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First Responder Technology Company Competes for 300,000 International PrizeWednesday, September 15, 2010 @ 5:19PMHINCKLEY, IL --Lincoln Advanced Technologies LLC, an early-stage Chicago area homeland security technology company, was selected as a finalist in the Global Security Challenge technology competition. The Global Security Challenge is an international competition started at the London Business School to find and select the most promising homeland security technology start-up companies in the world ...

Sperian Respiratory Protection USA Awarded a 65,000 Reusable Respirator Order by the Veterans Health AdministrationMonday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:14PMSANTA ANA, Calif., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has awarded Sperian Respiratory Protection USA a contract to purchase 65,000 special configuration modified Sperian Blue1 half-mask respirators with speaking diaphragm for use in VHA hospitals nationwide. VHA is the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States with over 150 hospitals and 130,000 ...

Sperian Respiratory Protection USA Awarded a 65,000 Reusable Respirator Order by the Veterans Health AdministrationMonday, July 12, 2010 @ 5:02PMThe U.S. Veterans Health Administration has awarded Sperian Respiratory Protection USA a contract to purchase 65,000 special configuration modified Sperian Blue1 half-mask respirators with speaking diaphragm for use in VHA hospitals nationwide.

Resident Evil (Director's Cut) - Series TimelineTuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 2:59PMResident Evil (Director's Cut) (PS) Resident Evil Timeline

Tonawanda Coke fined $48,500Friday, May 7, 2010 @ 4:00PMTonawanda Coke Corp. faces $48,500 in fines for violations related to worker safety at its River Road plant, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today.

Public smoking ban called ineffectiveMonday, February 1, 2010 @ 8:29AMSmoking has been banned in most public places in Ohio for about three years, but that ban is rarely enforced. WKSU's Mike Olszewski reports.

ANA Calls Shortage Of N-95 Respirators To Protect Against H1N1 UnacceptableTuesday, November 3, 2009 @ 5:15AMThe American Nurses Association (ANA) conveyed to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that reported shortages of respirator masks needed to protect registered nurses from the risk of contracting the H1N1 influenza are unacceptable, and warned the quality of patient care could needlessly decline during the H1N1 pandemic without adequate protection measures.

3M Reports Strong Third-Quarter ResultsThursday, October 22, 2009 @ 6:30AMST. PAUL, Minn.----3M today announced third-quarter earnings of $1.35 per share on sales of $6.2 billion, with operating income margins of 23.9 percent . Sales and per-share earnings declined 5.6 percent and 4.3 percent year-on-year, respectively.

CHA urges California Nurses Association to promote vaccinations to all health care workersWednesday, October 21, 2009 @ 12:22AMThe California Hospital Association (CHA) is engaged with hospitals and state and local public health officials in a voluntary statewide effort to ensure that all hospital workers -- including registered nurses -- are vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus.