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Health Exchanges Slow to Attract Young, Healthy
Fears that health insurance exchanges wouldn't attract the young, healthy people needed to make them financially viable are being heightened by the early results of signups in several states.
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Consumers With Serious Medical Problems Need To Carefully Assess Total Plan Costs
One of the health care overhaul's most far-reaching provisions prohibits health plans from refusing to cover people who are sick or charging them higher premiums. Still, for people with serious …
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Politics
Can’t Get Enough
By this time next week--barring Gov. Phil Bryant calling for a special session--the 2013 legislative will be over.
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Post Office Backpedals on Eliminating Saturday Delivery
The financially beleaguered Postal Service conceded Wednesday that its gamble to compel congressional approval had failed.
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The ‘Local' Lie
The International Council of Shopping Centers is pouring millions of dollars into television ads urging people to "Shop Local"at their nearest mall.
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JC Penney Looks to Old CEO to Secure its Future
J.C. Penney is hoping its former CEO can revive the retailer after a risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to massive losses and steep sales declines.
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IN THE STREET: Fondren Unwrapped
If you think you're going to roll into a premium parking spot in front of Fondren Corner this Thursday evening, you'd better get there early. Fondren Unwrapped is Fondren After …
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Special session likely due to stalled bills
C-L reports today: "Lawmakers left the Capitol late Monday night with no agreement on the how to fund the state's public schools, how to cover Medicaid recipients or how to …
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Mii Fit?
Last time I blogged on here, I mentioned my vacation-oriented Food Court diet disgust and the intense need to buy a Wii Fit. After that went up I went poking …
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Anti-Abortion Duo Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Cleared
A Texas judge on Tuesday dismissed the last remaining charge against two California anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood.
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Health Care
DDT Linked to High Blood Pressure in Women
Women exposed before birth to the banned pesticide DDT may have a greater risk of developing high blood pressure later in life, according to a study published today.
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US States, Leery of Russia Malware, Re-Examine Cybersecurity
Several states around the country on Saturday asked cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility's laptop was found to contain malware U.S. officials say is …
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The Simple Majesty of the BLT
Some things just go together: peanut butter and jelly, bagels and lox, mushrooms and wine, chicken and rosemary, Scotch and ice ... you get the point. But if there was …
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City & County
JPS Keeps Accreditation ... For Now
The Mississippi Board of Education has granted Jackson Public Schools' request for an extension that will buy the district more time to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
