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Study: Missouri medical claim costs could rise sharply
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A new study says Missouri could see a 59 percent increase in the cost of medical claims for individual insurance policies under President Barack Obama’s health care law. Th...
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Parents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School hug Yolanda Harris on Friday after she organized a protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the closings are a tough but necessary move.
Mayor: School closings difficult but necessary
CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Saturday to widespread criticism of his plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, saying he wasn’t interested in doing what was politically easy and that the p...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Group to address health care jobs
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said Saturday that he’s taking steps to ensure the state has enough qualified health care workers to meet demand as hundreds of thousands of uninsured residents be...
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Highest crop insurance payout stirs subsidy debate
DES MOINES, Iowa — Farmers will be paid a record $16 billion in crop insurance claims for 2012 because of the widespread drought, a staggering amount that has critics calling for changes to what th...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wintry blast could dump nearly 9 inches of snow in central Illinois
CHICAGO — It may be spring, but that’s not stopping winter weather from barreling toward Illinois with the possibility of dumping up to 9 inches of snow on central portions of the state. The Nat...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Suit filed in blast that destroyed restaurant
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six employees of a popular Kansas City restaurant destroyed last month in a natural gas explosion have filed a lawsuit over the blast that killed a server. The Kansas City Sta...
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Petraeus: Cuts could hurt finances
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The wife of retired Gen. David Petraeus said the automatic cuts to military budgets could push military families into financial trouble with creditors looking to take advantage o...
Mar 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Parents, union to fight Chicago school closings
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools...
Mar 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Assocaited Press The 1972 class ring from the former Mackin Catholic High School in Washinton, D.C. was purchased in a jewelry store in Vietnam. Cherry, a former Air Force brigadier general from Bowling Green, has been trying for several years to find its owner.
School rings remain mysteries
LOUISVILLE — They could have been lost forever, long-forgotten mementoes from home perhaps worn on a finger or carried in a pocket for good luck. Somehow, the two 1970s-era high school rings fou...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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State unemployment rate remains 7.9 percent for the month of February
FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s jobless rate is holding steady at 7.9 percent even though about 150 fewer people overall had jobs in the state in February. The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training ...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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