Verizon slyly overcharged and double-billed Beth Israel Medical Center by millions for years, the hospital claims, and has allegedly refused to refund the money. The hospital should have known to ask for an exemption on certain data services, Verizon allegedly claimed�services Beth Israel didn�t want in the first place. The utility said other refund requests […]
The following is an Op-Ed by Howard Beigelman of the�OU, and appears in the Indianapolis Star: Bringing the school voucher case to the state’s top court after having lost in the legislature is the democratic right and privilege of the Indiana State Teachers Association. It’s as American as high school basketball, but it’s time to […]
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Speaker John Boehner told President Barack Obama Saturday that he would not move forward with talks on a large-scale deficit reduction plan, pointing to taxes and entitlements as the main
The U.S. and its allies are within reach of defeating Al Qaeda after killing Usama bin Laden and gaining new insights about the terrorist group’s other leading figures, new U.S.
A major earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan Sunday, prompting tsunami advisories for several coastal regions, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the
Betty Ford, the outspoken and much-admired wife of President Gerald R. Ford who overcame alcoholism and an addiction to pills and helped found one of the best-known rehabilitation centers in
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Troopers today received information that a computer virus has been transmitted to a Garden State resident by way of an email purporting to be a speeding ticket from the New Jersey State Police.� The email bore a subject line of �Camera Violation� and contained an attached zip file called �Speeding Over 55 Zone.�� When the […]
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The following is an Op-Ed from the Daily News: New Yorkers in the congressional district once represented by Anthony Weiner, meet your new man in D.C.: David Weprin. He�s a special kind of guy. The Democratic bosses of Brooklyn and Queens, who each have part of the district, chose Weprin as the sole person on […]
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