By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's practice of slapping steep, 40-percent pen...
Many people adopt a "penny wise, pound foolish" mentality when it comes to buying insurance. When trying to lower expenses, some will drop or reduce needed coverage. Here are insurance policies no household should be without.
These five films aren't so much the best or even the most underrated, but merely five films that merit discussion and are worth digging into just a little bit more than usual. Agree? Disagree?
I just turned 62 and am getting divorced. My attorney suggested I look into getting health insurance because I will soon be off of my ex's company plan.
The conceptual art world of the 20th century produced a number of revolutionary movements that exploded like fireworks, then faded equally rapidly. One of the more engaging of these movements is memorialized in an elegant museum in a quiet suburb of Amsterdam.
A Nepali farmer exacted revenge on a cobra by biting the snake back and killing it after it had attacked him, the BBC reports. Mohammed Salmodin wa...
We need a national health care plan. It's time. Unless Mr. Right With the Awesome Medical Plan sweeps into my world (and if he's on his way, his GPS seems to be seriously messed up), it's just me ... and I need help.
Lianne Valenti lost her job as manager for a company that makes portable power generators last July. Valenti, who is 46 and lives in Long Beach, Ca...
NEWARK, Calif. -- While 51-year-old Mohammad Sharifi, a married father of two, was getting ready for work on Aug. 31, his son came into the bedroom to...
If Americans like the idea of self-employment and know it presents the greatest opportunity for growth, what is stopping some of them from taking the plunge?
NEW YORK -- The name of New York City's most elusive snake is Mia (MEE'-uh) for "missing in action." The moniker won out over four other finalists Th...
After a week of mystery, the Bronx Zoo cobra has been found. The infamous snake, who last week absconded from her zoo quarters and has been at lar...
Anyone who believes the actions we take in Libya are unrelated to the budget battle would probably believe that federal funding of National Public Radio caused our $1.3 trillion deficit. The facts just don't add up.
NEW YORK — A poisonous cobra has vanished from an enclosure outside public view at the Bronx Zoo, and its Reptile House remained closed Sunday a...
When it comes to insurance, many people face the Goldilocks dilemma: Am I buying too much coverage, not enough, or just the right amount? Unfortunatel...
Obama's proposed aid for state unemployment insurance programs may well prevent things from getting worse, but it will not generate significant gains in employment or the condition of state finances.
Some people go into business for themselves so they can call their own shots; others turn to self-employment out of necessity after falling victim to ...
At first, Samara McAuliffe thought of her layoff earlier this year as a good thing. "I kind of saw the layoff as an opportunity to find a dream job,...
While the national unemployment rate has been hovering at about 9.5 percent for the last year, the average cost of health care plans for jobless Ameri...
WASHINGTON — The Senate easily passed an almost $60 billion war funding bill Thursday, but anxiety over out-of-control budget deficits led House...
This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at OurFuture.org. I am a Fellow with CAF. I just talked to an old friend yester...
A Colorado Springs woman going through chemotherapy for leukemia had her health care coverage threatened by an insurance company over a single penny. ...
This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a ...
Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced legislation Tuesday to reinstate the healthcare subsidies for fired workers that expired...
Subash Majumdar said he was hospitalized with kidney failure the same day lost his job as the finance director at a computer hardware company in Decem...
