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Employers Offering ‘Skinny’ Coverage to Side-Step Obamacare Fines
Some employers are avoiding Obamacare penalties by offering “skinny” insurance plans that provide workers with minimum coverage like preventive care but little else, including benefits to help cover hospitals stays. The minimum coverage qualifies as acceptable under the new healthcare… Read More ›
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CENSUS: Chicago Slowest Growing Big City
BY: ART GOLAB (Chicago Sun Times) Chicago gained nearly 10,000 people from July 2011 to July 2012, but was the slowest-growing major city in the country according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. It was the second year in… Read More ›
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Another enormous ObamaCare ‘Oops’
By MICHAEL BARONE (New York Post) Would you like to have a “skinny” health insurance policy? Probably not. But if you’re employed by a large company, you may get one, thanks to ObamaCare. That’s the conclusion of Wall Street Journal… Read More ›
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Markets unhealthy obsession with Federal Reserve: Is it time to reduce $85 billion per month stimulus?
By Rodrigo Campos (Reuters) For the past few months, the Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets‘ corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by… Read More ›
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Marijuana, Guns and Fighting: New photos and texts from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone paint troubling picture
(Associated Press) Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial is set to start next month His attorneys have released a batch of photos and texts from Martin’s cell phone including images of Martin smoking and a photo of a gun Prosecutors want evidence… Read More ›
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911 Dispatcher Tells Woman About To Be Sexually Assaulted There Are No Cops To Help Her Due To Budget Cuts
(CBS Seattle) An Oregon woman was told by a 911 dispatcher that authorities wouldn’t be able be able to help her as her ex-boyfriend broke into her place because of budget cuts. Oregon Public Radio reports that an unidentified woman… Read More ›
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Government Gone Wild?…Department of Justice Secretly Tracked Months of AP Reporters Phone Records
By Jack Mirkinson (The Huffington Post) The Obama administration woke up on Tuesday to another morning of scorching criticism about the Justice Department’s decision to secretly obtain months of Associated Press phone records. The DOJ tracked the incoming and outgoing… Read More ›
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IRS targeted groups that criticized the government or educated Americans about the Constitution
By Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post) At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted… Read More ›
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Poll: 61% of College-Age Students Want Government to Stay Out of Their Lives
Since I graduated from college in 2009, the economy has remained stagnant and the job market has remained weak, with no sign of improvement. Just last week, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported that the unemployment rate hit 7.5… Read More ›
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New roller coaster is set to break 7 world records
Consider it the summer of the coaster. Theme parks from east to west are unveiling new roller coasters made of wood, steel and a combination thereof that soar through the air, plunge through water and perform gravity-defying stunts. A look… Read More ›
