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- Health insurance lobbyists meet at the Ritz Carlton to discuss backing GOP reform. (How appropriate.)
- Sixteen months later, the tab to support Fannie and Freddie is over $125 billion. (FYI - That buys a lot of health insurance.)
- Ex-Toyota lawyer turned whistleblower.
- Female WWII aviators honored with Congressional Gold Medal.
- Right now, Austin's hipster crowd is smirking at Beijingers using [gasp] ELECTRIC bikes.
- PETA is gonna be pissed: Canadian politicians eating seal meat to make a point of some kind.
- We're buying a puggle to help detect bedbugs.
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