First American and Mountain Pacific Mortgage to Increase Homeownership Opportunities in Under-served Phoenix Communities (HispanicBusiness.com)
PHOENIX, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The First American Corporation and Mountain Pacific Mortgage Company today announced the formation of a strategic alliance designed to substantially expand homeownership opportunities for families in the under-served Latino and low- to moderate-income communities of greater Phoenix.
Adopted Kids Learn Their Culture (Falls Church News-Press)
Last Saturday at the Falls Church Community Center dozens of families gathered to celebrate the biggest holiday on the Vietnamese calendar, Tet Nguyen Dan, the Lunar New Year. With parents looking on, dozens of children and toddlers, dressed in the traditional ao dai, played together, ate a variety of foods, Asian and American, and took part in a dragon dance, meant to bring good luck with the
Trade surplus favours Dhaka-US envoy upbeat about boost in trade ties (News From Bangladesh)
The US government would sponsor a Single Country Trade Fair and Road Show in several US cities to showcase Bangladeshi products and promote this South Asian nation as an attractive location for foreign investment.
Commentary: Ratings shock may end procrastination in Philippines (International Herald Tribune)
By slashing the Philippines' sovereign debt rating two levels in a single move, Moody's Investors Service has dealt a huge blow to bondholders who expected the downgrade to be only half as severe.
Special events local and away (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
All God's Creation Cultural Drum Festival. African, Japanese, Brazilian and Native American drum and dance ensembles will be on hand to celebrate African American Heritage Month. The event also includes arts and crafts and food. 4 p.m. Sunday.
Eat 100 (AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL - FRENCH) (Las Vegas Mercury)
Welcome to the Eat 100--the Mercury 's guide to our favorite 100 places to eat in Southern Nevada. This list, to be presented in several organizational formats, is compiled from the hundreds of listings we have gleefully researched, written and published over the past several years and 20 pounds.
Genome Map Offers First Look at Human Differences (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The first published map of human genetic differences offers a major step toward truly personalized medicine, from predicting who will get what disease to finding ways of choosing the best drug for an individual patient, scientists said on Thursday.
Genome map may improve treatments (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Scientists say the first published map of human genetic differences offers a major step toward truly personalised medicine. The team behind the map say it looks at more than 1.5 million tiny genetic differences among 71 people.
Half of young homeless abused (Pioneer Press)
Latoya Miller knows the streets of St. Paul like the back of her hand. Perhaps the only thing she knows better is how to fill out a time card.
COVER STORY (Anchorage Press)
How can we know if Maggie, the Alaska Zoo's sole elephant, is happy? If we say we want her sent away, aren't we saying that we know what will make her happy, that we know what's best for her? And isn't that how she ended up in the zoo to begin with?
