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...bill for Eden? No, because they need Shane and Trudy for comic relief and to make the movie seem less like a portrait of whining white upper-middle-class people. Only to a point, though - looking at a poster for the movie, you have to squint to find Love and Hawk. They're way in the back...
...Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a wave of cases, including one against Job Safety USA, a front company that targeted people seeking maintenance and cleaning work. The ads claimed that for $98 Job Safety would send a credential called a "certificate registration number" and then help the registrant find a job. But the credential was bogus and there were no jobs. "When the economy is down, scammers take advantage of people who are anxious about their financial position," says FTC attorney Karen Hobbs. A growing area of concern: unemployment-insurance scams. (Make a note now that you should never have...
...Craigslist, he received a $3,500 check, which he deposited into his bank account. He then went to Western Union to wire the money and observe the quality of customer service. The man was cautious - he waited for the check to clear first. Only later did he find out that while the check was written on a real account, it wasn't authorized. The company eventually voided the transaction, leaving the man responsible for the $3,500 he'd wired...
...reason Baucus molded his bill to give states more control was to allay concerns of moderate Democrats (and Republican Olympia Snowe) that the Federal Government was inserting itself too deeply into the health-care system. But if the states aren't up to the task, those same politicians could find themselves blamed for health-care reform that doesn't deliver, with less tools than they might have...
...Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says cost the Palestinian economy an estimated $4 billion in economic losses, slowed Draimli's business even more. On a recent weekday afternoon, hours passed before a single customer showed up. But even after the war, he says, some Gazans have continued to find a need for his luxury goods. "The desire to have pets grew in Gaza after the Israeli invasion, because the children were constantly afraid," he says. "So every family that could came to buy a cat or bird for their children to comfort them...