SAN FRANCISCO – California hospitals can no longer recover from insured patients the difference between a hospital’s actual costs and what insurance companies pay for medical services, the state Supreme Court (search) ruled Monday. The court ruled unanimously in favor of Joel Parnell (search), 32, who was injured in a …
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NEW YORK – Marshall N. Carter, former chairman and chief executive officer of State Street Corp. (STT), is the top candidate to become chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (search), according to sources close to the situation. Two people at the NYSE, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The …
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Statement of the Honorable John R. Bolton Nominee for Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Senate Foreign Relations Committee April 11, 2005 Chairman Lugar, Senator Biden, I am honored to appear before you today as President Bush’s nominee to be the U.S. Permanent Representative to …
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Stephen Stanko (search ), an ex-convict suspected of killing two people and raping a teenage girl in a 24-hour crime spree. Also, officials have information that Stanko left South …
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LOS ANGELES – The drama series “JAG,” (search) which mixed real war and conflict with fiction, is ending after a 10-year run. The final episode will air 9 p.m. April 29, CBS (search) announced Monday. Canceled after a single season on NBC, the show was picked up by CBS and …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – A group of Romanian journalists gathered in downtown Bucharest (search) on Saturday, calling for the release of three of their colleagues kidnapped in Iraq. About 30 journalists, supporters and friends of the three gathered outside the presidential palace to demonstrate their support for the kidnapped reporters. “I …
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NEW YORK – Teri Hatcher (search) has a lot in common with her character on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” — and the similarities are only growing. Both are divorced and raising a daughter, and Hatcher tells InStyle magazine in its May issue she’s becoming a klutz, too. “I think I’m absorbing …
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UNITED NATIONS – A U.S. State Department official said Thursday that an interim report on bribery and other wrongdoing in the U.N. Oil-for-Food program didn’t exonerate Kofi Annan (search) as the secretary-general had proclaimed. The statement from Mark Lagon (search), the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, …
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NEW YORK – An infinite number of newly discovered monkeys trying to name themselves could have pounded on their keyboards a long time before coming up with this one: GoldenPalace.com (search). The Internet casino paid $650,000 for the right to name the foot-high primate, online auction house CharityFolks.com (search) announced …
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WASHINGTON – Timberland Co. (TBL) posted record first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, exceeding analysts’ estimates by about 20 percent. Solid sales for its trademark boots in the United States and abroad were boosted by favorable exchange rates, and its stock price hit an all-time high. The shoemaker also said it saw …
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