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18 Nov 2009 21:37

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U.S.: The government was just joshin’ you guys on mammograms

  • Our policies remain unchanged. Indeed, I would be very surprised if any private insurance company changed its mammography coverage decisions as a result of this action.
  • Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius • Trying to re-spin a report earlier this week that said women should be less vigilant about checking their boobs for breast cancer. In other words, a report came out that angered a lot of people, and they’re backtracking completely. This is amid speculation that the changes were put in place to help insurance companies. • source
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18 Nov 2009 21:11

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U.S.: Recovery.org is looking a little inflated nowadays

  • Tons of stimulus aid went to nonexistent districts, the site says. Question: Do you know where Arizona’s 86th district is? Well, (surprise!) it doesn’t exist – for the record, Arizona only has eight districts. It got a lot of stimulus money, though, according to Recovery.org. The government had a lot of explaining to do about the errors, but let’s just say they’re getting fixed. And Joe Biden was stuck trying to explain the errors on “The Daily Show” last night. (He tried really hard to downplay the bad press.) source
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18 Nov 2009 20:03

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U.S.: The Senate has a big plan for health care – but will it pass?

  • $849 billion the size, over ten years, of the biggest thing that’s getting tea partiers all riled up source
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18 Nov 2009 09:41

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U.S.: Surprisingly, the government’s “improper payments” aren’t bailout funds

  • $98 billion in unnecessary spending, big or small, in 2008 source
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18 Nov 2009 09:34

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U.S., World: Like an elephant, a ship captured by Somali pirates never forgets

  • Due to Maersk Alabama following maritime industry’s best practices such as embarking security teams, the ship was able to prevent being successfully attacked by pirates. This is a great example of how merchant mariners can take pro-active action to prevent being attacked.
  • Central Command director Vice Adm. Bill Gortney • Exclaiming his pure joy that the Maersk Alabama didn’t get ganked by Somali pirates a second time. The difference this time? The ship had a security staff that could create ear-piercing sounds. And guns. Can’t forget the guns. • source
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17 Nov 2009 21:23

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U.S.: Some car kinda sorta connected to Joe Biden crashed or something

This police car with Joe Biden’s motorcade crashed. The vice president was on his way to “The Daily Show” to chat up Jon Stewart. Clearly, this is a sign. source
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17 Nov 2009 21:11

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U.S.: The chance of a 9/11 terror trial has many in NYC on edge

  • 40% of New Yorkers fear another attack if the trial’s held there source
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17 Nov 2009 20:50

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U.S.: U.S. soldiers are committing suicide at a higher rate in 2009

  • 140 the number of suicides in the U.S. Army in 2008; that was an all-time record source
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17 Nov 2009 20:09

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Biz, U.S.: Rich people are all, like, sorry about those offshore accounts

  • 14,700 people nailed by the man source
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17 Nov 2009 10:45

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U.S.: A reported ponzi scheme swindled the elderly by going “green”

  • $30
    million     size of the reported ponzi scheme, which preyed on elderly investors source
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