Video: Life Insurance’s Dirty Secret (source: CBS News)

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Katie Couric exposes the “dirty little secret” of life insurance providers Prudential and MetLife who profited from the death benefits of fallen soldiers. (source: CBS News) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Everyone Under Pressure In Rangel Case (source: NPR)

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The last thing the Democrats want as they head into the fall elections is for the GOP to be able to use the “culture of corruption” charge, which brought the Dems to power in 2006, against them.  And so they wish the Rangel case would go away. (source: NPR) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Michael Gove’s academy plan under fire as scale of demand emerges (source: Guardian)

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Only 153 schools apply to become academies - despite education secretary’s claims that more than 1,000 had done soMichael Gove, the education secretary, faced renewed attacks today when it emerged that only 153 schools had applied to become academies - des… (source: Guardian) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Video: Fallen Soldier’s Insurance Payout (source: CBS News)

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Katie Couric reports how the second largest insurance giant in the country has been making a profit on the insurance money given to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. (source: CBS News) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Goodwin (D-W.Va.) Sworn In, Dems End GOP Filibuster On Unemployment Benefits (source: NPR)

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Armed with the vote of the newly-sworn in Democrat from West Virginia, Senate Democrats end the GOP filibuster on extending unemployment insurance benefits. (source: NPR) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan wins committee approval (source: Reuters)

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan won approval on Tuesday of a divided Senate Judiciary Committee, moving her a step closer to becoming President Barack Obama’s second appointee on the high court. (source: Reuters) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Obama to warn U.S. health insurers against rate jumps (source: Reuters)

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will warn health insurance industry executives at a White House meeting on Tuesday against imposing big rate increases ahead of tighter rules under the new U.S. healthcare law, The New York Times reported. (source: Reuters) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Obama to Outline New Health Care Regulations (source: CBS News)

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Marking 90 Days Since He Signed Health Overhaul Law, President to Tout New Patients’ Bill of Rights (source: CBS News) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Senate panel sets hearing on market plunge (source: Reuters)

Friday, May 14th, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for May 20 to examine the causes of last week’s mysterious stock market plunge, Senator Christopher Dodd said on Thursday. (source: Reuters) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Senate backs curbs on credit raters, card fees (source: Reuters)

Friday, May 14th, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday voted to limit fees charged on credit and debit card transactions, and separately moved to overhaul the credit-rating business as part of a widening Wall Street reform bill. (source: Reuters) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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