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Monday, October 5, 2009

Women target insurance 'gender gap'

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Women's advocates say they're looking to correct what they call a long-standing gender gap in insurance companies' treatment of female consumers. They are working to insert provisions in healthcare reform legislation that would, among other things, bar "gender ratings"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Mayors' group proposes gun reform

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of about 450 U.S. mayors says it's pressing President Barack Obama to adopt broad gun regulatory reform to disarm criminals. Mayors Against Illegal Guns want Obama to adopt dozens of reforms to curb gun violence and create a federal interstate firearms... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Crisis Mode

Imagine that you have spent most of your life in one job. Now, imagine that you lose your job tomorrow. Along with losing the security of a steady paycheck and retirement benefits, you lose your health insurance coverage as well. No matter where you are perched on the political fence, the lack of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 28, 2009

Citizenship too costly for many immigrants

BOSTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Scores of immigrants in Massachusetts and other U.S. states are unable to become legal citizens due to high citizenship fees, experts say. The Boston Globe said Monday while nearly 300,000 legal immigrants in Massachusetts alone could become U.S. citizens, most are unable... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Ex-N.Y. Times columnist Bill Safire dies

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist William Safire died of cancer Sunday at the age of 79, The New York Times reported. Safire was an influential conservative columnist for the Times from 1973 until 2005 and also wrote "On Language," a popular long-running series... Sign in to see full entry.

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