D. Scott Bloom joins LPL Financial as branch manager
D. Scott Bloom has joined LPL Financial in Mira Mesa as a branch manager and registered financial consultant. Bloom previously was vice president of investments with JPMorgan Chase in University City.

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Wildlife rescuers carry on despite cost
Wildlife rescuers find their crusade under strain as storms injure more animals and donations go to Haiti earthquake relief.

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Last loyalist group puts weapons beyond use – Video
A breakaway faction of the UDA has decommissioned its weapons hours before an amnesty allowing illegal groups to disarm without fear of prosecution expires. – Video available

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Pathways Christian Fellowship and Local Residents to Assist in Gulf Coast Rebuilding Efforts
Pathways Christian Fellowship of South Wales is sponsoring a trip to help rebuild hurricane- and flood-damaged homes in southeast Louisiana.

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Haitian relief
Is your church or organization raising money for relief to Haiti? Let us help get the word out. Send information to news@thehawkeye.com . Put Haiti relief in the subject line.

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Lending a Helping Hand: United Way’s Family Volunteer Day
The United Way Volunteer Connection held their annual Family Volunteer Day at the Wausau Center Mall.

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Survivors’ stories
One year on, the passengers of Flight 1549 are coming to terms with their miraculous escape from an emergency landing on water, in the middle of New York – the ‘miracle on the Hudson’ Last month Pam Seagle found herself for the second time in a year bobbing up and down in the middle of the Hudson river as it flows past New York. As if experiencing deja vu, she saw her breath emerge in clouds in …

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TLU pitches in to brighten city
Saturday was a dog’s day for Texas Lutheran University students — a Bulldog’s day of dogged hard work. Kids cleared creeks and picked up trash beside the roads. They repaired playground equipment and landscaped the park around it.

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Community Calendar
February Thursday, February 4 EXETER SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILY MATH NIGHT The Exeter Township School District will hold Family Math Night on Thursday, Feb. 4, 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the Reiffton School. Students in grades K-6, along with their parents, can participate in over 20 math activities, games, and puzzles. There will also be technology demonstrations in the media center and numerous physical …

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U of I doctor strives to keep focus on Haiti
Iowa City, Ia. – Dr. Chris Buresh stood in his University of Iowa office Friday, using his computer to calmly click through photo after photo of injured patients he and his partners treated in Haiti after last month’s earthquake.

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Eastday-Couple decide to let disabled child die in hospice
A Tianjin couple’s decision to stop medical treatment for their newborn baby, who suffers life-threatening birth defects, has triggered a huge controversy.

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American Girl fund-raiser at Desmond Hotel
The eighth annual American Girl Fashion Show weekend is coming to the Main Line Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7. The Saturday Club of Wayne will present the event, which will be held at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern. Four fashion shows will be presented at both 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on both days. Benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Saturday Club Children’s …

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Tax code 101: Accountants scramble to learn rules behind newest U.S. tax credits
Thomas Aromando, a certified public accountant with Fitzpatrick, Bongiovanni & Kelly in Marmora, Upper Township, says that as tax preparers, ‘The biggest challenge that we have with all these credits is that there are so many different phase-ins and phase-outs.

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News in brief
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

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Concert to raise funds for Haiti relief
Hope for Haiti, a concert and fine arts charity, is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the Grand Theatre in Keokuk. Cost is $5 at the door, with 100 percent of the admission price being used to help the people of Haiti.

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Students for Haiti fundraising efforts
Local schools and students are opening their purses and their hearts for the Haiti earthquake relief effort. Schools, in both the Parkland School Division and the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division in the tri-region, are fundraising in one form or another for Haiti.

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Mom steps in to make sure Brooklyn students get to school in safety
Rachael Nickens has taken to the street to ensure the safety of children en route to Brooklyn Primary School each morning. Nickens is volunteering as a crossing guard to escort children across Washington Avenue at Ash Street.

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What To Reveal During Your Job Search
If you’re a single parent with five kids, or caring for a gravely ill relative, or dealing with a serious medical condition–what do you say and when?

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Extortion alleged overhockey roster selection
Over the past two weeks, the Lizard Head Hockey Club has been the target of extortion attempts by disgruntled parents, according to club organizers.

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Students for Haiti fundraising efforts
Local schools and students are opening their purses and their hearts for the Haiti earthquake relief effort. Schools, in both the Parkland School Division and the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division in the tri-region, are fundraising in one form or another for Haiti.

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Woman survives 50m cliff face plunge
A woman has suffers spinal and chest injuries after plummeting down a tree-lined cliff at a reserve near Toowoomba.

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Iowa Dental Professionals Donate Care to 4,000 Children from Low-Income Families
JOHNSTON, IA – Tomorrow and throughout the month of February, an estimated 4,000 Iowa children from low-income families will receive free dental services as part of national Give Kids a Smile® day. In Iowa last year, more than 3,450 children were served by 190 Iowa dentists and 760 other volunteers.

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Visitor’s center closes at NASA Glenn, to reopen at Great Lakes Science Center
People flocked to the visitor’s center at NASA Glenn Saturday, the final day it will be open. The entire exhibit will reopen in March at the Great Lakes Science Center.

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Parents ask school board to help fund playground
Parent volunteers of the Springfield Township School District have been fundraising for the last year so students who attend the new Erdenheim Elementary School in September will have a nice, new playground.

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Haiti charges may impact local groups efforts to help earthquake victims
Paducah, KY – A big misunderstanding the spiraled out of control. That is how some Baptist volunteers describe a situation that has them facing serious jail time. Thursday afternoon a Haitian prosecutor charged ten members of a Christian charity with child kidnapping for not following the law.

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Huber VFW celebrates young patriotic essayists
Jerry Constable of Huber Heights not only is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post 3283, he has also chaired the annual student essay writing contest for two years.Calling the competition a “great way to promote patriotism,” Constable was honored to head up the committee of volunteers who had to read and grade 173 essays this year.

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Camden mayor discusses her management team
The following is a statement Mayor Dana Redd released about her management team:

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Bluffton Bleachers
The eighth annual Time Warner Cable Hilton Head Island Half Marathon and 10K/5K will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Jarvis Creek Park. A record expected crowd of about 800 runners and walkers of all ages will challenge themselves on a fast and flat scenic course that takes participants through Jarvis Creek Park, Crossings Park and over Broad Creek.

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Industry : Related News
2/5/2010 – Fleets Hesitant About Buying in First Quarter Despite news that the market may be slowly starting to turn around, fleets are even more soft on buying equipment in the first quarter of 2010, with CK Commercial Vehicle Research’s FSR Equipment Buying Index dropping 21 percent…

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JGHS alum returns from helping in Haiti
ZANESVILLE — When there’s a major disaster, odds are Mindy Carder Budden is packing a bag and grabbing her passport.

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