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Houston turns out for health care reform
September 12, 2009HOUSTON – About 2000 supporters of health care reform attended a rally called by Organizing for America (OFA) at Houston City Hall on in spite of raging thunderstorms and the last of the summer heat. The...
Read morePhiladelphians demand health care for all
September 12, 2009PHILADELPHIA - Dr. Valerie Armstead does not like having “to spend more time fighting with insurance companies” than she does caring for her patients at Jefferson Hospital. “We need a public option now,” she told a...
Read moreArson suspected in giant ‘Station Fire’
September 12, 2009Los Angeles County’s largest-ever brush fire, the Station Fire ― raging since Aug. 26 in the Angeles National Forest 20 miles north of Los Angeles ― was reported 42 percent contained Sept. 4 after ripping through...
Read morePresident Obama details health reform principles
September 12, 2009On the heels of President Obama's speech to Congress on health reform this week, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes stated that the administration has learned some important lessons about that issue coming out...
Read moreWill Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol?
September 11, 2009Before every American Idol fan and entertainment writer goes nuts buzzing online about how it's a bad idea that Ellen DeGeneres has joined the show's judging table, let's all just take a deep breath and give...
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