Politics

HHS secretary asks insurer to justify rate hike (AP)

February 8, 2010

AP - The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000 people.
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends (AP)

AP - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker.
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Obama adviser confident in Super Bowl security (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser says he's not aware of any credible terrorist threats against the Super Bowl.
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Observers: Loser in Ukraine vote might not concede (AP)

AP - The loser in Ukraine's presidential runoff election probably won't concede defeat and may turn to court battles or street protests, observers said Saturday as both campaigns accused each other of possible vote fraud.
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Palin ‘Won’t Close the Door’ on Presidential Campaign (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Palin said she “won’t close the door” on a potential presidential bid during an interview on the “Fox News Sunday” program.
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Feds interview crew of plane that overshot airport (AP)

AP - Federal investigators are interviewing the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles.
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Dutch return severed head of Ghana chief (AP)

AP - The descendants of an African chief who was hanged and decapitated by a Dutch general 171 years ago reluctantly accepted the return of his severed head Thursday, still angry even as the Dutch tried to right a historic wrong.
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Analysis: Will health care savings add up? (AP)

AP - The White House trumpeted the news: health care providers taking a $2 trillion scalpel to their costs and pushing the U.S. toward Barack Obama's vision of health coverage for all. But don't line up yet for those insurance cards.
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Obama Rallies Supporters In Colorado

Back in the city where he claimed history, Barack Obama presided Sunday over a Colorado rally so enormous and energetic that even he seemed surprised at his following.
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