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The share of Americans’ income that comes from government benefit programs, like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, more than doubled over the last four decades,

Singer, songwriter and American poet Willie Nelson. By Jane Ayers, Nation of Change Little did Willie Nelson know when he recorded “Crazy” years ago just

Here was the real face of the Greek people: workers and students, … By Andrew Lilico Over the weekend, the Greek parliament voted to accept

By Robert Friedman, William Ahearn With assistance from Elena Logutenkova in Zurich. The biggest U.S. banks captured the highest share of global trading revenue in

Dr. Allan LaReau in Michigan stops treating families who refuse to vaccinate their children. ‘You feel badly about losing a nice family,’ he says. By

By LJ Goes I just put my son Noah to bed. His brother and sister went into his room and showered him with kisses. Then

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By Jessica E. Vascellaro Silicon Valley start-ups are trying to re-create the milkman. A host of new tech companies are creating ways to buy food

By Noah Feldman U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter had a close shave with public embarrassment recently — which might seem impossible for a man

By Jackie Calmes Washington — President Obama’s final budget request of his term amounts to his agenda for a desired second term, with tax increases

By Stephen Dinan “I can’t believe in 2012 the federal government is raiding Amish farmers at gunpoint all over a basic human right to eat

By Jeff Horwitz and Kate Davidson More than a day after the announcement of a mammoth national mortgage servicing settlement, the actual terms of the

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The Daily News looks back at her remarkable life and career. Here, she performs at Madison Square Garden on September 1987. Related reading: Whitney Houston

By Reuters Greece’s largest police union has threatened to issue arrest warrants for officials from the country’s European Union and International Monetary Fund lenders for

By Charles Hugh Smith Gasoline deliveries reflect recession and growth. The recent drop in retail gasoline deliveries is signalling a sharp contraction ahead. Mish recently

By Carolyn A. Betts, Esq. Who Is Participating By now you have heard that the attorneys general of all US states, save Oklahoma, have entered

A subordinate certifcate issued by Trustwave was used to monitor people accessing SSL-protected services on a customer’s internal network By Dan Goodin The so-called subordinate

  Barack Obama (D-Ill)   Net Worth: From $2,802,012 to $11,830,000   Assets: 8 totaling $2,802,012 to $11,830,000   Income: 5 totaling $358,334 Personal finance

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By Mary Beth Franklin American retirement security now ranks as a top concern of the White House, right up there with unemployment and the federal

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YouTube The SEC aims to stabilize the $2.7 trillion money-market fund industry, but critics say rules would cut returns, Andrew Ackerman reports on Markets Hub.

(Credit: LayerWise) The transplant demonstrates that precision 3D printing can be effective for both bones and organ implants. By Martin Lamonica An elderly woman has

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By Adam Liptak Washington — The Constitution has seen better days. Sure, it is the nation’s founding document and sacred text. And it is the

By Lori Andrews Last week, Facebook filed documents with the government that will allow it to sell shares of stock to the public. It is

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View Indictment By Lynnley Browning The United States indicted Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes

By The Telegraph United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop

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The “lead left” bank leads the IPO underwriting process — its name in the upper-left-hand corner of the actual prospectus — and typically receives higher

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By Yahoo Finance The European Union on Wednesday blocked the Deutsche Boerse’s planned merger with NYSE Euronext, a $10 billion deal that would have created

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  By Reuters   Clients pulled some 4 bln Sfr of wealth in short time   Ex-UBS CEO Gruebel: More US attacks on Swiss banks

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By Emily A Greek scientific study led by Adamantia Fragopoulou and Lukas Margaritis has demonstrated important protein changes in the brain of animals following whole

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