Senate Approves Bill Extending Jobless Aid

March 10, 2010 – 9:31 pm

The U.S. Senate approved a $138 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits and provide additional aid to states in the second major effort this year by lawmakers to boost the economy.

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Va. passes 1st bill banning health care mandate

March 10, 2010 – 9:25 pm

Virginia’s General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage.

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Physical Therapists Unite To Support The Uninsured

March 10, 2010 – 9:21 pm

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging residents across the country to contact their local elected officials and members of the media to draw attention to the problem of the nation’s uninsured during “Cover the Uninsured Week,” March 14-20. APTA is a supporting organization of the observance, designed to raise awareness of the plight of 46 million uninsured Americans, including 9 million children, and the effect it is having on the country’s health care system…



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Obama Defies Pessimists on Economy and Markets

March 10, 2010 – 8:31 pm

A year after U.S stocks hit their post-financial-crisis low, asset prices have been overwhelmingly positive for the President

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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella

March 10, 2010 – 8:25 pm

Investigators from the CDC successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.

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