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What can we learn from animals? »
Posted by: Newperson 10 months ago in Science & Technology
A vet at London Zoo says: "Animals seem to have developed a super sensitivity to danger,perhaps from centuries of experience." Scientists all over the ...
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Former insurance Executive Speaks Out on Health Insurance Industry »
Posted by: Newperson 3 months, 1 week ago in News
For 14 years, Wendell Potter flew high in the world of the Cigna health insurance company. He was chief public relations executive for Cigna, helping ...
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AARP To Endorse House Health Care Bill »
Posted by: Newperson 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Political News
Democratic sources tell me that AARP – easily the most influential seniors lobby – will endorse the health reform legislation put together by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and ...
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Top Dem to Obama: 'There Ain't Going to Be Money for Nothing if We Pour It All Into Afghanistan' »
Posted by: Newperson 3 days, 1 hour ago in Political News
The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has a stark message for President Obama about Afghanistan -- sending more troops would be a mistake that ...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to Include a Government-Run Insurance Option in Senate Bill »
Posted by: Newperson 1 month ago in Political News
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is including a new government-run health insurance program, the so-called public option, in the health care bill he will ...
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US Threatens Afghans Over Kidnapped GI »
Posted by: Newperson 4 months, 1 week ago in News
At least two Afghan villages have been blanketed with leaflets warning that if an American soldier kidnapped by the Taliban two weeks ago isn't ...
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Time For Pelosi to Iron Out Differences on Health Care Among House Democrats »
Posted by: Newperson 2 months ago in Political News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is "accelerating efforts" to develop a consensus health-care bill that would meld three committee versions passed during the summer, and "has ...
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Pink Dolphin a Standout in La. Shipping Channel - ABC News »
Posted by: Newperson 6 months ago in News
What's pink, has red eyes and leaps around a Louisiana shipping channel long enough for you to believe your eyes? A rare albino bottlenose ...
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Obama to Copenhagen on Friday to Push Chicago’s Olympic Bid »
Posted by: Newperson 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Political News
The president will leave Thursday and will join his wife, Michelle, and others in his administration, in leading the U.S. appeal for the 2016 ...
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Obama Pushes Democrats for Unity on Health Plan »
Posted by: Newperson 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
WASHINGTON — President Obama urged Democratic senators on Tuesday to persevere in trying to get a bipartisan deal on health care, but left open the possibility ...
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No Tax raise on the middle class. »
Posted by: Newperson 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
At President Obama's Daily Economic Briefing this morning, the president took the time to re-educate two of his administration's top economic officials on ...
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A chance for GOP support, and a new old enemy For White House »
Posted by: Newperson 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The health insurance industry's last-ditch attempt to derail health care reform shattered at last the illusion of all the stakeholders working together. Yet it ...
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Lithuanian President Announces Investigation into CIA Secret Prison »
Posted by: Newperson 1 month ago in Political News
The president of Lithuania called for an official investigation Tuesday into an ABC News.com exclusive report in August that the CIA housed a secret ...
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Public Option: It's Back »
Posted by: Newperson 1 month ago in Political News
The public option. The idea was believed to be dead. Liberals wanted it, but Senate vote counters insisted it simply could not pass the Senate ...
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Obama's New Health Care Reform Push to Congress »
Posted by: Newperson 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
President Obama is taking the unusual step of addressing a joint session of Congress next Wednesday to try to sell wavering Democrats -- and skeptical Americans ...
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