New fee coming for medical effectiveness research
KATC 3 Lafayette Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:14 AM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government will be charging a new fee to health insurance plans next year for research to see which drugs, tests and treatments work best. The fee is a little-known provision of President Barack Obama's health care law. The goal of the research is to answer basic questions like whether a new prescription drug advertised on TV actually works better than an old generic that ... |
Democrats pick Caucus sites
Clarinda Herald-Journal Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:13 AM PST
Although the Democratic Party already has its presidential nominee in incumbent Barack Obama, members of the political affiliation with gather at locations across Iowa Tuesday, Jan. 3, just like their Republican counterparts. |
Reuters: Obama Will Ask for $1.2 Trillion Increase in Debt Limit by Week’s End
The Blaze via Yahoo! News Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:06 AM PST
Back in August, Congress passed a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling after a highly contentious debate between the two parties. Back then, the fight was over about a $2 trillion increase in spending. So imagine what might happen when Congress returns from vacation to find the president has asked for another $1.2 trillion increase in the limit. |
Obama asks Congress to raise debt ceiling
Chicago Tribune Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:05 AM PST
The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government's debt ceiling to allow the United States to pay its bills on time, according to a senior U.S. Treasury Department official on Tuesday. |
Ending the Infographic Plague
Forbes Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:04 AM PST
Now that Obama's dog has won the War on Christmas, or something, it's time to get down to a war that really matters: the war on terrible, lying infographics, which have become endemic in the blogosphere, and constantly threaten to break out into epidemic or even pandemic status. |
Women Should Give Up Trying To Dress Like Kate Moss
Forbes Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:03 AM PST
Designer Rachel Roy has fans like Michelle Obama and Kate Hudson. She shared her tips for dressing for the office and her thoughts on why women should give up trying to dress like Kate Moss. |
White House to seek increase in borrowing limit
Associated Press via Yahoo! Singapore News Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:02 AM PST
The Obama administration will ask Congress to raise the nation's borrowing limit by $1.2 trillion this week, marking the third and final increase from a deal negotiated over summer. |
Obama to Seek Third Debt Ceiling Increase Since Summer Deal
Fox News Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:01 AM PST
The U.S. will hit its borrowing limit on Friday, say Treasury officials, who are going to hike the ceiling and then ask Congress to reject the decision as negotiated in a deal made over the summer between the White House and Congress. |
Economic outlook positive in 2012, with risks
Chicago Public Radio Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:55 AM PST
The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 â€" if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists. Unemployment will barely fall from the current 8.6 percent rate, though, by the time President Barack Obama runs for re-election in November, the economists say. The three dozen private, corporate and academic economists expect the ... |
Nation commemorates 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
Stars and Stripes Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:55 AM PST
The nation paused on Sept. 11 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks in American history. In Lower Manhattan, President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush visited ground zero together to mark the occasion. |
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