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September-7-2010
Research: Money buys happiness, to a point
WASHINGTON – They say money can’t buy happiness. They’re wrong.   At least up to a point.   People’s emotional well-being – happiness &n
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September-1-2010
Article: For many, a new job comes at a cost: lower wages
After being out of work for more than a year, Donna Ings, 47, finally landed a job in February as a home health aide with a company in Lexington, Mass., earning about $10 an hour.  
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August-24-2010
Article: Unemployment benefits ending sooner in Dakotas, Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. – Unemployed workers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska and can’t qualify for benefits beyond 60 weeks because unemployment rates remain so low.   P
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August-12-2010
Article: Finding ways to help Minnesota's poor get care
As cracks emerge in Minnesota's experimental new health care program for the poorest adults, about a dozen counties and hospitals have taken matters into their own hands -- organizing charit
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August-9-2010
Article: Funding cuts strain health plan for poor
In a fragile new health program that already offers limited and uneven care to 30,000 of the poorest and sickest Minnesotans, the choices for comprehensive medical care will drop today from four
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