Thursday 29 September 2016

Evening Edition: Obama administration may use obscure fund to pay billions to ACA insurers

It's not easy for women to own land in India. One woman died fighting for hers.; Amtrak, airline and package delivery workers got rich as DEA informants; 'They put us through hell': A Marine abused at boot camp explains why he spoke out ; Lawmakers to Wells Fargo CEO: 'Why shouldn't you be in jail?'; Office cursing thrives — especially among younger people and women ; A one-pan chocolate cake with no eggs or dairy? Magic.; Awkward questions for Clinton as Trump campaign airs husband's infidelities; The Fix: Millennials trust Trump more than Clinton on regulating Wall Street; Why Michelle Obama is the perfect Clinton surrogate in the home stretch; What they said, what they meant;
 
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Obama administration may use obscure fund to pay billions to ACA insurers
Officials are maneuvering to pay billions of dollars the government owes to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act, potentially resorting to a 1950s Treasury Department fund that is allowed as much money as it needs to satisfy valid claims against the government.
It's not easy for women to own land in India. One woman died fighting for hers.
Leena Sharma accused her uncle of using land she owned in her ancestral village — a bold move in a country where patriarchy remains deeply ingrained and where women have long been denied the legal right to own land. For Sharma, the consequences of asserting her property rights would prove deadly.
 
Amtrak, airline and package delivery workers got rich as DEA informants
The Drug Enforcement Administration paid confidential informants millions of dollars without appropriate oversight and used sources in ways that might be unconstitutional, an inspector general found.
 
'They put us through hell': A Marine abused at boot camp explains why he spoke out
Thomas Jacob Weaver considered suicide after graduating from Parris Island, one of the military's best-known boot camps where another recruit fell three stories to his death earlier this year.
 
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Lawmakers to Wells Fargo CEO: 'Why shouldn't you be in jail?'
For the second time in two weeks, John Stumpf was grilled by lawmakers for a five-year scheme in which thousands of Wells Fargo employees created fake accounts to meet aggressive sales goals.
 
Office cursing thrives — especially among younger people and women
Nearly half of respondents to a nationwide survey said they occasionally dropped a taboo word at the office, while a quarter said they did so daily.
 
A one-pan chocolate cake with no eggs or dairy? Magic.
The formula's unusual, but the results are convincing — you won't miss what's not there.
 
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Awkward questions for Clinton as Trump campaign airs husband's infidelities
Hillary Clinton's detractors say that she has unfairly lashed out at women involved in her husband's indiscretions. Her responses have forced her to walk a fine line during the campaign,
 
The Fix: Millennials trust Trump more than Clinton on regulating Wall Street
A primary season hangover apparent in new Gallup numbers.
 
Why Michelle Obama is the perfect Clinton surrogate in the home stretch
Because she has less of a political patina than her husband and because you know she does not need to be there for Hillary the way he does, she comes across as more authentic.
 
What they said, what they meant
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