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Medicare costs to reduce Social Security increase
By News on Oct 19, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- That didn't last long. About 55 million Social Security recipients will get their first increase in benefits next year since 2009 - a 3.6 percent raise. But higher Medicare premiums could erase part of it....
GOP primary contest is getting nasty, personal
By News on Oct 19, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Talk about nasty. The bitter, face-to-face sniping at this week's Republican debate was just a prelude to the coming weeks as Mitt Romney's rivals seek to tear him down before the leadoff Iowa caucuses....
Texas Gov. Rick Perry calls for a flat tax
By News on Oct 19, 2011
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Working to distinguish himself from rival Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that he wants to scrap America's current tax laws and impose a flat tax....Cain: Out with the old tax code, in with 9-9-9
By News on Oct 19, 2011
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Herman Cain is defending his tax plan a day after his Republican rivals assailed his 9-9-9 proposal in a presidential debate....Violence erupts as 2-day strike shuts down Greece
By News on Oct 19, 2011
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Hundreds of youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens and clashed with riot police during a massive anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures that won initial parliamentary approval in a vote Wednesay night....
