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15 Dec 2009 09:00

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U.S.: The White House generates a lot of e-mail, apparently

  • 94 days the span of time the 22 million missing Bush e-mails spread over, according to Gawker
  • 234,042 the number of e-mails they would’ve had to send and receive every single day source
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29 Jul 2009 21:02

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U.S.: Wheelin’ + Dealin’: Concessions made to push through health care

  • one If your business makes less than $500,000, you don’t have to provide insurance for workers. Before, the barrier was $250,000.
  • two If you’re poor and paying premiums, you can now get subsidies after paying 12% of your income for premiums. Before, it was just 11%.
  • three Medical providers (like doctors) will work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services on rates, instead of rates being tied to Medicare.
  • four The public health plan won’t be the only option states can offer – a co-op medical plan is in the works. Details are currently being hashed out.
  • five Medicaid isn’t completely on the federal government’s back anymore – in the updated deal, states will help pay for it, too. source
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23 Jul 2009 20:32

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U.S.: Half of New Jersey arrested in a corruption scandal for the ages

  • 44 people arrested in the massive sting operation, which has more lurid details than a book about the beginnings of Facebook
  • three city mayors were arrested along with two state assemblymen and five rabbis; no word on whether they were walking into a bar source
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