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'Occupy' Protests Cost Nation's Cities At Least $13 Million, Survey Finds

AP | MEGHAN BARR and RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 01.23.2012

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NEW YORK — During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans co...

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Prostate Cancer Screening: More Trouble Than It's Worth?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 12.10.2011

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Please stop asking whether or not men have prostate cancer by using this test, in other words, because it is tantamount to asking for trouble.

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Why Colleges Should Help Students Minimize Private Loan Use

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 09.12.2011

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Halfway through her junior year of college, Crystal Nance suddenly needed to come up with $15,000 in order to graduate. While federal loans covered...

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Struggling Grads: Don't Fret, College Ultimately Worth The Cost

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 08.27.2011

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NEW YORK -- Creighton Olsen routinely questions the wisdom of his college investment. Specifically, whether his struggle to secure a decent-paying ...

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Bloomberg's Reefer Madness Costs $75 Million a Year

Jesse Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since 1996 New York City has spent from half a billion to over a billion dollars arresting people for less than an ounce of marijuana.

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The No-Fly Zone Decision

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is in a tough spot on the whether or not to push for a no-fly zone over Libya. He is weighing the costs and benefits of the situation, and his reluctance to get involved may turn out, in the long run, to be the correct decision.

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Japan's Earthquake Estimated To Cost Insurers Upwards Of $50B

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Japan's massive earthquake has led to untold damages to life and property. Early estimates for the losses for insurers and reinsurers aro...

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iPad Killer: Truly, Really, I mean It

Jim Louderback | Posted 05.25.2011

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CES 2011: I'm the first to admit that I fall victim to shiny objects at trade shows, and I regularly call every new tablet an iPad Killer. But now, really, I've found it.

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PHOTOS: TOP TEN: Street Art Moments Of The Decade

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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While many of the antecedents of our modern Street Art movement can be traced to the 1960's, the last 10 years have provided a perfect storm of demogr...

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Is Basel III Bad for the Finance Sector?

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. market is now too heavily regulated to stay competitive on a global stage as a capital market.

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Afghan War's 9th Anniversary: U.S. Nears Decade Of Fighting

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan. The war enters its 10th year Thursday, and this is no ordinary anniversary....

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Anthem Blue Cross Rate Hikes Move Forward, May Increase 20%

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue Cross to implement scaled-back rate hikes......

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Synagogues Reconsider High Price For High Holidays

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service Within a short drive from her suburban New York home, Lisa Sharp has her pick of synagogues. But she is not...

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Sony PlayStation Move Ready for Holiday

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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PlayStation Move, Sony's answer to Microsoft's Kinect for XBOX 360, is not simply a wireless controller: it's an ecosystem focused on the Move motion controller.

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I Hate It When Kids Get Hurt : The Grief Porn of Summer 2010

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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In college my friends and I used to love to watch Baretta ironically and wait for Robert Blake to shake his head and say "I hate it when kids get hurt...

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Obama On Oil Spill: U.S. Will 'Bounce Back'

AP | By TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans on Monday that the Gulf Coast would "bounce back" from the worst oil spill in t...

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DynCorp Audit Finds Poor Controls On Millions Of Dollars In Afghan Police Program

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Christine Spolar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The private contractor that trains the Afghan police force, a U.S. military program long criticized for wasting money, has failed to document millions...

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Guantanamo Bay Cost: $500 Million In Renovations Since 9/11

The Washington Post | By Scott Higham and Peter Finn | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the first public accounting of how much has been spent on the base since the first detainees arrived in January 2002, The Washington Post obtained ...

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Breast-Feeding Benefits, Cost: Study Says 900 Lives And Billions Of Dollars Could Be Saved Annually

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011

CHICAGO — The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women fed their babies ...

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Health Care Reform Bill: Cost, Details, Changes Released

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressional Democrats have released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of a House vote planned for Sun...

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Shingles and Dollars

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Good health is only affordable -- for the majority of the population -- if it is covered by insurance. An excellent case in point is the vaccine for shingles (herpes zoster).

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Surge In Casualties Predicted From Afghanistan War

Army Times | Gina Cavallaro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans should prepare to accept hundreds of U.S. casualties each month in Afghanistan during spring offensives with enemy forces. The dire forecas...

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House Cuts Health Bill Price To $871 Billion: AP Source

AP | ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their health care bill to well below President Barack Obama's preferred price ...

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Medicare Paid $47 Billion In Suspect Claims, According To HHS

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a ...

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SAI PHOTOS: Toyota Unveils Bigger, More Expensive Hybrid Car

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

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ASSOCIATED PRESS, BY YURI KAGEYAMA: TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underl...

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