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States’ Policies on Health Care Exclude Poorest

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:44:40 +0000

For millions of people below the poverty line, no assistance for health insurance will be available in states that have refused to expand Medicaid.

Full story here: The New York Times

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Now force Google to block sick websites of hatred: After Woolwich horror, MPs demand action from internet giants

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:44:40 +0000

Search engines such as Google and Yahoo must do more to shut down hate-filled sites in the wake of the Woolwich attack, MPs said.

Full story here: London Daily Mail

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POWs reunited four decades later at Nixon Library

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:44:40 +0000

By Aarne Heikkila, Producer, NBC NewsYORBA LINDA, CALIF. — It was 40 years ago that hundreds of Vietnam-era Prisoners of War were saluted at the biggest White House dinner ever following their release in a prisoner exchange. Richard Nixon was president then, and on Friday at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., nearly 200 of those P.O.W.’s came together once more.Below, we’ve posted some of …

Full story here: MSNBC

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Penguins thwart Sens to advance to East finals

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:44:40 +0000

James Neal had a hat trick and the Penguins finished off the lifeless Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday night in Game 5 of the Eastern conference semifinals to take the best-of-seven series 4-1.

Full story here: ESPN

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Yanks lose Granderson to HBP again

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:33:50 +0000

Full story here: Sports Illustrated

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N.Y. attorney general lays out complaints against Wells Fargo, Bank of America

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:33:50 +0000

Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other large banks are dragging their feet in processing homeowners’ requests for lower monthly payments under the $25 billion national mortgage settlement, said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a letter obtained Friday by The Washington Post.

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Full story here: WashingtonPost

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Bucks standoff ends without injury – except to a robot

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:33:50 +0000

After a daylong standoff, police persuaded a Bucks County man who had barricaded himself in his house to come out – but not, they said, before he allegedly tried to disable a SWAT team robot with a stick.

Full story here: Philadelphia Inquirer Regional

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Dodgers' CEO says Mattingly's job safe for now

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:33:50 +0000

Los Angeles Dodgers president Stan Kasten said Friday that manager Don Mattingly is not in imminent danger of losing his job.

Full story here: ESPN

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Neuron growth 'cuts memory space'

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:23:50 +0000

The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers.

Full story here: BBC Health News

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MORE BAD BREAKS: Yanks win, but Granderson breaks finger, Phelps hurt too

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:23:50 +0000

And the hits just keep on coming. Ten days after Curtis Granderson made his long-awaited season-debut, the slugger is headed back to the disabled list after suffering a fracture of the fifth metacarpal on his left hand – otherwise known as the knuckle on his left pinkie finger.

Full story here: NY Daily News Sports