Imperial Valley News Center
SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to San Mateo Residents and Businesses affected by the Severe Storms and Flooding
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- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California residents and business owners affected by the severe storms and flooding that occurred December 11‑12, 2014, U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced today. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s designated representative, Mark S. Ghilarducci, Director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, on December 24.
Ruby Bridges’ walk to school became a symbol of the Civil Rights struggle
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- Written by Greg Tucker
Washington, DC - In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges’ daily walk to class took her past an angry mob and into Civil Rights history when she became the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Deadly Threat to Syrian Children as Temperatures Plummet
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- Written by Save the Children
Amman, Jordan - A major snowstorm has hit the Middle East, posing a serious threat to refugee families living in tents, huts and half-built buildings. There are currently more than 3 million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq, as well as hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis and Palestinians in Gaza.
NIH teams with industry to develop treatments for Niemann-Pick Type C disease
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Washington, DC - Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have entered into an agreement with biotechnology company Vtesse, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to develop treatments for Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) and other lysosomal storage disorders.
Former HUD Employee Sentenced to 26 Months in Prison for Theft of Over $843,000 of Government Money
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Washington, DC - Brian E. Thompson, 54, a former loan guarantee specialist for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was sentenced today to serve 26 months in prison for a scheme in which he stole over $843,000 of government money.
‘Dark day for freedom of expression’ as gunmen attack satirical newspaper
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Paris, France - This morning’s deadly attack by gunmen on the Paris office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo is a chilling assault on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said.
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