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Health reform to close Medicare “donut hole”
August 10, 2010More than 750,000 Medicare beneficiaries have so far received relief from the so-called prescription drug donut hole as a result of President Obama's health reform law.
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Possible lockout looms for NFL players
August 10, 2010There are rumors floating around of a possible National Football League lockout that could possibly come as soon as the 2011 season.
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How establishment media fans anti-immigrant flames
August 10, 2010The anti-immigrant stridency of people like Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck sometimes leads us to ignore the somewhat more subtle bigotry from more "respectable" media, like the Washington Post.
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Hiroshima Day vigil calls for nuclear abolition
August 10, 2010Marking the 65th year since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, vigils were held on the New Haven Green at time the bombs were dropped on August 6 and 9.
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Changeover in Colombia brings hope for peace
August 10, 2010Statements by Colombia's new president, Juan Manuel Santos, open a slender possibility for peace in a country which has been racked by civil war for over 50 years.
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