And you thought your job was stressful... (CNN) If you want to find a job that is free of stress, you're out of luck. Only characters in movies and on TV have jobs that don't cause occasional hair-pulling or high blood pressure. |
America's Best Leaders: Regina Benjamin, Small-Town Primary Care Physician (US News & World Report) She believes that living in a tiny rural town shouldn't mean giving up big-city healthcare. |
South Florida grad Okpaleke juggled basketball, books (USA Today) Chinyere (Chi Chi) Okpaleke grew up with both parents in health professions her mother, Celina, as a physician's assistant; her father, Andrew, an internist. So it isn't surprising that since graduating from the University of South Florida last summer, she's been applying to medical schools and studying for entrance exams. |
McCotter keeps job as chair of GOP policy committee (Detroit News) WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Livonia was re-elected on Wednesday to his Republican leadership post, beating a surprise challenger to ensure Michigan keeps a voice in leadership circles on manufacturing and other key priorities. |
President-Elect Barack Obama, Congressional Democrats Frame Health Care, Other Proposals As Job-Creation Plans (Medical News Today) President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have begun to frame their proposals for health care and other issues as "job-creation measures" in response to the current economic downturn, the Washington Post reports. |
Poor safety training blamed for biologist's death (AP via Yahoo! News) A wildlife biologist who was never trained about disease risks he could encounter while on the job died from the plague after handling a deceased lion without protective gear, according to a federal report. |
Business briefs: Nov. 20 (Knoxville News Sentinel) In continuing observance of Veterans Day, the U.S. Department of Labor will hold a job fair for veterans Tuesday from 9 a.m.-noon at the Tennessee Career Center, 1610 University Ave. |
Jared the Subway guy visits Henderson (The Gleaner) For nearly nine years, Jared Fogle's job has been serving as a spokesman for the Subway sandwich shop chain, telling the improbable story of how he lost more than 200 pounds eating only low-fat Subway sandwiches for a year. |
Veterans Attend Job Fair (FOX 26 Houston) In this "Worth Your Time" segment, veterans attend a job fair setup specially for them. |
Investigator testifies about trouble getting abortion records (The Wichita Eagle) Tom Williams said he'd never seen the kind of legal scrutiny he experienced when he tried to ask for abortion records from a Wichita clinic. "Not even federal wire taps," Williams said, in his third day of testimony in a suppression hearing for Wichita physician George Tiller this morning in Sedgwick County District Court. Tiller's lawyers are asking Judge Clark Owens to dismiss 19 ... |