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Parents Push for Laws Requiring Insurance Coverage of Costly Autism Treatments

CHICAGO – In Washington state, Reza and Arzu Forough pay more than $1,000 a week for behavior therapy for their 12-year-old autistic son. In Indiana, Sean and Michele Trivedi get the same type of therapy for their 11-year-old daughter. But they pay $3,000 a year and their health insurance covers …

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7 Killed in Blast Outside Russian Military Headquarters in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia – A car exploded outside the Russian military’s headquarters in South Ossetia on Friday, killing seven people and wounding three, the government of the Moscow-backed separatist region said. The chief of the Russian military in South Ossetia said the dead were all members of the Russian peacekeeping force …

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AIG Executives Rack Up a Reported $86,000 Tab During Hunting Trip

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – First there was the $440,000 American Insurance Group Inc. spent entertaining executives days after receiving an $85 billion lifeline from the Federal Reserve, now it’s $86,000 for a hunting trip in England as the faltering company reaped another $37.8 billion in taxpayer funded loans. News of the …

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