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The spec sheet for Nokia's Lumia 928 will look familiar to users of the company's six-month-old Lumia 920: same Qualcomm processor, screen size (4.5 inches) and resolution (1,280 by 768 pixels), and Windows Phone 8 software.
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Almost two in three eligible blacks cast ballots in the 2012 presidential election, marking the first time they had a higher voter turnout rate than non- Hispanic whites, a U.S. Census Bureau analysis shows.
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It's the challenge of a high-tech company serving a low-tech market.
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Politicians have seldom talked about immigration reform and health-care costs in the same breath. With Congress debating legislation to remake the U.S. immigration system, perhaps it’s time they did.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, fell the most in over three months after the company said lower reimbursements from the government’s Medicare program may hurt earnings in 2014.
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An above-average number of storms will emerge from the Atlantic this hurricane season, and the odds of the U.S. being hit by a major system are about 70 percent greater than predicted last year, Colorado State University researchers said.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said aiding low-income neighborhoods requires a “multipronged” approach focusing on education, jobs and health care as well as housing.
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Jason Schmitt lost his $90,000-a- year job at an oil rig in 2009. The bank repossessed his Tulsa, Oklahoma home and the former Army combat engineer went bankrupt. Last month, after moving with his family to his Missouri hometown, he got a Veterans Administration mortgage that lets borrowers buy property just two years after a foreclosure.
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The U.S.’s second-generation Asian and Hispanic immigrants almost match or even exceed the rest of the population in household income, college graduation rates and home-ownership levels, a study released today said.
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The vast majority of older Americans, facing steep and rising health-care costs that threaten to bankrupt them, are doing little to protect themselves. Ninety percent of people don't buy long-term care insurance policies, for example. The reasons why are simple: Not only are policies expensive and confusing; many leading insurers have stopped selling them.
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