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Even the Insured Feel Strain of Health Costs (Reed Abelson, Milt Freudenheim)
The economic slowdown has swelled the ranks of people without health insurance. But now it is also threatening millions of people who have insurance but find that the coverage is too limited or that ...
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Pawnbrokers Thrive as US Economy Falters (Virginie Montet)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - As other businesses struggle in an economic slowdown, US pawnbrokers are thriving thanks to increasing numbers of Americans forced to separate with their family jewels to make ...
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Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president (Elana Schor)
(guardian.co.uk) -- The lawyer for U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney claimed today that the Congress lacks any authority to examine his behaviour on the job.
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Me And Hank, Jr. (T.P. McWhorter)
(World News Trust) -- I've seen a lot of concerts in my life and by a lot, I mean somewhere in the several hundred range. I have worked on many and paid for many, and gotten into many shows for ...
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Voter-Identification Law Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court (Greg Stohr)
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court gave Republicans an election-year victory, ruling in an Indiana case that states can require photo identification from voters to combat fraud.
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Home vacancies rise to record 2.9% in first quarter (Rex Nutting)
Homeownership rate steady at 67.8%, matching 6-year low
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Consumer sentiment plunges to 26-year low (Ruth Mantell)
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- High prices for food and fuel, weak income growth and falling home values pulled down consumer sentiment in April, according to a report released Friday.
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Fastened To A Dying Animal (Phil Rockstroh)
(World News Trust) -- Here, now, sprawled upon the detritus of our dignity, we are confronted by the exponential dynamics of decay known as the U.S. Presidential Election cycle. In this, all three ...
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Belief System (James Kunstler)
(Clusterfuck Nation) -- A friend asked me how come the public apparently grasps the reality of climate change but can’t seem to wrap its collective brain around the unfolding oil crisis.
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U.S. Navy Reviving Fleet for Latin America, Caribbean (Nadine Elsibai)
April 24 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Navy plans to re-establish its Fourth Fleet, disbanded in 1950, to oversee ships, aircraft and submarines operating in the Caribbean and Central and South America, a ...
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CIA Admits It Will Continue Rendition Program, Which Allows Torture Overseas (John Byrne)
Documents show they expected legal challenges from the start (Raw Story) -- The Central Intelligence Agency knew from the beginning that its secret detention and torturous interrogation tactics ...
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