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VA makes little headway in fight to shorten waits for care
2015-04-09 15:45:14| Apparel - Topix.net
In this March 11, 2015 photo, U.S. Army veteran Henry Banks, Sr., waits for prescription drugs in a pharmacy waiting room inside the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. on March 11. The hospital's director since 2010, Elizabeth Goolsby, cites the VA's failure to expand quickly as a primary reason for why eastern North Carolina now has some of the longest waits for care in the country.
VA makes little headway in fight to shorten waits for care
2015-04-09 12:57:52| Footwear - Topix.net
A year after Americans recoiled at new revelations that sick veterans were getting sicker while languishing on waiting lists - and months after the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted major reforms - government data shows that the number of patients facing long waits at VA facilities has not dropped at all. No one expected that the VA mess could be fixed overnight.
Philippines: 'They cannot silence my soul': 11,000 miles from climate talks, a key negotiator waits
2014-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Shortly after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged his home country in November of last year, a slim, soft-spoken and totally unknown climate negotiator from the Philippines found himself overcome by emotion when addressing a U.N. climate summit in Warsaw, Poland. Yeb Sao, one of three climate commissioners from the Philippines, broke down in tears as he pleaded with representatives from other nations to commit to reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent future superstorms...
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EU waits on Google for sweetened antitrust offer
2014-09-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Outgoing competition chief Joaquin Almunia asked Internet giant to improve its proposals at beginning of September.
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Granville County waits to change solar farm law, issues 60-day moratorium
2014-09-20 06:35:03| Electronics - Topix.net
Crews for contractor Alpha Technologies install solar panels at Geenex and Et Solar's 20 megawatt solar farm at the old Halifax Airport in Roanoke Rapids. The Granville County Board of Commissioners on Thursday night approved a 60-day moratorium on new solar farms in the county.
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