WASHINGTON — Health care legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of all eligible Americans at a 10-year cost of $829 billion, congressional budget experts said Wednesday. The preliminary estimate was

COMMENTARY: An Olympics minidrama for the president - The Daily Advertiser
As they say, only time will tell. President Barack Obama, however, will be just fine, and America’s ability in the world along with him. Few if any capitals saw a superpower’s future riding on a side trip anyway, as 24-hour cable news, with too

Vital Speeches , Back in the Day - Huffingtonpost.com
Whenever one pundit frets about a loss of civility in the public dialogue, another cherry-picks some violent quotation from a long-ago political fight and says, "See? It was worse in 1840!" So it was with particular interest that I dove into a copy

Ameren Illinois Utilities Announce Small Business Online Store - CNBC
PEORIA, Ill., Oct 08, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Ameren Illinois Utilities (AmerenCIPS, AmerenCILCO, AmerenIP) small business customers can now purchase high-efficiency ENERGY STAR qualified CFL bulbs for as little as $1 a bulb through

2,000 NC foreclosures prevented through state program - Asheville Citizen-Times
RALEIGH — The N.C. Office of the Commissioner of Banks (NCCOB) announced today that more than 2,000 homeowners have avoided foreclosure through the State Home Foreclosure Prevention Project in its first ten months of operation. In addition, over

Sun Heating and Cooling Expands The Federal Cash for Clunkers Program - Biloxi Sun Herald
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Heating and Cooling announced today the launch of a combined federal and commercial rebate program that is designed to generate up to $3900 in cash rebates and tax credits toward the purchase of a

Consumers cut borrowing for 7th month - Detroit Free Press
Consumers reduced their borrowing for the seventh-straight month in August, as households worked to pay off debt and banks reduced credit card limits. Americans are saving more and borrowing less as widespread job losses, stagnant wages and dwindling

Pike jail decision leaves Ross in $450,000 hole - Chillico Gazette
The Pike County Commissioners have decided to move their jail inmates from Ross County to Scioto County, meaning a loss of about $450,000 in revenue for Ross County, according to Ross County Auditor Steve Neal. "We're still not sure to what extent it