TX governor accused of covering up wrongful execution
Will investigate ACORN's actions as well as makers of 'pimp' video.
Feds look for soldiers likely exposed by KBR to toxic chemical in Iraq More than 1,100 soldiers, including members of the West Virginia National Guard were likely exposed to a highly toxic chemical [sodium dichromate] in southern Iraq in 2003, according to information provided to U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd by the U.S. Defense Department... In June, Russell Powell [a onetime member of the 82nd Airborne Division] and six other members of the West Virginia National Guard unit filed a lawsuit in the state's Northern District, alleging that KBR, a former Haliburton subsidiary that was awarded billions of dollars' worth of no-bid contracts to rebuild Iraq, negligently exposed them to the chemical.
Discrimination by Insurers Likely Even With Reform, Experts Say --To avoid patients with costly, complicated medical conditions, health plans could include in their networks relatively few doctors who specialize in treating those conditions. Any health-care overhaul that Congress and President Obama enact is likely to have as its centerpiece a fundamental reform: Insurers would not be allowed to reject individuals or charge them higher premiums based on their medical history. But simply banning medical discrimination would not necessarily remove it from the equation, economists and health-care analysts say...
Discrimination by Insurers Likely Even With Reform, Experts Say --To avoid patients with costly, complicated medical conditions, health plans could include in their networks relatively few doctors who specialize in treating those conditions. Any health-care overhaul that Congress and President Obama enact is likely to have as its centerpiece a fundamental reform: Insurers would not be allowed to reject individuals or charge them higher premiums based on their medical history. But simply banning medical discrimination would not necessarily remove it from the equation, economists and health-care analysts say...
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