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  • Panel says fish OK during pregnancy

    Report at odds with previous government recommendations


    Published on: 10/04/07 The Washington Post

    WASHINGTON — In a major break with current U.S. health advice, a coalition of top scientists from private groups and federal agencies plans to advise pregnant and breast-feeding women to consume at least 12 ounces of fish and seafood per week to ensure optimal brain development of their babies.

  • Harris County School Board approves switch to districtwide charter

    Georgia education board must approve systemwide program


    Published on: 10/10/08 hfranklin@ledger-enquirer.com

    The Harris County School Board voted 6-0 Thursday to apply to the State Board of Education to establish a systemwide charter school program.

  • Iraq: Christian businessman killed in Mosul

    AP Photo
    Published on: 10/13/08 Associated Press Writer

    A Christian music store owner was shot to death in Mosul, Iraqi police said Monday - the latest in a series of killings that has caused thousands of members of the religious minority to flee the northern city.

  • Tako offers extensive menu items

    Published on: 08/07/08 sokamoto@ledger-enquirer.com

    Jim Zhong opened Tako Japanese & Chinese Restaurant in the Whitesville Crossing Shopping Center (on the corner of Whitesville and Double Churches roads) two years ago.

  • Church+money

    MCT

    Church leaders wonder what impact anxiety over the economy will have on donations


    Published on: 10/11/08

    A few items were missing from the table. In August, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church hosted a missionary program. Church secretary Kathy Branscomb took note that the typical bounty at the reception wasn't there.