Above the Fold |
October 15, 2012 |
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Voters headline town hall-style debates |
By Connie Cass |
The every-four-years ritual of a national "town hall" style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so nervous about turning over the microphone to regular folks and their questions that she spent days mapping out the presidential candidates and their issues on "a zillion 3-by-5 cards," in case she had to take over the questioning herself…Read more |
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Today's News |
Job growth expected to increase in 2013 |
By Amanda McGrory-Dixon |
Hiring and economic growth is expected to pick up in 2013 while the real gross domestic product growth is projected to near a 4 percent annual pace with more than 250,000 jobs created per month by 2014, according to the report "U.S. Macro Outlook: Slow and Steady Isn't Enough" by Moody Analytics, an independent provider of economic forecasting…Read more |
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August health spending, hospital prices grows |
By Amanda McGrory-Dixon |
From one year ago, national health expenditures in August grew 3.8 percent, which equals the July rate and marks the fourth consecutive month of below 4 percent growth, according to the October Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending…Read more |
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The Pulse |
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Proactive health care |
By Kathryn Mayer |
When I get sick, I do what any other rational 28-year-old woman would do: I call my mother, complain, then ask what I should do…Read more |
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