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    Survey Finds Rate For Young Adult Coverage Improves While Others Decline

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    News Wrap: Three Americans Among Casualties of Algeria Hostage Stand-Off

    Jan 21, 2013 05:00 AM EST

    ... outside the city. He played 22 years, helping the Cards win three World Series titles in the 1940s. He was widely regarded as one of game's greatest hitters ever. Stan Musial was 92 years old. Also Saturday, former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver passed away during a Caribbean cruise ...

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    Mistakes: Paul Krugman's, Greg Mankiw's (And My Own)

    Dec 28, 2012 09:17 PM EST

    ... way irresponsible governments usually do: by printing money, both to pay current bills and to inflate away debt. And as that temptation becomes obvious, interest rates will soar. It won't happen right away... But unless we slide into Japanese-style deflation, there are much higher interest rates in our ...

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    Republicans Hoping for a Bounce in Tampa

    Aug 22, 2012 01:21 PM EST

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    'Valuable' Libyan Defections Aid Coalition as CIA Assesses Rebels' Intentions

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    Samuelson on Economics and Behavior

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    New Bankruptcy Law

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    Two experts discuss the new, stricter requirements for filing for bankruptcy in America, which took effect Monday.

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