High court likely to side with cigarette-makers
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:58:24 GMT
Health advocates, consumer groups and manufacturers are closely watching the Supreme Court's opening case, involving smokers' ...
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Feds to mark out polar bear area
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:07:03 GMT
The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions ...
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Medicare expands its crackdown on fraud
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:53:47 GMT
Acting Medicare chief Kerry Weems on Monday announced new efforts to combat fraud in seven states, focusing on companies that ...
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SEC sues Democrat fundraiser for alleged $60M scam
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:26:36 GMT
Federal regulators on Monday sued political fundraiser Norman Hsu for allegedly operating a $60 million investment scam and using ...
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Under new policy, 17,000 could be awarded Purple Hearts
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:11:41 GMT
An estimated 17,000 deceased U.S. prisoners of war could be awarded Purple Hearts under a new Pentagon policy announced Monday.
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Supreme Court rejects Abu-Jamal appeal for new trial
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:47:47 GMT
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for a new trial for death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in the 1981 killing ...
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Bush approval rating hits record low
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:50:06 GMT
The Dow isn't the only thing that's falling in the current economic crisis. Now President Bush's approval rating has dropped ...
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Court rules Bush aides don't have to aid inquiry
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:46:26 GMT
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that two of President Bush's top aides do not have to cooperate with a congressional investigation ...
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Bush: Financial rescue plan will take some time
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:54:22 GMT
As global markets plunged, President Bush on Monday said "it's going to take awhile" for the government's $700 billion financial ...
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Atheist group sues Bush over National Day of Prayer
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:51:04 GMT
The largest group of atheists and agnostics in the United States is suing President George W. Bush, the governor of Wisconsin ...
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House panel suggests Lehman execs misled
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:48:53 GMT
Lehman Bros. CEO Richard Fuld on Monday blamed the company's collapse last month on short sellers that drove down the company's ...
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Rampant Medicare fraud suspected in Miami
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:25:07 GMT
Home health care costs charged to Medicare in the Miami area have risen 20 times the national average in the past five years, ...
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Court clears way for Ariz. 'choose life' license plates
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:01:22 GMT
An anti-abortion group has won its long legal fight to force Arizona to issue "choose life" license plates, after the Supreme ...
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Jury hears Allen-Stevens phone talks
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:14:41 GMT
Sen. Ted Stevens told a wealthy friend they did nothing illegal, but they might have to "spend a little time in jail" because ...
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Sleuths go door to door to sniff out Medicare fraud
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:43:31 GMT
Investigators are trying to crack down on fraud in one of the nation's hot spots for Medicare scams: Miami-Dade County.
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