Thousands of consumers are gaming Massachusetts’ 2006 health insurance law by buying insurance when they need to cover pricey medical care, such as fertility treatments and knee surgery, and then swiftly dropping coverage, a practice that insurance executives say is driving up costs for other people and small businesses.
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An Osceola County man thought he’d paid off a parking ticket, so he was surprised to find out Monday that the Orange County Clerk’s office had issued a warrant for his arrest. Luis Gomez owed exactly one cent on a speeding ticket he received one year ago.
Read more »California Sen. Barbara Boxer has a message for marijuana law reform activists: Just say no.
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Congressman Hank Johnson afraid Guam will "tip over and capsize". Suppose he meant "tipping point" even though he starts the second part off with "and also..." as if it were a seperate concern. Evidence of congressmen using marijuana?
Read more »Everybody knows that people in the past were insane. They wore funny hats, used words like "wherefore," and don't get us started on the pants.
But some of the historic anecdotes we love repeating again and again simply aren't true. As convenient as it may be to think of our ancestors as murder-happy torture enthusiasts, they were crazy, but they weren't that crazy.
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States that put a "sin" tax on soda pop products, have found that child obesity rates haven't changed; at all.
Looks like they'll just have to make the tax higher. Turns out, taxes don't automatically change behavior.
Of the 352 students who attended prom, 18 violated the (dress code) policy. Seventeen of them chose to be paddled, while DeRamus chose a three-day suspension.
Read more »Video from a US Apache helicopter in Iraq showing the murder of innocent civilians.
Read more »I used to love this when I was younger. Its an anarchist parody of Tin Tin. I just found this online version. You can also download it to print out if you wish.
Read more »If you're working 40 hours a week or more in a cubicle, then you might enjoy fantasizing about the luxury of retirement. Will you spend it on the beach, drink in hand? Or hiking through the National Parks? Do you want to move from gritty urban living to the country?
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Kerin was a member of the city council for the region of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, and he spent so much time playing Farmville he lost his gig.
Read more: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/703583/Politician-Fired-For-Farmville....
Read more »More than 30 governors were sent letters asking for their resignations in three days by the organization Guardians of the Free Republics. Security measures increased in Utah's and Nevada's Capitols.
Read more »5 Agents busted in my door this morning without a warrant !!!! They broke in and search without a warrant. claiming they did need one and that the house was no longer private property.
Read more »With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor.
Read more »Imagine being charged with a crime, but an imaginary friend takes the rap for you.
That is essentially what happened when Pfizer, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, was caught illegally marketing Bextra, a painkiller that was taken off the market in 2005 because of safety concerns.
Read more »Congressman Hank Johnson proves that politicians are stupid, not evil
Read more »Illegal taunting of a police animal is a third-degree felony. Apparently police animals are extra sensitive and need special protection, not to mention extra protective rights that neither you nor your dog have or deserve.
Read more »All selected children will have to go through the new full-body 'naked' scanning machines being introduced at airports, the UK Government said today.
The Government said in its new code of practise: 'We will be requiring all children who are selected to be screened using the scanners. To do otherwise would risk undermining the effect of these new measures.
us military ships sand to Iraq, apparently Iraq doesn't have the right kind of sand for the military.
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