrunchUp, we’ve got a panel on actually generating revenue from these services. Participating in the discussion are some of the Valley’s top VCs and veterans of the space.Brian Singerm (Read More)
Huffington Post:
After the American Civil War, they called it Soldier's Heart. Veterans of World War I suffered shell shock. In World War II it was battle fatigue. After the Vietnam war, which produced so many sufferers of the condition, it c (Read More)
Danger Room:
The military has launched a new program that’ll use genetic testing and brain scans to figure out whether troops are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress — before they head off to war and experience that stress.The initiative (Read More)
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Huffington Post:
This week, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka succeeded in pushing through a major veterans' health services bill. According to the committee's press release: The bill will establish an unprecedented p (Read More)
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Health
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.Smiling kids (Read More)
Huffington Post:
A blog I wrote earlier this week was challenged by Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology, in a piece published Tuesday in the Huffington Post. I appreciate Dr. Seligman's response. Dr. Seligman admits he provide (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The local campaign pressuring Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to support health care reform accelerated on Thursday, after a group of more than 650 Yale University students, faculty and staff urged him to reconsider his threa (Read More)
Huffington Post:
I am Ohio Secretary of State and I'm running for the U.S. Senate.Last week Ohioans and people all across our great nation celebrated Veterans Day. As has become the norm and expected in American politics, professional politi (Read More)
VentureBeat:
NeoEdge has gone through some big changes in the in-game advertising market, which has been battered by the recession and disruptions in casual game sales.Today, the company is announcing that is merging with casual game deve (Read More)
New York Times:
With $8 billion in government and private money devoted to modernizing the power grid, meter automation is suddenly a growth industry, pitting veterans against well-financed start-ups. (Read More)
New York Times:
Private equity firms will need to become more like asset managers, offering buyouts as just part of their portfolio, or else focus tightly on specific sectors in order to prosper, industry veterans said during a conference We (Read More)
New York Times:
A program intended to help disabled veterans win government business awarded at least $100 million in contracts to firms that were either ineligible or committed fraud to obtain the work, a federal review has found.
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Huffington Post:
Did you know that the largest mobile medical clinic in Southern Californiaserves the homeless community? The fifth annual "Project Healthy Neighbors" fair, held at Casa Esperanza Homeless Center, provides a wide range of heal (Read More)
Huffington Post:
The Pentagon's Long-Term Plan to Get Back on CampusIf the wrestling entertainment conglomerate, WWE, tried to set up a "wrestling" curriculum on a college campus, replete with course credit, training in how to become a profes (Read More)
Topic:
People
VentureBeat:
Game startup Gravity Bear is unveiling its first original game for Facebook today. Battle Punks is a “3-D social game” that will debut this holiday season.The game is set in a variety of fantasy locations, combining in-depth (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's, but a recent decline in the pace of such deaths could mean the Army is making progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday.Army Vice Chief of St (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Dave Cummings, a 42-year-old New Hampshire resident, has found his charitable calling in foul shots, Tonic reported. He has vowed to make one million foul shots to raise money for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injur (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood Army base, has been described by former colleagues as "psychotic." As more details emerge about Hasan's troubled state, gun safety advocates are launching fresh att (Read More)
New York Times:
Senator Tom Coburn should not have obstructed urgently needed legislation that consolidates more than a dozen improvements in veterans’ health care.
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