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...There would be a backlash to Congress bailing out billionaires who lost a few hundred million as a result of the Madoff scandal," says Evans. "But there are people who are affected by the Ponzi scheme who I think we all agree are deserving of a helping hand...
...result of the insurance policy changes, all students will now pay $1126 in student health fees for the year—down $300 from last year. The cost of the supplemental plan has increased from $1404 to $1714 this year in order to absorb the additional pharmacy and lab testing benefits...
...that offers better security (59%) over one that offers higher pay (33%) but less stability. It's not the recession that drives this preference. A similar question asked by the General Social Survey in 1989 (when the economy was in the midst of an expansion) produced a similar result...
...raise taxes when they're staring at fiscal craters like the $427 million shortfall in Miami-Dade's proposed $7.83 billion budget. But the less than sunny mood in Miami-Dade is made darker by the feeling among most residents that their fiscal jam is not just a result of falling revenue, but also years of profligate mismanagement. The final determination on their property taxes will be made soon by the Miami-Dade County Commission - a feckless, corruption-tainted body, many of whose members ran up hundreds of thousands of dollars in police overtime costs recently by using cops...
...campaign "a failure," because the strategy has focused on destroying poppy fields, without offering farmers an equivalent income if they opt to grow other crops. Fewer than 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) have been eradicated - accounting for less than 4% of Afghanistan's opium crop. Despite that small result, Costa says the military campaign has made Afghanistan's farmers far more secretive, further complicating international efforts. "Before, opium stocks were in shacks and warehouses," he says. "Now they are underground, and not as visible." (See pictures of the hunt for Afghanistan's archeological treasures...