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Top News // 1 decade ago

Durbin names Specter new subcommittee head

A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., will serve as Crime and Drugs Subcommittee chairman.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Sen. Durbin's daughter dies

Christine Ann Durbin, daughter of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Loretta Durbin died Saturday of a heart ailment, a spokesman for the senator said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Bush nominates Bradbury yet again

The Bush administration ignored previous Democratic Senate rebuffs and renominated Steven Bradbury as assistant attorney general, the New York Times reported.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Senator questions USDA's mad cow policies

U.S. Agriculture officials have agreed to meet with a senator's staff about alleged violations of mad cow disease safeguards, UPI has learned.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Health officials probing CJD cases in N.J.

Federal and New Jersey authorities appear to have bowed to pressure from Congress and are investigating a potential cluster of cases of a fatal brain disorder called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the southern part of the state, United Press International h

Odd News // 2 decades ago

Of Human Interest: News lite

Lying on one's resume may be going the way of the typewriter and adding machine, the latest Liar's Index says. The semi-annual survey by the executive search firm Jude M. Werra & Associates finds only 11.19 percent of people misrepresented their academic

Science News // 2 decades ago

FDA, Congress to look at supplement safety

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to step up its regulation of the safety of dietary supplements and Congress appears poised to increase the agency's authority for overseeing the class of products.

Top News // 2 decades ago

UPI's Capital Comment for July 17, 2002

Capital Comment -- Daily news notes, political rumors, and important events that shape politics and public policy in Washington and the world from United Press

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For sixteen years she worked in the Emerging Markets Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington
Sen. Durbin's daughter dies Nov 01, 2008

The president has thumbed his nose at Congress and chosen an individual who has been involved in authorizing some of the most controversial policies of this administration
Bush nominates Bradbury yet again Jan 24, 2008

We requested a meeting and (USDA officials) are going to be meeting with us next Tuesday
Senator questions USDA's mad cow policies Jan 11, 2005

Right now we're not tracking instances of BSE outbreaks or CJD
Health officials probing CJD cases in N.J. Mar 09, 2004

Our goal is to hold the hearing and see where we can make improvements
FDA, Congress to look at supplement safety Jul 29, 2002