WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Medicare prescription drug bill signed into law Monday by President Bush is a political victory, but one that has strings attached and rising out of pocket costs for seniors.

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WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Prominent Orthodox rabbi Daniel Lapin hailed Thursday's Senate vote banning partial-birth abortions as further evidence that secularism in the United States is

WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Prominent Orthodox Rabbi Daniel Lapin hailed Thursday's Senate vote banning partial-birth abortions as further evidence that secularism in the United States is

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SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The conventional wisdom about the 2002 midterm election was that it went badly for the Democrats who boldly predicted -- along with this writer-- that they woul

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The demographic headline on the 2002 election was expected to be either "Democrats ride growing numbers of nonwhite voters to victory," or "GOP wins by attracti

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