Imperial Valley News Center
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
5 financial fitness habits to begin in the new year
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Imperial, California (BPT) - While many people focus on personal health goals in the new year, the beginning of the year is also a great time to check your financial fitness. So how can you whip your finances into shape?
Filing taxes for the first time? Easily conquer taxes with 3 simple tips
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Imperial, California (BPT) - Unless you majored in accounting, the thought of filing your own income tax return may evoke feelings similar to your first job interview.
A higher standard: understanding the types of financial advisors and under what rules they operate
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Palm Springs, California (BPT) - What’s in a name? When choosing a brand of paper towels or laundry detergent, one name may be as good as another. When it comes to selecting a financial advisor, however, consumers should know there are different types of advisors who are held to significantly different professional standards.
New technology instantly turns cop's gun into a stun gun
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- Written by John Grimaldi
San Diego, California - A new device that quickly turns a police officer's lethal pistol into a stun gun has been developed by Alternative Ballistics LP of San Diego, the Association of Mature American Citizens reports.
Bad Luck of Random Mutations Plays Predominant Role in Cancer
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- Written by C. Tomasetti and B. Vogelstein
Baltimore, Maryland - Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have created a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence, across many tissue types, caused mainly by random mutations that occur when stem cells divide. By their measure, two-thirds of adult cancer incidence across tissues can be explained primarily by “bad luck,” when these random mutations occur in genes that can drive cancer growth, while the remaining third are due to environmental factors and inherited genes.
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