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Judge: Hollister clothing unfriendly to disabled

Judge Wiley Daniel agreed in March with the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition that the retailers that cater to a hip, young clientele limited access for customers in wheelchairs.

Australian PM launches bill to up disability care

Gillard said the tax would provide a funding base for a national disability insurance scheme that had remained little more than a concept for the past six years.

Workers win $240 million verdict from Texas company

The company explained that figure by saying deductions from their earnings and Social Security disability payments covered the cost of their care and lodging.

Abused disabled Iowa plant workers awarded $240M

The company docked the men's wages and Social Security disability benefits, telling them it was to pay for the cost of their care and lodging.

Australia proposes new tax for disability welfare

While the conservative opposition supports the concept of a new disability support fund, it opposes a new tax to pay for it.

Disabled more likely to be unemployed, poorly paid, Census finds

People with disabilities are three times less likely to have a job than people without disabilities, and if they are employed they tend to be paid less, according to a report released by the...

Governors promote employment for people with disabilities

The company has since launched a similar program for its retail outlets that partners with state agencies and community organizations to train and place people with disabilities as service clerks.

Feds: Texas 'fight club' facility improving

A federal report says a South Texas state-run living center where residents with mental disabilities were once forced to fight is safer as it acts swiftly to protect residents from harm, including...

Former employee sues Fort Worth over ADA violations

Shannon Hawkins suffers from narcolepsy and depression, two conditions covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Indy Speedway agrees to meet ADA standards

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has agreed to update its facilities to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

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FBI ID's Benghazi suspects, but no arrests yet

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y.: Disabled NY newlyweds offered apartment

The apartment is attached to a group home housing eight others with similar disabilities.

ISLAMABAD: US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers

Robert P. Walters Jr., deputy director of the U.S. military's Joint IED Defeat Organization,...

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5 ways to handle chronic pain

Chronic pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined

For U.S. Companies, Money 'Offshore' Means Manhattan

Like some of the nation's prominent chief executives, Apple's Timothy D. Cook has a simple...

American Idol's Nigel Lythgoe Sounds Off on Judging Drama: They Didn't Gel as a...

Fox's long-running reality series' 12th season was all about judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj,...