WellPoint Inc., one of the nation’s top five private health insurers, is looking for loopholes and play corporate games to keep corporate profits high, a consumer group charges. The group, Consumer Watchdog, is calling for the Obama administration to launch an investigation of WellPoint, which is the parent firm of Anthem Blue Cross, a California insurer that recently sought to jack up rates nearly 40 percent even in the face of soaring profits. That increase raised the ire of...

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The members of Pennsylvania’s AFL-CIO are endorsing longtime incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter over Rep. Joe Sestak in that state’s contested May 18 Democratic primary election, despite the fact that Specter opposes one of the labor union’s biggest legislative priorities. “In our opinion Senator Arlen Specter is the strongest advocate and supporter for good jobs, fair trade policies, workers’ rights and quality affordable healthcare for all. He is a proven leader who has stood with working families when the chips...

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Today, more than 3,000 teens kill themselves each year. 250,000 attempt suicide.

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