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Natural calamities and the massive damage and disaster it entails are unavoidable. Nonetheless, we can reduce or even avoid the part of natural disaster that has the human handiwork behind it. Global warming is largely attributable to large-scale...
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Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal....
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The crown of the famed New York Statue of Liberty will reopen tomorrow for the first time since September 11th, 2001, and what better day than the celebration of...
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American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views...
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The Jackson family has decided to hold a memorial for their late son at Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jackson died last week from what was probably a strong...
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Alaska Governor and former Republican 2008 vice-president nominee Sarah Palin has decided to resign from her governorship.
The resignation will come at the end of the...
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A Philadelphia man’s accused of using Tarot cards and mysticism to lure three teenage girls into having sex with him.
“He was reading my cards and told me...
made popular Jul 3 2009
Brad Pitt surely deserves to be there in the green celebs’ list. Well, you may or may not agree to it. Still his foundation, Make It Right, makes him proud in...
made popular Jul 3 2009
While the onslaught of miserable June weather played havoc with people’s plans and psyches, it has also provided a quiet benefit to many city neighborhoods. Fatal and...
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Amidst the fireworks, the beer and the cookouts associated with the celebration of the 4th of July Independence holiday, it is common to forget why the founders of the...
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Despite about two trillion dollars pumped into banks and the general economy from the government, the United States’ economy continues to shed jobs.
The U.S....
made popular Jul 3 2009
Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has an emergency button under his desk that was installed 30 years ago after former City Supervisor Dan White entered City...
made popular Jul 3 2009
The King of Pop still had it.
In defiance of all the critics who called him Wacko Jacko and a has-been, Michael Jackson still put on a show that eluded most artists....
made popular Jul 3 2009
California, one of the world’s largest economies, has reached the brink. It is a sad day for America for California always promised the “Golden Road”...
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President Obama promised a break from the old Washington ways of permanent campaigning and a president unaccountable to the people. Put aside the lack of...
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With respect to Gov. Mark Sanford, it’s probably always a mistake for a Puritan to visit Latin America. A handsome cardiologist’s son, he married money,...
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It has long been known that Michael Jackson had an inconsiderate stage-dad. Joe Jackson reportedly pushed his son excessively as a young star.
Jackson has long stated...
made popular Jul 2 2009
For the first time since 1968, a party will command a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
After several months of recounts and court battles, Democratic...
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Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a...
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Dreaming of a house that is remarkably awesome? Designed by Touzet studio, the amazing North Bay Road Residence located in Miami Beach, Florida is one such example. The...
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As Iran stumbles deeper into political crisis, with scores of protestors murdered and likely more deaths coming after Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami declared them...
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President Barack Obama’s budget chief isn’t sugarcoating his message to health insurance executives: the Medicare Advantage party is over.
made popular Mar 10 2009
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In a March 4 story about life insurers, The Associated Press misstated the first name of the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. His name...
made popular Mar 9 2009
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The life insurance industry is weakening, and policy holders around the country are calling their agents to ask the same question: Is my policy safe?
made popular Mar 4 2009
AP, Washington
Federal regulators will allow two large insurers to buy thrifts so they can qualify to receive money from the government’s financial rescue program.
made popular Jan 9 2009
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Health insurance companies that serve the elderly and disabled in Medicare are realizing significantly higher profits than they anticipated, resulting in the companies...
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The insurance industry embraced many of President-elect Barack Obama’s ideas for better health care coverage Wednesday, though it opposes a key piece of his plan...
made popular Dec 3 2008
AP, Indianapolis
A government plan mandating insurance coverage for all Americans could rake in revenue for commercial health insurers, but whether that revenue would trickle down to...
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AP, Indianapolis
A government plan mandating insurance coverage for all Americans could rake in revenue for commercial health insurers, but whether that revenue would trickle down to...
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AP, Washington
The health insurance industry says it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers regardless of pre-existing medical...
made popular Nov 19 2008
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Four insurance companies are asking the government to allow them to buy thrifts so they can qualify to receive federal money under the financial rescue program.
made popular Nov 14 2008
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Two insurance companies have said they will not participate in the government’s rescue program to directly invest billions in financial companies.
made popular Nov 8 2008
AP, Washington
Two insurance companies have said they will not participate in the government’s rescue program to directly invest billions in financial companies.
made popular Nov 8 2008
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Medicare issued new rules Monday that restrict insurance agents’ contact with the elderly and disabled when selling prescription drug plans and more comprehensive...
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Agents selling private health insurance plans to the elderly and disabled would be barred from cold-calling, door-to-door solicitations and pitching their products...
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its rating on MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Group Inc. on Monday, saying it appears the troubled bond insurers...
made popular Feb 25 2008
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Standard and Poor’s has affirmed its financial strength rating on MBIA and Ambac, two troubled bond insurers fighting to keep their top-notch ratings.S&P...
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Lawmakers on Thursday reached for remedies to ease the financially strained bond industry, suggesting government intervention may be needed as the distress infects...
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A major insurer of bonds was downgraded to “junk” status on Wednesday, a move that could potentially cost banks and local governments billions of...
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A recent government audit raises concern that Humana, Inc., one of the nation’s largest Medicare insurers, has not done enough to eliminate misleading sales...
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