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Troops Can Send Satellite Radio Holiday Messages

The Joint Hometown News Service, part of the Defense Media Activity, is partnering this year with SiriusXM Radio to enable service members worldwide to send holiday greetings to loved ones back home.

To safely lift Bernard Valencia out of his hospital bed, Cheri Moore uses a ceiling lift and sling. The VA hospital in Loma Linda, Calif., has safe patient handling technology installed throughout its entire facility.

At VA Hospitals, Training And Technology Reduce Nurses' Injuries

The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking a lead among other hospital systems in the country to keep nurses and other staff from getting injured when they move and lift patients.

George Murray, who served in Vietnam, was able to access his medical benefits from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs relatively easily while living in Boston. But veterans living in other parts of Massachusetts, like Cape Cod, have more difficulty. Across the U.S., VA data show the unevenness in its benefit spending.

VA Data Show Disparities In Veteran Benefits Spending

Nationwide veteran benefits data show a huge variation in coverage from state to state, and even within states. In Massachusetts, access to VA services changes dramatically from Boston to Cape Cod.

George Murray was able to access his VA benefits relatively easily while living in Boston; other vets have run into challenges.

VA Data Show Disparities In Veteran Benefits Spending

Nationwide veteran benefits data show a huge variation in coverage from state to state, and even within states. In Massachusetts, access to VA services changes dramatically from Boston to Cape Cod.

Titania awakes clinging rapturously to Bottom, still wearing the donkey's head, in Shakespeare's <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em>. Mendelssohn wrote music for a production of the play in 1843.

Marin Alsop's Guide To Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Inspired by Shakespeare, Mendelssohn captures all the magic and frivolity in the music he wrote for the Bard's otherworldy play.

Ashley Shannon and her son Quinton Pilling, 7 months, receive a box of food aid delivered by the Care and Share food bank in the rural town of Hugo, in eastern Colorado.

Study: Child Poverty Up In 38 States In Past Decade

Nearly 15 million children, or 20 percent of America's juvenile population, were living in poverty in 2009, according to a child welfare study released Wednesday.

Florida's Former Head of GOP Hispanic Outreach Joins Democrats

GOP’s former head of Hispanic Outreach in Flordia has just registered to become a Democrat.

Hero Teacher Killed In Nevada School Shooting Was Marine Veteran (Video)

Michael Landsberry, the Sparks Middle School math teacher shot to death Monday by a student, was a Marine veteran. He also served in Afghanistan as a member of the Nevada Air National Guard.

A Sparks Middle School student cries with family members after the shooting in Sparks, Nev. on Monday.

Teacher Who Died Trying To End Shooting Remembered As A Hero

Michael Landsberry, the 45-year-old middle school math teacher and Afghan War veteran who was killed Monday trying to talk down a student shooter at a Nevada middle school, is being remembered as a hero.

HBCUs Move To Address Campus Sexual Assaults, But Is It Enough?

One major study found sexual assaults are lower on campuses of historically black colleges and universities. But some question those numbers and whether HBCUs have the resolve to address the issue.

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