U.S.
Cash for clunkers’ drives new car sales
August 6, 2009After a wildly successful start, the federal government's 'cash for clunkers' program appears to be on track for renewal this week. A Senate vote by Saturday is expected to inject $2 billion more into the program,...
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Keith Olbermann: A ‘special comment’ on health care
August 5, 2009Keith Olbermann calls out Sen. John Thune, Sen. John McCain, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans - whom he argues 'owns' the insurance industry - as well as a few Democrats, too - specifically the...
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University head resigns in enrollment scandal
August 5, 2009Niranjan Shah, chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, resigned Aug. 3, amid an investigation into the use of political clout in admitting certain students into the state’s most selective public university, located in...
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Pneumonic plague outbreak: Town of 10,000 sealed
August 5, 2009A town of 10,000 people in the northwestern province of Qinghai has been sealed off after three men died of pneumonic plague and nine others were affected, health authorities said. The latest victim was a man...
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Philadelphia town hall meeting supports universal health care
August 5, 2009PHILADELPHIA—The setting was the National Constitution Center on a Sunday afternoon. Some 500 people crowded in to hear HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius and PA Senator Arlen Specter (D PA) answer their questions about changing our country’s...
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