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Consumer bureau moves to regulate reloadable prepaid cards
WASHINGTON — The consumer financial watchdog is taking aim at reloadable prepaid cards, moving to regulate a fast-growing product that has become a popular alternative to checking accounts for lower-income Americans and a new source of fees for some...Tags: Richard Cordray, Consumers, Banking, Credit and Debt, Unemployment Benefits
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'Stroller Brigade' rolls out for Safe Chemicals Act
WASHINGTON — Moms, a few dads and some children gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to urge Congress to strengthen the federal government's powers to regulate harmful chemicals. The group of almost a hundred activists, which included registered...Tags: Politics, Activism, Chicago Tribune, Chemicals, U.S. Senate
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China's Bo Xilai scandal revs up news media run by exiles
BEIJING — "Beijing power struggle heralds end of China Communist Party," screams one headline. More sensational headlines purport to reveal how the wife of recently sacked Politburo member Bo Xilai poisoned an Englishman, who may have been her...
Tags: Television Networks, Parties and Movements, Wen Jiabao, Al Jazeera (tv network), Heart Attack
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JPMorgan shareholders: 'Too much power in one person's hands'
TAMPA, Fla. — Investors at the JPMorgan shareholder conference are concerned with the bank's recently disclosed $2-billion loss and 12% plunge in their stake in the bank. "When you are 94 years old, you don’t want to see any of your...
Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jamie Dimon, Federal Reserve, Tampa
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Fat and happy? You must be an American
You saw the headline: “42% of American adults will be obese by 2030, study says.” But hey, why be a glass-half-full nation? Why not a headline that says “58% of American adults won’t be obese by 2030, study says”? If we...
Tags: Republican Party, Weight, Obesity, Same-Sex Marriage, Health
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42% of American adults will be obese by 2030, study says
The ranks of obese Americans are expected to swell even further in the coming years, rising from 36% of the adult population today to 42% by 2030, experts said Monday. Kicking off a government-led conference on the public health ramifications of all...
Tags: Weight, Obesity, Internal Medicine, Internists, Health Organizations
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LeRoy Walker dies at 93; first black to lead U.S. Olympic body
LeRoy Walker, the first African American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday in Durham, N.C. He was 93.
Walker's death was confirmed by Scarborough & Hargett Funeral home, but no cause...Tags: Slavery, North Carolina Central University, Trinidad and Tobago, College Sports, Columbia University
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Photos of U.S. soldiers posing with Afghan corpses prompt condemnation
From the White House to the American Embassy in Kabul, American officials rushed to distance themselves from the actions of U.S. soldiers who posed for photographs next to corpses and body parts of Afghan insurgents. Two photos of incidents from a 2010...
Tags: Suicide, Bombings, NATO, Wars and Interventions, Mental Health
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Marriage amendment vote puts national focus on North Carolina
PITTSBORO, N.C. — With voting already underway for Tuesday's primary in this moderate Southern state, the discourse has been dominated not by candidates, but by a bitterly contested measure known as Amendment 1. If approved, it would be among the...
Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Abusive Behavior, Interior Policy, Religion and Belief
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'The Hunger Games' fuels Hollywood's appetite for North Carolina
Company TownFrom “Blue Velvet” to “Bull Durham,” North Carolina has a long filmmaking tradition. With the release of this weekend’s much-anticipated debut of “The Hunger Games,” state film officials are hoping the state... -
Live: Carolina Chocolate Drops at Royce Hall
Pop & HissThe Carolina Chocolate Drops performed at Royce Hall on Friday night. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts was there.... -
Helping make Billy Elliot's dream a reality
Stephen Daldry,director of the 2009 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Billy Elliot the Musical," once said that performing the title role of a blue-collar British lad with a gift for ballet is akin to playing Hamlet while running a marathon. The young...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Celebrities, Theater
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