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Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Targeting Full Spectrum of Cancer Treatment with $58 Million in 2012 Research Grants

Susan G. Komen for the Cure®’s 2012 research program takes aim at early and late stage breast disease while seeking answers in early detection, cancer prevention, and socioeconomic

Congressman Fattah Announces $2 Million in Grants from NSF for Penn and Academy of Natural Sciences

PHILADELPHIA, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), the leading Democratic appropriator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and advocate for government-funded research, announces five grants from NSF totaling $2,063,044 to the University of Pennsylvania and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

Rajasthan Govt. taking steps to promote socio-economic development of minorities

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): The Rajasthan Government has launched a number of welfare schemes and taking special steps for their socio-economic development for the minority communities in state and they are marching ahead in all walks of life. They are progressing fast and getting their share in the fruits of development.

Equality and Human Rights Commission has workforce halved

Government also removes equality watchdog's obligation to consider policy impact on poor and downgrades role of chair The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been stripped of its duty to promote a society with equal opportunity for all and had its budget and workforce halved, the government has announced. The move comes days after the watchdog chided ministers for failing to consider how ...

NY judge grants class action status to frisk suit

Finding the city's attitude "deeply troubling," a judge granted class action status Wednesday to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime.