Employer-sponsored health insurance is the single biggest tax break the government allows.
2012
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Congress could choose to tax insurance plans
Employer-sponsored health insurance is the single biggest tax break the government allows.
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More charges vs. alleged Maine cop impersonator
Steven F. Shaw Jr. also is a suspect in burglaries and the unauthorized use of another man’s car.
Posted inNation & World
Poll: Americans’ outlook for 2013 gloomy
Americans’ expectations for 2013 are bleaker than they’ve been in more than a decade, with Republicans leading the way in adopting gloomier outlooks, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. A bare 53 percent majority of all Americans are “hopeful” about their lives in 2013; 44 percent say they are instead more “fearful.” Their […]
Posted inNation & World
In Focus: The armed citizen sticks to his guns
For a sizable bloc of mainstream Americans, the Second Amendment is not to be compromised.
Posted inNation & World
Congress could choose to tax insurance plans
Employer-sponsored health insurance is the single biggest tax break the government allows.
Posted inMaine Celtics, Sports
Sports Digest
BASKETBALL Claws’ Mack is back in NBA after signing by Wizards Maine Red Claws guard Shelvin Mack signed a contract with the Washington Wizards on Tuesday and is expected to join the team when they host Cleveland on Wednesday. Mack has appeared in 10 games for the Red Claws this season, averaging 20.2 points, 7.1 […]
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Little Free Libraries offering books in whimsical boxes around world
HUDSON, Wis. – It started as a simple tribute to his mother, a teacher and bibliophile. Todd Bol put up a miniature version of a one-room schoolhouse on a post outside his home in this western Wisconsin city, filled it with books and invited his neighbors to borrow them. They loved it, and began dropping […]
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High School Indoor Track & Field Preview: A system some say is simply off track
One league has done away with the junior-senior divide, but others staunchly defend it.
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Damaging tornadoes hit Gulf Coast; blizzard conditions head for Midwest
NEW ORLEANS – Christmas Day along the Gulf Coast was filled with severe thunderstorms that brought drenching rains, high winds and damaging tornadoes while the nation’s midsection dealt with freezing rain, sleet and snow that made for a sloppy and sometimes dangerous trek for holiday travelers. Winds toppled a tree onto a pickup truck in […]