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Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting his signature domestic achievement, President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed Republican-inspired legislation to repeal his health care law, saying to...

Grocery chains leave food deserts barren, AP analysis finds

EATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As part of Michelle Obama's healthy eating initiative, a group of major food retailers promised in 2011 to open or...

Comcast speeding up its discounted Internet service

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Comcast is speeding up and expanding a discounted Internet service that was created to get more low-income people online. Comcast created the...

Obama unveils high-speed Internet help for low-income homes

DURANT, Okla. (AP) — Calling the Internet a 21st century necessity, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a program to bring faster Internet connections...

Aetna to buy Humana as health insurer landscape shifts

Aetna aims to spend about $35 billion to buy rival Humana and become the latest health insurer bulking up on government business as the...

Aetna aims for LGBT community with targeted marketing test

Aetna is urging gay customers to "be proud" — and consider buying its coverage — as part of a new, narrow focus to selling...

Allegheny County offers 6 weeks parental leave for workers

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has signed an order granting six weeks of parental leave for nearly 1,000 county workers. Tuesday's order...

AP-GfK Poll: Most back Obama plan to raise investment taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rich aren't taxed enough and the middle class is taxed too much. As for your taxes, you probably think they're...

Child Watch…A call to end child poverty now

It is a national moral disgrace that there are 14.7 million poor children and 6.5 million extremely poor children in the United States of...

Top five 'food stamp' states per capita

  Food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, are offered to Americans who earn a gross income amount that's less than 130 percent...

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