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...Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, FEMA doled out over 120,000 mobile homes to residents of the Gulf Coast. Many of those trailers have walls and cabinets made up of particleboard, which contains formaldehyde that can sometimes emit gas in hot, humid weather such as that found in Louisiana and Mississippi. The effect on humans (especially children) range from "burning sensations in the eyes, nose, and throat; nausea; coughing; chest tightness; wheezing; skin rashes and allergic reactions." As early as March 2006, FEMA began to receive complaints about formaldehyde odors. After one trailer was tested, an April 2006 e-mail...
...know you are a private person, but I hear that you can really dance. Would you consider doing Dancing with the Stars? -Rita J. Brown, Minneapolis Actually, I would consider it. All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on Dancing with the Stars mainly because I would...
...competitive industries hungry to attract and keep talent. Google, JPMorgan Chase, Abbott Laboratories, Avon and Motorola have all added adoption assistance to their buffet of benefits. In 1990, only 12% of 1,000 companies surveyed by Hewitt Associates offered financial assistance for adoption. By 2006, 45% of companies did. Rita Sorensen, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, estimates that in 2007 fully half of employers provide adoption benefits and that within five years those offerings will be considered standard...
...Though he has no stated plans to write his memoir, he is open to the idea. "He hasn't made a decision to write a book," said Larry Di Rita, a former spokesman whom Rumsfeld authorized to speak to TIME.com. "He is not shopping a proposal. That's not where his head is. He is still in the information gathering stage...
...Rita said that if Rumsfeld does write a book, the proceeds from it would go into his foundation. A book, he said, would help generate funds for fellowships...