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ACA Costs to Drop? Not Exactly

Before the Obama administration starts crowing about cost for the Affordable Care Act coming down… they might want to take another look at what’s “really” going down. According to our very own Jim Angle, who’s been rifling through a Congressional…

Maryland Democrats jump at shot for Mikulski’s Senate seat while Republicans stay on sidelines

FILE: Undated: Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, Washington, D.C. (AP) Maryland Democrats are pouring into the race to replace party member Sen. Barbara Mikulski, but her announced retirement appears to have caught Republicans by surprise with top prospects still on the…

As email controversy rages, Hillary Clinton courts her army — women

The bottom line on Emailgate? It won’t move the needle. People who support Hillary Clinton are resolute. They loved her throughout the Whitewater investigation, the firings in the travel office, the selling of the Lincoln bedroom, the Benghazi inquiry and…

The plant that gives you a better night’s rest

Drinking chamomile tea can calm you down and get you ready for bed, but there are some other natural ways to help you get some zzz’s. Here’s a question we received from a viewer: Dear Dr. Manny,I’ve heard that there…

Confessions of a hotel front desk manager

Is it okay to tip front desk staff? (iStock) Looking to get more out of your hotel stay? We got these insider tips from some front desk staff about how to improve your experience, avoid problems, or at least not…

Did UN food aid for Yemen go to the not-so-poor?

FILE – In a Sept. 3, 2012 file photo, former Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of his General People’s Congress party (GPC) establishment in Sanaa, Yemen. U.N. experts said in a report…

Reason for Hope: The 10,000 Women Initiative

For as long as I can remember, we’ve been having debates about the foreign policy disasters and seemingly unsolvable problems around the world. Dinner conversations are replayed over generations – nothing seems to get better, and in some aspects it…

Selma: 50 years after ‘Bloody Sunday’ the unfinished business of civil rights

Almost a quarter of the U.S. Congress, along with President George W. Bush and President Obama, will be in Selma, Ala., Saturday for the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march that led to the 1965 voting rights act. At…

DARPA taps tech to build sophisticated artificial limbs for wounded veterans

Restoring hands, arms, feet, and legs to those wounded in the service of our country should be a national priority…and now, finally, it is, thanks to some very promising technological advances. Technology advances in area such as body armor and…

Where are the jobs? America’s new leisure class

To listen to President Obama, the U.S. economy is firing on all cylinders. Yet it is hardly creating jobs at a breakneck pace, and too many able-bodied men have grown lazy and show no interest in working. Friday, economists expect…