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Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

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Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage

Turns out my adventurous buddy Diane doesn’t just help feral and stray cats throughout Westchester , no, she travels all the way to Israel to assist with, unbeknown to me until recently, what is a big big problem with these cats over there (as if Israel didn’t have enough problems, but that’s for my colleague Gary Stern’s religion blog). At any rate, Diane pulls her weight and pays her own freight for this two-week trip in August (ack! no Diane for Pilates!!) so I said I’d help her out here,

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Saving cats in faraway places

And despite what some of you may be thinking as you’re reading this, I’m finding out more and more that health IS a privilege in this world, no matter what any politician t ells you….

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Closing out Week 2!

Kindly pray for his safety and health as his family is still in danger….

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Pakistan: "Unidentified people" kidnap Christian pastor at gunpoint

The aftershocks of an unprecedented week on the pop charts have left their mark on the SoS Power Rankings. While the twin-headed Hydra that is the Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling” continues to rule, Michael Jackson’s posthumous assault on the charts and radio has introduced a song that was not released this summer — or this decade, for that matter: “Billie Jean,” the second single from 1982’s Thriller , is this week’s Biggest Gainer. We’ve been hearing an impressive arr

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Song of the Summer: ‘Billie Jean’ Gets Some Love

How often do you find yourself presented with the opportunity to get up close and personal with a prairie warbler?  Not often enough, which is exactly why I jumped at the chance to join conservation scientist Neil Gifford on a bird-banding quest late this past May . Heading out into the Albany Pine Bush at six in the morning, we were looking for a single, specific bird — one tiny prairie warbler in a sea of scrubland three and a half times larger than Central Park.  Yet with the help of some surprisingly low-tech gear (including a Styrofoam craft supply bird painted yellow), we found and netted the warbler in record time. Luckily, my video camera was running so you can see the action yourself ! After removing the tiny bird from the net, Neil crimped a unique combination of brightly colored aluminum bands on his legs. The bands make the bird visible and easily identifiable through binoculars and will help Neil’s team keep tabs on the birds over the next few months.

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A Bird in the Hand: Banding Prairie Warblers

It’s another innovative day here at Cool Green Morning.

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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, July 2

July 2, 2009Living a healthy lifestyle can be very hard. With all the stresses of daily life it can sometimes be hard to plan a decent meal that is not loaded with calories.

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Obesity And Type2 Diabetes

Google and Yahoo, meanwhile, are no chumps. Google has outwitted its competitors by delivering solid search results and cool tools such as Street Views.

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Google vs. bing vs. yahoo

Yes, I know the United States gets snow, but to my Canadian eye, American snow is like American health care:…

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What Canadian Expats Miss About Canada