National Budget for 4.8.08

GateHouse News Service National Budget For 4/8/08 editions

Here are the top national stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/. Please submit stories below no later than 6 pm local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly.

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EARTH DAY: If you have Earth Day (4/22) content planned, please send it to national@gatehousenewsservice.com. We'll package any content received.

NEW GREEN PUB: Find out about the Patriot Ledger's new Clean Green publication, which launched this week. Check out ghnewsroom.com.

http://ghnewsroom.com/news.php?newsid=1207343671

Lifestyles (Tuesday is Health)

HEALTH PAGE: Hemp milk becoming more popular.

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x325176331

HEALTH RAIL: Proteins in alligator blood could fight 'superbugs.'

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x1915829314

HEALTH & FITNESS VIDEO: Rotator cuff injuries

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x1915829158

WOMEN & WEIGHT TRAINING: Don't be intimidated, weight training not just for men

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x451492733

CHANGING THE WORLD: Shooting leads to musical 'revolution': Tiny bullet fragments remain lodged in Joshua Foster's body 1 1/2 years after a serial robber shot him in the stomach during an attempted stickup outside a local currency exchange. But the 33-year-old married father of two took away much more from the November 2006 shooting. SPRINGIELD

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x1303576282

Opinions

JEFF VRABEL: All you ever wanted to know about octopus sex. When possible, I like to keep close tabs on the world of octopuses, for two reasons: 1. Everybody has their hobbies, mine just involves cephalopod mollusks and don't you judge me, and 2. I often get the feeling that they're plotting something.

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/opinions/x1795370501

Granlund: Big Brother illustration <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x935432216>

MetroWest, on wire now

Granlund: Charlton Heston's death and what he's taking with him. <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x87927947>

MetroWest, on wire now

Tom Devine: Who's listening to our conversations?

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x1226455078

Jeff Adair: One man's experience living under Zimbabwe's dictator <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x1565514767> - So another African country is in the news. Surprise, surprise. This time it's Zimbabwe, which for the first time in 28 years could soon have a new leader.

MetroWest, on wire now

News

HIGH-TECH CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS: Technology may help solve old murder mystery. - A murder that has been unsolved for more than 20 years is being investigated again. Springfield police hope that advances in DNA testing will help them solve the case. SPRINGFIELD

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x935432427

LIZZIE BORDEN ARTIFACTS: The search for Lizzie Borden artifacts is branching out <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x226117234> - Stefani Koorey, who discovered the photograph believed to be of a young Lizzie Borden at 8 or 9 years old, was back in town last week conducting more research into the history of the infamous and wealthy Victorian family. Herald News, Allard, 15 inches, on wire now

With photos

Business

HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS: Fewer small companies offering insurance benefits - Joe Phelan wanted to work for a smaller company. Fortunately, he was hired by Entre, which offers employer-sponsored health care despite having just 45 employees. But according to a 2007 survey, 59 percent of employers with three to 199 workers offered health benefits. That's down from 68 percent in 2000 and the lowest in the survey's history ROCKFORD

http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x226117504