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Merced County gets first swine flu vaccines

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Sat Oct 10 18:05:22 -0700 2009 | technology-news

Katie Albertson, spokeswoman for the county, said the department will hold a clinic in Merced from 9 a.m. to noon at the public health department, 260 E...There will also be a clinic in Los Banos at the health department's satellite...

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Boxer, other lawmakers push federal government for $350 million to ...

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Sat Oct 10 00:56:18 -0700 2009 | technology-news

That's the opinion of dairy experts who say Boxer, along with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, and Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, went to bat for California dairy farmers to make sure they got their fair share of...

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Police chief's son, 2 others enter no-contest pleas in robbery case

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Wed Oct 07 10:14:31 -0700 2009 | technology-news

Nicholas Mann, 18, Stanley Mosby, 18, and Roger Davis, 23, were each sentenced to one year in county jail for the incident, which happened June 5 in the 500 block of Rambler Road. Each of the three defendants pleaded to...

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State high court backs Atwater's wastewater treatment plan

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Sun Nov 01 00:35:39 -0700 2009 | technology-news

A legal challenge that could've stalled construction of Atwater's planned multimillion-dollar wastewater treatment plant was struck down by the California Supreme Court in mid-October, according to court filings. The case, filed by Robert Friesen, a resident near the planned site...

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One-day strike averted at Mercy Medical Center Merced as nurses, ...

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Wed Oct 28 10:00:36 -0700 2009 | technology-news

The strike was called by the California Nurses' Association, the union to which Mercy nurses belong. The union claimed RNs were not getting needed protection in the event of a pandemic, such as swine flu. Among other items: The union...

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Tom Frazier: Are you ready for social networking?

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Sat Dec 05 02:11:24 -0800 2009 | technology-news

It was the day the publisher of the Merced Sun-Star, Hank Vander Veen, suddenly resigned...I had a 4 p.m. meeting -- the board meeting of the Merced Theatre Foundation. When I walked in, no one knew about the announcement, which...

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After layoffs, Mercy Medical Center Merced sees influx of patients who ...

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Thu Dec 03 00:39:46 -0800 2009 | technology-news

At one point during the day, there were about 60 patients in an emergency room built to take 30. And health policy officials believe that it's only going to get worse. Kathleen Stoll, director of health policy for Families USA,...

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Merced County residents get relef from loud ATVs

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Wed Dec 02 01:58:52 -0800 2009 | technology-news

Until the dirt bikes and ATVs begin to roar and kick up dust, that is. Last spring residents in the McSwain area took their complaints about growing off-highway vehicle disturbances to the Merced County Board of Supervisors, and on Tuesday,...

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Students in Merced County not making state physical fitness grade

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Tue Dec 01 00:40:20 -0800 2009 | technology-news

That might be the mantra of county teachers after the latest P.E. test results. Merced County students are more likely to fail California's school-based physical fitness exams than other youngsters in the state, according to new statistics released by the...

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Steve Cameron: The little things that make the difference

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Merced :: CA :: USA | updated Sat Nov 28 01:52:24 -0800 2009 | technology-news

This is the third and final part of a series about observations from an American moving back home from overseas. Already we've addressed the unique differences in language and politics...Friends and acquaintances always seem to make the same observation... "Boy,...

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