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Health care bill clears last hurdle before passage - Yahoo! NewsExultant Senate Democrats pushed President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul past a final procedural hurdle Wednesday, setting up a Christmas Eve vote to pass the legislation extending coverage to 30 million Americans. Democrats voted 60-39 to end a GOP filibuster and move to a final ...
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U.S. moves to strengthen H-1B enforcementU.S. immigration officials are taking H-1B enforcement from the desk to the field with a plan to conduct 25,000 on-site inspections of companies hiring foreign workers during the government's current fiscal year. That would mark a nearly fivefold increase in inspections over the previous year, ...
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DNA clears man after 35 years in prison - Crime & courts- msnbc.comJames Bain used a cell phone for the first time Thursday, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been freed after 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Mobile devices didn't exist in 1974, the year he was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping a 9-year-old boy and ...
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Naked access now 38 percent of U.S. trading: report | ReutersA report says that 38 percent of all U.S. stock trading is now done by firms that have "naked sponsored access" to markets, the controversial trading practice said to imperil the marketplace, and which faces a regulatory crackdown. Naked access gives trading firms, using brokers' licenses, ...
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Exclusive: IRS hires hundreds for new wealth unit | ReutersA new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats hiding their wealth in complex business entities is rapidly taking shape with the hiring of hundreds of employees. The IRS high wealth unit, part of a broader effort to combat international tax evasion, is focusing on "the ...
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House Scales Back Proposed Rules For Wall Street : NPRHouse Democrats head into the final stretch on a long-awaited Wall Street regulation bill with two crucial and contentious votes looming before they can declare victory on one of President Obama's legislative priorities. The sweeping regulatory overhaul aims to address the myriad conditions ...
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FCC plans to formalize Internet rules on net neutrality draw fire - USATODAY.comThe Internet has long adhered to one basic principle: Nobody's in charge. That hallmark owes to the Internet's grand design. It's basically a global confederation of unrelated computers, making it impervious to hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters. Hackers regularly attack, but can't ...
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Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate - Yahoo! NewsWe have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse. About 17 percent of our $14 trillion dollar economy is dedicated to health care. We pay more for health care ...
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Cash for Caulkers could mean $12K per home - Yahoo! FinancePresident Obama proposed a new program Tuesday that would reimburse homeowners for energy-efficient appliances and insulation, part of a broader plan to stimulate the economy. The administration didn't provide immediate details, but said it would work with Congress on crafting legislation. ...
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Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our ...
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