Media reports say doctors expect Bret Michaels to recover fully from the brain hemorrhage that put him in intensive care last month, and that he has been able to talk and walk. The piece notes he has lived with type 1 diabetes since age six.
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What is the status of flights after the Icelandic volcanic eruption?
Transatlantic flights returned to normal schedules after the Eyjafjallajokull eruption shut down European air traffic, though individual flights may still change with weather and Eurocontrol guidance. US embassies and consulates are helping stranded travelers fill prescriptions and sign documents.
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Spring 2010 SafeFood News (PR)
Colorado State University's Spring 2010 issue is online, with student-written pieces on produce traceability, wild game safety, safe composting, kefir fermentation, bathtub cheese, raw pet food diets and potluck safety, plus training resources and upcoming conference dates.
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Powerball winner Missouri
Chris Shaw bought his $5 ticket at the Marshall, Missouri convenience store where he works and won a $258 million Powerball jackpot while holding $28 in the bank. He can take 30 payments or a $124,875,122 lump sum; the odds run one in 195,249,054.
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Save Japan Dolphins
Savejapandolphins.org asks readers to support its work in Japan, spread word about the dolphin hunt at Taiji and press the zoo and aquarium industry to help end it. Campaign director Ric O'Barry says most people in Japan do not know the slaughter is happening.
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Hero Scientist Protects Afghan Heritage (PR)
A Kabul University biology professor carried the university's herbarium home piece by piece under Taliban rule, then returned it. USAID's PEACE Project rediscovered the roughly 25,000 specimens in 2009, found most in good condition, and formed a consortium to restore and digitize them.
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Robots help stroke patients
Among 127 veterans who began therapy six months or more after a stroke, robot-assisted training produced statistically significant gains in quality of life and greater reported upper-limb improvement than care without special arm therapy.
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Email from President Obama: Wall Street reform
A mass email from President Obama asking supporters to back Wall Street reform, which he says would create a single Consumer Financial Protection Agency and end taxpayer bailouts of banks considered too big to fail.
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National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week runs April 18-24, and USA.gov points to federal volunteer programs including Serve.gov, the Peace Corps, Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and the Civil Air Patrol.
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Tax day post office hours April 15
Many post offices extend their hours on April 15, though not all do. USPS counts a return as filed if postmarked by that date. The piece suggests a certificate of mailing, certified mail or a return receipt as proof, and notes that extending the filing deadline does not delay payment.
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Drug Firm Investigated FDA Officials
Politico reported that Amphastar Pharmaceuticals paid investigative firm Kroll more than $100,000 to gather information on FDA drug chief Janet Woodcock and a second official, including family and financial details, and hired a freelance reporter to request Woodcock's emails and records.
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Spanked kids more likely become more aggressive, whose fault?
A Pediatrics study that surveyed 2,500 mothers found children spanked frequently at age three were more aggressive at five. The writer stresses this is an observation rather than a trial, so it does not show spanking causes the aggression, and asks why some children behave worse to begin with.
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Can’t Make the April 15 Filing Deadline? Get an Extension with Free File
Taxpayers who cannot meet the April 15 deadline can file Form 4868 through IRS Free File for an automatic six-month extension to Oct. 15. Extra time to file is not extra time to pay: estimate and pay what you owe by April 15, or pay what you can and ask the IRS about an installment plan.
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How to curb the childhood obesity epidemic, leave your comment
The White House solicited ideas on Facebook for ending childhood obesity within a generation after President Obama created an interagency task force. This item reprints reader suggestions on nutrition education, school PE funding and restrictions on food stamp purchases.
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Vice President Joe Biden's email: I've been there
A mass email from Vice President Joe Biden asking Oregon supporters to write letters to their local newspapers backing Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley for their votes on health insurance reform.
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Actress Dixie Carter dies of endometrial cancer
The Associated Press reported that publicist Steve Rohr said actress Dixie Carter, 70, died in Houston of complications of endometrial cancer, which is diagnosed in about 42,000 U.S. women and kills 7,700 each year. An earlier version of the report noted no cause had been given.
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White House: Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans
A White House summary of the health care act: tax credits for working families and small businesses, capped out-of-pocket costs, preventive care at no cost, a new competitive insurance exchange, and a ban on denying coverage over pre-existing conditions.
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Powerful earthquake hit the Solomon Islands
The USGS measured the quake at magnitude 6.8, centered about 100 km west-southwest of Kira Kira, while Yahoo reported 7.1. Tsunami centers expect no tsunami along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia or Alaska coasts.
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