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The report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation found that under-5 mortality has unexpectedly fallen in every region of the world, with only a handful of countries having seen increases over the past decade....

A scaled-down, $15 billion jobs bill approved by Congress this week features a handful of benefits for business owners, but falls short of the sweeping hiring incentives President Obama and others on Capitol Hill initially pushed for.

More than a quarter of the fifty-one groups that responded to a Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers survey reported increases in their grants budgets of up to 15 percent, with a handful reporting even larger increases....

As a new fiscal year approaches, Arizona, Mississippi and Indiana are among a handful of states whose legislatures could shut down if they fail to balance their budgets by July 1.

Jeff Tyler reports.

The foundation, one of a handful that have invited grantees to renegotiate grant agreements, will provide an additional $2.5 million to individual artists and arts organizations in 2009, 2010, and 2011....

With millions of people competing for a handful of job openings, it's no secret that unemployed workers are struggling in today's labor market.

But for those who haven't lost a job, work is no day at the beach.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would meet with state leaders Wednesday after voters panned a handful of ballot measures designed to pull the state out of a deepening budget crisis.

Skidmore is bringing in lots awards lately and even has plans to create a few jobs. Not bad for a firm who's website announces "We Know Nothing."

Solving IT problems. That's what Redford's Web And Network Solutions specializes in and is using as the basis for creating another handful of jobs this year.

One of Detroit's own start-ups is looking to make a name for itself nationally. Hiresite.com is spreading out to find jobs for people in all 50 states and hopes to hire a handful of its own staffers soon.