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Inside & outside NE health summit: Hundreds demand fundamental reform

March 25, 2009

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Two different groups of people gathered here March 17 to talk about solving the health care crisis. Inside the Davis Center at the University of Vermont were some 400 people invited to the...

Geithner’s latest bank rescue plan: When Wall Street cheers people should worry

March 25, 2009

Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner unveiled March 23 the latest and most expansive bank rescue plan to date since the global financial crisis began to deepen in August 2007. Billed as a 'public-private partnership' to...

Preserving health after organ transplants

March 24, 2009 By Charles “Peanut” Tillman And Enrico Benedetti

Since the end of the 2008 season, Halas Hall has seen its share of new team members roaming the hallways from offensive lineman Frank Omi and free safety Josh Bullocks to returning player, Kevin Jones. I...

Chicago Archbishop calls for immigration reform

March 24, 2009

CHICAGO – Speaking at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Albany Park here, Archbishop Cardinal Francis George called on President Obama to put a stop to deportation raids and to pass fair and compassionate comprehensive immigration...

Tucker Carlson’s jerk store

March 24, 2009 By Jamison Foser

In the Seinfeld episode 'The Comeback,' George Costanza is embarrassed by his inability to think of a response to a co-worker who made fun of his overconsumption of shrimp cocktail by saying, 'Hey George, the ocean...