Above the Fold |
October 18, 2012 |
Jobless aid apps jump back up |
By Christopher S. Rugaber |
Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the highest in four months. The increase represents a rebound from the previous week's sharp drop. Both swings were largely due to technical factors…Read more |
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Mississippi rejects Medicaid expansion cash |
By Emily Wagster Pettus |
Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in 7 residents without insurance. And so you might think Mississippi would jump at the prospect of billions of federal dollars to expand Medicaid…Read more |
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The Pulse |
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Plot holes |
By Denis Storey |
As a lifelong member of the media &mdash: mainstream and otherwise — I'm still baffled by the coverage choices sometimes. Almost as much as I am by the increasingly histrionic reactions by the readers (users/viewers/whatever we call them now)…Read more |
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Overheard on BenefitsPro |
Would a headline "Romney favored by 60% more physicians than Obama be a better headline?
-- Mkhm, Most physicians back Romney
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