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Wal-Mart endorses health insurance mandate

Jul. 1, 2009
Executives of the nation's largest private employer agree to back a federal requirement that businesses contribute to the cost of workers' health insurance. After years of strenuous opposition, Wal-Mart announced Tuesday that it supports a controversial new requirement that businesses contribute...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler