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With the registration deadline only a day away, New Jersey election officials say they’re struggling to keep up with a record tide of new voter registrations.
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North Dakota barley production jumped in 2008, thanks in large part to weather during the growing season in the east that one farmer described as...
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John McCain’s supporters have finally gone off the deep end. Fearing that they are going to lose the election, his supporters have resorted to frantic and vile...
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A 51-year-old woman was charged with assault, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence after she allegedly served a marijuana-tainted ginger cake to her real...
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The nation’s leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence...
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The debate season that has chewed up its moderators comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News’ Bob...
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Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation’s first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71.
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Dorfman has a small paneled room, lined with his books and sports trophies, close enough to the front door so that if Mrs. Dorfman is out, cigars can be enjoyed.
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Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation’s first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71.
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William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the...
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Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again _ this time proving he’s a pizza powerhouse.
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Take a look at the above Cisco ASR 1000 series router, sexy?Cisco Systems took the launch of the their Cisco ASR 100 series routers onto Web2.0 and many blog...
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An animal welfare official says a wayward manatee that was rescued from cold Cape Cod waters died on the way home to Florida.
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AP, Chicago
A Chicago policeman went for his first motorcycle ride since being released from an Iowa prison, only to be pulled over _ by officers who wanted to congratulate him.
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AP, Washington
Outspoken billionaire investor George Soros on Sunday criticized U.S. and European officials for taking too long to effectively address the financial crisis.
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All I ever wanted to do was help that girl. The money I have spent on her! Ballet, tap, jazz, gymnastics. All those cute little outfits at two hundred bucks a pop. A...
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Pima County has approved a grant of $25,000 to help a pro-illegal group maintain emergency water stations in the Sonoran Desert outside Tucson.
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The New York grave of an Irish woman who was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island has been marked with a Celtic cross.
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We’ve been looking forward to Dead Space for quite a long time now, and I had the entirely terrible task of spending most of last night and today playing the...
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Things have gotten so bad in Mexico that they are looking to the United States for answers.
It seems that Barack Obama is not only leading in the polls here at home,...
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Three men who say they have adequate health coverage and enough money to pay for their health care needs want to opt out of hospital coverage under Medicare. Federal...
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Federal health officials encouraged Medicare participants on Thursday to shop around for their prescription drug coverage next year because it could include significant...
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Seniors who switch between low-cost generic drugs and the original products based on who’s footing the bill are likely driving up the cost of the...
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The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient’s condition, including...
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The government says monthly Medicare premiums will hold steady at $96.40 next year. It’s the first time since 2000 that the charge for health coverage is not...
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AP, Washington
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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AP, Washington
About 85 percent of the marketing materials that private insurers use for their prescription drug plans fail to meet all of Medicare’s guidelines for those...
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AP, Washington
A review of Medicare payments to suppliers of wheelchairs, oxygen machines and other medical equipment showed nearly three in 10 were made in error _ about four times...
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Nearly three years into the Medicare drug benefit, federal officials have yet to ensure that private drug plans enacted programs to deter fraud and abuse, government...
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Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their...
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The typical Medicare beneficiary can expect to see about a $3 increase in their monthly premiums for prescription drug coverage in 2009, federal officials said...
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AP, Louisville
Health insurer Humana Inc. reported a slight drop in second-quarter profit Monday caused by a double-digit decline in premiums from its Medicare prescription drug...
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AP, Louisville
Health insurer Humana Inc. reported a slight drop in second-quarter profit Monday caused by an expected double-digit decline in premiums from its Medicare prescription...
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AP, Washington
The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit...
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The federal government will add two preventable conditions to Medicare’s do-not-pay list for hospitals, a much smaller number than it had been contemplating.
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AP, Plano
Technology services company Electronic Data Systems Corp. said Monday its second-quarter profit and sales grew, boosted by robust contract signings that included...
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AP, Washington
Complaints about the Medicare drug benefit have dropped considerably since the summer of 2006, but ongoing challenges still pose problems for participants, particularly...
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AP, Washington
Congressional efforts to deal with growing Medicare spending will be set aside for another year under a rule change approved by the House on Thursday.The rule was...
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There was a little something for everyone _ patients, pharmacists, even providers of wheelchairs and oxygen machines _ in Congress’ legislation to overturn a...
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Manuel Benitez, front left, cousin of the Cuban brothers accused of Medicare fraud is detained in Santo Domingo, Friday, July 25, 2008. Dominican authorities have seized 18 boats, 12 luxurious apartments, four motels, a water park and other property...
