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...Ebert disputed that on his website shortly afterward: "Contrary to Disney's press release, I did not demand the removal of the Thumb [trademark]. They made a first offer on Friday which I considered offensively low. I responded with a counter-offer. They did not reply to this, and on Monday ordered the Thumbs [trademark] removed from the show." Ebert went on to say that he would allow the thumbs to be used on the show during negotiations...
...government's trial of its vaccine, PAVE, for Partnership for AIDS Vaccine Evaluation, was to have included only people with low levels of cold-virus antibodies, but Fauci argues that any information that could have been gleaned even from the smaller trial might not have proved useful. "Even pared down, the trial was too big," he says, "and was asking too many questions before we even knew if this thing worked. So I asked them to go back and give me a slimmer study that asks the question 'Does it work...
...understandable precaution - security in the capital has reached an all time low. On July 7 a suicide bomber rammed his explosives laden truck into the gates of the Indian embassy, killing 41 in the capital's worst terrorist attack. In April assassins attempted to kill Karzai at a national day parade, and in January militants conducted a sophisticated raid on the country's only luxury hotel, killing 9. This year in Afghanistan as a whole has been the bloodiest ever. For two months running foreign soldier casualties in Afghanistan have topped those in Iraq, Obama's anticipated next stop...
When it comes to savings, workers want new resources to weather unforeseen income interruptions, especially in an increasingly volatile economy. A nonprofit in Boston is encouraging low-income workers to invest a portion of their tax refunds in savings bonds. Its average bond purchaser's profile is that of a single working mother with an income under $21,000, acquiring the bond for her children--a powerful testament to the idea that working people will make responsible choices if given the right opportunities. On the health-care front, a New York--based organization is developing ways for independent workers...
...workers are, stunningly, its most pessimistic about the nation's economic future, and half of them are uninsured. Equipping them with tools to bolster their economic security takes on special urgency. In response, an innovative start-up, working with labor organizations, targets health-care counseling, savings, credit and other low-cost, portable products to the needs of these younger workers...