The Planning Commission of India is considering a proposal to enable the government to pay Rs 4,000 each to 13.8 lakh pregnant women and lactating mothers if the women are willing to go for regular health check-ups during their pregnancies and ensure timely vaccinations for the new born child.

The women and child development ministry that wants to pilot the Indira Gandhi Matritya Sahyog Yojana made a presentation to the Commission last week, to explain its Cond

Rick Roark concedes nothing. Yes, his ninth-ranked DeKalb girls golf team has lost two of three meetings with No. 6 East Noble this season, including a dual meet encounter that snapped the Barons’ 65-meet win streak.

That leads to the ultimate competitive response — payback.

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A. Defiant

B. Contrite

C. Victimized

D. Elusive

2.) The Michigan House voted Tuesday to ban smoking in workplaces but to allow it on the floors of Detroit’s casinos,watches, cigar bars and smoke shops. That sets up a face-off with the Senate. Why might

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They’ll take whatever they get,pendants, donated or consigned, when it comes to clothing and accessories.

And Rose Gingerich sees Deja Vu Boutique, which opened just over three months ago, as a win-win situation.

"I like to call it a double blessing," Gingerich said.

That’s because the store suppo

The countdown is on for the 12th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday, a chance for parents to nail an automatic discount on select clothing and school supplies that starts at 12:01 Friday morning.
And keeping $8 in your pocket for every $100 you spend is nothing to sneeze at — even …

When Teri Blevins told her family recently that she successfully concocted an apple pie cupcake recipe, she remembered her son turned to her and said: "I’ve never loved you more than as much as I love you now."
Blevins, who as a hobby bakes and sells cupcakes out of her St. …

Tennessee is considering holding a fan-friendly preseason basketball event on Oct. 22,pendants, the day before the Vols football team plays host to Alabama.
UT administrators and coaches met on Tuesday to open discussions on the possibility of the event at Thompson-Boling Arena.
"We’re investigating the opportunities," Lady Vols athletic director Joan Cronan …

Gorillaz, the musical project of Blur’s Damon Albarn and cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, performs Oct. 5 at Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford as part of a 19-date North American tour. Although the band is ostensibly composed of cartoon characters drawn by Hewlett, they’ll be augmented on stage by Albarn, Mick …

Yakima County will be in the market next month to sell $12.1 million in bonds to pay for a variety of projects at county-owned facilities like the courthouse and the county jail.
The figure could grow to $35 million, however, should Treasurer Ilene Thomson decide to refinance a 2002 bond issue …