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Medicaid managed care move gets final approval
TALLAHASSEE — The federal government gave final approval Friday to Florida's long-debated proposal to overhaul the Medicaid system by requiring beneficiaries statewide to enroll in HMOs and other types of managed-care plans. The decision was not...Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Rick Scott, Kathleen Sebelius, Collective Contract, Personal Income
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The best- and worst-paying jobs
You'd think that chief executive officers would have the highest-paying jobs given the buzz their annual compensation packages attract each year, but when it comes to average annual pay, CEOs take a back seat to anesthesiologists. According to the Bureau...Tags: General Practitioners, Science and Technology, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Corporate Officers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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FEATURE-Far from Iran election, former guerrillas lobby Washington
ReutersBy Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - For decades, an Iranian dissident group has seemed to be on the wrong side of history. Suppressed by both the Shah of Iran and then the ayatollahs who deposed him in 1979, its supporters have faced...Tags: White House, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Authors, George W. Bush
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Newtown to mark 6 months since shootings with ceremony, new push on guns
Reuters(Reuters) - Six months after a gunman killed 26 children and adults at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school, families and local officials will mark the day by honoring the victims and renewing the fight for stricter gun control. The ceremony on...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control, Chris Murphy
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The mayor and the lobbyist
Based on what we know so far, there does not appear to be anything illegal about the way Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has carried on her friendship with City Hall's top lobbyist, Lisa Harris Jones. Strictly speaking, there may not be anything...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Catherine E. Pugh, Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, Local Elections
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Obama nears decision on Bangladesh trade following tragedies
ReutersBy Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could soon decide to cut off trade benefits for Bangladesh, in a largely symbolic response to tragedies in the country's garment sector that have cost more than 1,200 lives in the past...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, White House, Bangladesh, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Artcetera
Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive (949) 494-8971 http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org Open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and Fridays through Sundays; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays; and closed Wednesdays. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for...
Tags: Fine Artists, Fine Arts, Arts and Culture, Music, Painting
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Six Months After Sandy Hook, Gun Safety Issue Hasn't Gone Away
Six months ago, on a December day that was a bit on the warm side, a deranged young man killed his mother and then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, where he killed 20 small children and six women before taking his own life. The massacre...Tags: Laws, Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Michael Bloomberg
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Chinese Deliveryman's Nightmare Comes To Stage As 'Stuck Elevator'
The Hartford Courant"Stuck Elevator" began in 2005 when Bryon Au Yong began following news stories about a Chinese restaurant deliveryman from the Happy Dragon who disappeared after dropping off an order of curried shrimp and fried rice in the Bronx. Co-workers found his...Tags: Music Theater, Migration, Broadway Theater, Chinese Restaurants, Immigration
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Rule keeps witnesses comfortable in court
When young abuse victims have to testify in court, there's a legal clause that can be used to help put them at ease. Judges have the authority to "protect witnesses from harassment or undue embarrassment" using what's called Rule 611, Roger Canaff,...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Abusive Behavior
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FACTBOX-How to tackle corporate tax avoidance
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - Western governments have promised to tackle corporate tax avoidance following revelations of the widespread use of contrived structures to minimise payments. Leaders at a G8 Summit of leading economies next week...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, G8, Research and Development, United Kingdom, Germany
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Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A southeastern New Mexico company's plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company's attorney blames on the Obama administration...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Pollution, Justice System, Environmental Issues
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