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University Drops Entire Student Health Plan over Birth Control Mandate

University Drops Entire Student Health Plan over Birth Control Mandate

A Catholic institution, the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, is dropping its entire student health insurance plan as of the fall semester 2012 because of the new federal birth control…

Prison Labor in US – Unicor, the Hidden Face of Federal Commerce

Prison Labor in US – Unicor, the Hidden Face of Federal Commerce

The Federal Prison Industries have been around for decades without attracting much notice from the public, as all its work happens behind the federal government’s curtain. Production is made on…

High Price to Pay for Tweeting

High Price to Pay for Tweeting

An incongruous mixture of archaic religious strictures and cutting-edge technology could result in the possible execution, by beheading, of a young Saudi journalist, accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammad.  …

Mortgage Settlement – More Questions Than Answers

Mortgage Settlement – More Questions Than Answers

In a historic move aimed at arresting the spiraling downward slide of the housing industry five major banks entered into an agreement to pay $ 25 billion in cash to…

NY AG Sues BofA, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase over Mortgage Fraud

NY AG Sues BofA, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase over Mortgage Fraud

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a suit against Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo over their abuse of a private database, MERS, in handling…

Senate Passes Ban on Insider Trading

Senate Passes Ban on Insider Trading

The Senate has passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, 96-3. The bill makes it illegal for Congress members, their staffs and also many executive-branch workers to indulge…

Top Komen Officials Resign over Planned Parenthood Controversy

Top Komen Officials Resign over Planned Parenthood Controversy

As of Thursday evening, at least three high ranking officials of Susan G. Komen for the Cure have resigned over the breast cancer charity’s decision to suspend funding of Planned…