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United Health Group declared a ‘crime scene’

October 13, 2009 By Tom Connolly

As one of many reform rallies targetting insurance giants across the country, Connecticut Health Care for America Now declared United Health Group a 'crime scene.'

Senate committee passes health bill

October 13, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

After an eleventh hour push by health insurance lobbyists to derail reform by threatening to raise premiums if a reform bill passes, the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of a reform bill with a bipartisan...

Fired workers say, ‘Not so fast!’

October 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

Companies that terminate workers in questionable ways are finding themselves in court, facing not just the employees they terminate but also the unions that represent them.

EPA to probe weed-killer’s links to cancer, birth defects

October 13, 2009 By Susan Webb

In another break with Bush administration policies, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will investigate the health effects of one of the nation's most widely used weed-killers, atrazine.

‘Baby steps’ herald beginning of end to Cuba blockade

October 13, 2009 By John Bachtell

Despite a few missteps, momentum continues to build to end the 48 year-old US blockade of Cuba.