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• Wonkbook: Korea deal back; thaw with teachers; coal plants proliferate
  Aug 23, 2010 — Washington Post
  Feinberg said claimants could file claims for up to six months of emergency payments between Monday, Aug. 23, and Nov. 23, a 90-day period. He said claimants won't have to waive any rights to sue BP if they receive emergency payments, and that there is no maximum limit for payouts. In addition to emergency payments, claimants can also apply for a lump sum final payment to settle their claim.
• Funds to aid weatherizing low-income homes
  Aug 20, 2010 — Morning Sentinel
  ...energy efficiency, save money, and promote economic activity and job creation," U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud said in a statement. In addition to KVCAP, the other agencies receiving weatherization funding are Western Maine Community Action in East Wilton, Aroostook County Action Program in Presque Isle, Community Concepts Inc. in South Paris, Penquis Community Action Program located in Bangor and Waldo Community Action Partners in Belfast. The $7 million to the Maine agencies is part...
• Obama signs tariffs bill to aid manufacturers
  Aug 12, 2010 — The Washington Times
  Obama's trade policies, some of whom cited his failure to persuade Democrats in Congress to approve three pending free-trade agreements. Mr. Obama did not specifically address the trade deficit in his remarks. Obama called on Congress to pass the pacts, but they remain stalled.
• ATM heist suspect held, hearing reveals few details
  Aug 7, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  The robbers stole an armored company van to haul the loot and abandoned it less than two miles away. St. Police said the gun turned out to be stolen. Murphey said that after the arrest, investigators went to a house Jones had been seen leaving. Online Kentucky prison records show that he was paroled in 2009.
• Few new details in armored car heist revealed
  Aug 6, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Murphey and his partner began following the Charger and the car sped off after Murphey activated the lights and siren, hitting another vehicle several blocks later. Jones was arrested after a brief foot chase, and investigators later found a pistol and cash in the car.
• Help goes both ways
  Aug 2, 2010 — The Bradenton Herald
  The clients will call us and go through a whole slew of questions and answers just to determine whether they're eligible for a program.
• Physician's path went from farm to prison clinic to successful dermatology practice
  Jul 27, 2010 — The Charlotte Observer
  After all, she grew up poor, and there were few opportunities simply handed to her. Her family lived on a sharecropper's farm in Cedar Grove, near Chapel Hill. She earned a scholarship to study biology at Spelman College in Atlanta, and then was accepted to seven different medical schools. Fuller had always liked dermatology during her medical school rotations, and was affected by the care for her son's burns.
• Operation Fuel offers summer aid in Conn.
  Jul 22, 2010 — Waterbury Republican-American
  No state or federal money will be used, she said.
• Foothills to assist with cooling bills
  Jul 15, 2010 — Richmond Register
  River Foothills will be able to provide summer cooling assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to eligible participants at the Madison County Outreach Office. The funding also will help assist eligible residents in Clark, Estill and Powell counties. Foothills received notice about two weeks ago that they were going to be awarded the funding, according to Karen Bailey, public information and projects director for Kentucky River Foothills. ...