Health care spending highest in Northeast

09/18/2007
NEWS

Health care spending highest in Northeast
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Staying healthy is a costly business in the United States, particularly
in the
Northeast, government statistics show. Annual health care spending per
person
totaled $6,151 there, compared to a national average of $5,283, the
Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports in Tuesday's issue of the
journal
Health Affairs.

Afghan officials: U.S. kills hostage taker
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U.S. airstrikes targeting a meeting of Taliban leaders killed a
high-ranking
commander involved in the kidnappings of 23 South Koreans two months
ago,
Afghan officials said Tuesday.

Lawyer: Musharraf to give up army post
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will step down as army chief and
restore
civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he secures re-election as
president,
a government lawyer said Tuesday.

MONEY

Market betting on rate cut
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The market is betting on a rate cut from the Federal Reserve when the
central
bank meets Tuesday, but investors are not completely sure what it will
do and
what it will say in its accompanying economic statement. Also, with the
major
brokerages' third-quarter results yet to be released, investors are
uncertain
about how badly the summer's stock downturn, souring home loans, and
credit
squeeze hit the banking industry.

Rate cut expected today: Investors look to Bernanke
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The fate of the stock market, most Wall Street pundits say, now rests in
the
hands of Ben Bernanke, the nation's top central banker.

Fort Collins, Colo.: Downturn mostly misses stable area
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Colorado is among the 10 states with the highest home foreclosure rates.
But
not every city in the state is suffering.