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Article: Senate says no to bonus Social Security payments, Salon.com
Here is something that that majority of Senators can agree on: Those of us on Social Security don't need more money. I guess if you are not AIG, or the Pentagon, don't ask.
Added Schmidt, "Whether you're Michael Paulson who lives at 3425 Longview Terrace and makes $86,400 a year, or Jessica Goldblatt from Lynnwood, WA, who already has well-established trust issues, we at Google would just like to say how very, truly sorry we are."
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Article: State Slaps Dr. Do-Good, NY Post
Dr. John Muney offers his patients everything from mammograms to mole removal at his AMG Medical Group clinics, which operate in all five boroughs."I'm trying to help uninsured people here," he said.
His patients agree to pay $79 a month for a year in return for unlimited office visits with a $10 co-pay.
But his plan landed him in the crosshairs of the state Insurance Department, which ordered him to drop his fixed-rate plan - which it claims is equivalent to an insurance policy.
"I'm not doing an insurance business," he said. "I'm just providing my services at my place during certain hours."
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Here is a fascinating lecture on John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil:
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Article: Pole dancing could be recognized as a sport and headed to the Olympics, NY Daily News
A group of pole-dance advocates is hoping for a "test" event in 2012 and a more formal pitch four years after that, in Rio de Janeiro, according to The Associated Press.
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As reported in the NY Times, the Eagles released Brian Westbrook after 8 seasons. Apparently his body is breaking down and the Eagles don't think he is going to be a productive in the future as he was in the past. Probably a reasonable conclusion.
But he spent much of last season on the sidelines. Westbrook missed eight games with a pair of concussions and an ankle injury. Westbrook had only two touchdowns in 2009.
He was due $7.25 million next season.
''Brian Westbrook is one of the most electrifying players in the history of this franchise and is certainly also one of the most popular,'' Eagles chairman Jeffrey Lurie said. ''He was personally one of the my favorite players to watch each and every Sunday and his playmaking abilities, leadership and values will be missed.''
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Here is a troubling report from the "Whose Minding The Store" department at Bailout City:
Whatever happened to the $1 a year men? When the federal government gave Chrysler $1.5 billion to stay in operation, CEO Lee Iacocca worked for $1 until the taxpayers were received their money back.
GM disclosed that it will pay new CEO Ed Whitace, the former head of AT&T (T), a total of $9.1 million in compensation for the year. His base will be $1.7 billion. He will receive $5.3 million in stock beginning in 2012 and $2 million in restricted stock. It is a rich package by any standard, and is particularly generous for a man who has never been in the car industry.
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Note how the largest decrease is in the Health segment. When you mouse over the big red square you find that this is a decrease in Medicaid funding to the States. Hmmm. Letting the States fend for themselves in figuring out how to pay for a Federal Mandate like Medicaid. I guess that is one way to go.
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History, Distilled
Frank Hurley, courtesy Scott Polar Research Institute The polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.
People don’t travel like they used to. The Associated Press reports that five crates of Scotch whisky and two of brandy have been recovered by a team restoring a hut in the Antarctic that was used a century ago by the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.
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