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Heavy price: Medicare overpaying for back braces

Heavy price: Medicare overpaying for back braces
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet sale price for a standard back brace: $99.99. What Medicare pays for the item: $900-plus. A federal report released Wednesday offers a look at how wasteful spending drives up health care costs as investigators found that Medicare

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An independent panel charged with investigating the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has concluded that systematic management and leadership failures at the State Department led to "grossly"

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An independent panel charged with investigating the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has concluded that systematic management and leadership failures at the State Department led to "grossly"

US hits Israel hard on settlement plans

US hits Israel hard on settlement plans
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In unusually rare and blunt criticism of its top Mideast ally, the Obama administration on Tuesday slammed Israel for continuing to announce new settlement construction on land claimed by the Palestinians. The State Department accused Israel of

Ireland rejects latest Ryanair bid for Aer Lingus

Ireland rejects latest Ryanair bid for Aer Lingus
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th
By SHAWN POGATCHNIKAssociated Press DUBLIN (AP) - The Irish government announced Tuesday it won't sell its 25 percent stake in Aer Lingus to Ryanair because a merged airline would be likely to undermine competition and jobs at the former state carrier. The decision by Ireland's full Cabinet

Opaque Instagram ad policy change riles users

Opaque Instagram ad policy change riles users
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th
NEW YORK (AP) - Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service that Facebook bought this year, is the target of a storm of outrage on Twitter and other sites after a change in its user agreement hinted that it might use shared photos in ads. It's not clear that anything substantive has changed in

Congressional backing grows for gun control debate

Congressional backing grows for gun control debate
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th
By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional gun rights supporters showed an increased willingness Tuesday to consider new legislation to control firearms in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings - provided it also addresses mental health issues and the impact of

Anonymous attacks Westboro Baptist over threat of Newtown protest

Anonymous attacks Westboro Baptist over threat of Newtown protest
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th
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Anonymous attacks Westboro Baptist over threat of Newtown protest

Anonymous attacks Westboro Baptist over threat of Newtown protest
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th
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Anonymous attacks Westboro Baptist over threat of Newtown protest

Anonymous attacks Westboro Baptist over threat of Newtown protest
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th
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