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...doctor, I believed that everyone deserves health care,” said Woolhandler. “It’s unacceptable to just leave 17 million people out of the system because the Senate and [House of] Representatives don’t have the backbone to stand up to the health insurance industry...
...Drugs” shirts, their attire suggests that the elementary school program Drug Abuse Resistance Education has an expiration date. But these students don’t want pot or cocaine; they want global access to life-saving medications. The organization Universities Allied for Essential Medicines estimates that 10 million people die each year from curable diseases simply because they cannot afford the medicine they need. In solidarity with those who suffer, the students aim to attack the root of this problem...
...massive, 600-ton JumboTron hovering 90 ft. above the field), you can't help suspecting that a good part of his vision is to make the stadium experience even more like the home experience - centered on television, food and drink - but bigger. Much, much bigger. So at 3 million sq. ft., the Cowboys' new home in Arlington, Texas, is three times the size of Texas Stadium, where they used to play. At a cost of $1.2 billion, it's also the priciest stadium in the NFL - but only until next year, when the $1.6 billion Jets-Giants stadium opens...
...Cowboys have been a tremendous investment for Jones, 66, who bought the team for just $150 million. With revenues of $280 million in the 2008 season, they rank third in revenues in the NFL, after the Washington Redskins ($345 million) and the New England Patriots ($302 million). In June the Dallas Morning News estimated that if the Cowboys draw an average of 80,000 visitors to their eight regular-season home games this year, Jones could see those revenues climb to about $360 million. The paper estimated that about $60 million of that increase would come from those pricey club...
...their opponents will come back to bite the Democrats in both 2010 and 2012. Even while some pundits say the GOP will end up looking obstructionist, Republicans are quick to point out that the bulk of the bill - the exchange, which will help small businesses and the 47 million people who are uninsured buy affordable insurance, along with subsidies to help those who can't afford it and new regulations of insurers' practices - wouldn't go into effect until 2013 (this is partly because of the complexity of setting up such a monumental enterprise and partly to help lessen...