Foundation offers plan to widen health coverage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A requirement that all companies help fund health insurance in the United States and a new public plan option are keys to a plan proposed on Tuesday to dramatically shrink the rolls of the uninsured.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 00:16:59 -0400
Source: Reuters
Hollywood actors and studios clash over Internet clips
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Getting Hollywood actors paid for their smallest performances -- video clips on the Internet -- is shaping up as one their biggest sticking points in stalemated contract negotiations with major studios.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:03:13 -0400
Source: Reuters
Immigration arrests top 300 at Iowa meat plant
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 300 people on Monday at Agriprocessors Inc, a kosher meat plant in Postville, Iowa, amid an ongoing investigation into identification theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers, and for illegal immigrants, Immigration officials said.
Publ.Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 18:11:38 -0400
Source: Reuters
NY man sues airline over flight spent in toilet
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who says he was denied a seat on a five-hour jetBlue flight and was instead told to "hang out" in the plane's bathroom has sued the airline for $2 million, saying he suffered "extreme humiliation."
Publ.Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 18:52:41 -0400
Source: Reuters
28 million women at risk of unwanted pregnancy
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Each year, half of American women who would rather not get pregnant will have an unplanned pregnancy, often because they failed to use their contraceptive properly or forgot to use it at all, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:02 -0400
Source: Reuters
Gasoline and diesel prices soar to records: EIA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drivers dug deeper into their pockets to fill up at the pump, as the average price for gasoline skyrocketed 10.9 cents over the last week to a record of $3.72 a gallon, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Monday.
Publ.Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 18:15:07 -0400
Source: Reuters
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