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...unusual step, but one that was also recommended by the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) in a report released the same day. By initiating the so-called "fill and finish" step of vaccine production, manufacturers can be prepared to ship vials as quickly as possible in mid-October, once testing confirms that the shots are safe and effective at producing immunity against H1N1. "The recommendation was to proceed with filling and finishing even before dosage information is available," said Frieden. "That step has been taken...
...chance for us to bond and be together and share a special time together," said his son Patrick of the final days. "That's a big gift. [It] let us have the chance to tell him how much we love him." Kennedy's wife Vicki, his children and step-children were all with him at the end. "He was ready to go," she told Vice President Joe Biden, who called her Wednesday morning. "But we weren't ready to let him go." (See Kennedy's top 10 legislative battles...
...that reason, Williams believes those lenders need to step up and do more to help struggling local homeowners revise their loans and hang on to their houses - and he wants to give his frustrations some legal teeth. Williams has proposed a city ordinance that could penalize banks that fail to offer modifications before starting foreclosure proceedings. Local governments have no formal legal oversight over banks, but under Williams' ordinance, if a lender's number of foreclosure actions in Miami Gardens over a designated period exceeds the number of loan modifications it offers to financially burdened or delinquent homeowners, the city...
...Williams, who is running for U.S. Congress next year, says the banks still need a push. In an editorial last week, the Miami Herald also broached the subject, saying that if lenders "do not step up their efforts to help stressed-out homeowners," then Congress should consider a "change in federal law that would allow bankruptcy judges to reduce the principal owned on home mortgages." In other words, if Williams can't get his law passed in his hometown, perhaps he'll have better luck later if he wins a seat on Capitol Hill...
...surprisingly, Rifqa is turning into a cause célèbre. Conservative websites often accused of anti-Muslim agendas, such as the Jawa Report, Atlas Shrugs and WorldNetDaily, have been lighting up over the Rifqa fight. No doubt conservative and anti-U.S. Muslims will eventually step into the media frenzy. And politicians have already started weighing in. Florida's moderate Republican governor and U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Crist, who needs conservative voters to win his state's closed GOP primary next year, issued a statement on Aug. 21 saying he's "grateful to Circuit Judge Daniel Dawson...