American Standard Brands Awarded Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant to Develop Toilet System
PISCATAWAY, N.J., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the world's best known toilet brands has taken up the challenge to improve safety and sanitation in developing world countries. American Standard Brands has partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and test a low-cost, prefabricated toilet system. (Photo: ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120411/CG84560-b) Lack of adequate sanitation facilities affects around 40 percent of the world's population, and around 1.2 billion people worldwide practice open defecation.  An estimated 1.6 million people, mostly children under the age of five, die each year from water and sanitation related disease ...

AP Interview: Gates sees no bar to lifting gay ban
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that he sees no roadblocks to ending the ban on openly gay military service, and if the top officers of each service recommend moving ahead on the repeal before the end of the month, he will endorse it.

Gates: NATO alliance future could be 'dim, dismal'
BRUSSELS — In a stern rebuke, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Friday that the future of the historic NATO military alliance is at risk because of European penny-pinching and distaste for front-line combat.

Smith: Pearly Gates' heavenly food
ALBANY — Though I had been to Albany’s popular eatery called Pearly’s before, I stopped in there recently and was attracted to a simple marquee on the napkin dispenser at my table.

Gates: China moving fast on new weapons
BEIJING — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says China's rapidly developing defense capabilities are worrisome to the United States.

Gates, Anderson tied with Summerhays at midway point of Athens Classic
As expected, the wind picked up and the greens sped up, but the top of the standings retained its familiar look.

Gates a good get
Da'Rick Rogers' switch from a Georgia commitment to a Tennessee signee may have created the biggest wave last week, but the Calhoun receiver was hardly the only recruiting defection that impacted the Bulldogs.