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A veteran deputy U.S. marshal wounded during a furious gunbattle that left a court security guard and a shotgun-wielding disgruntled Social Security recipient dead was identified Wednesday as Richard Gardner. Complete Story...
Law enforcement officials say the suspect in the Las Vegas shooting at a federal building was upset over losing a lawsuit over his Social Security benefits.
Investigators say Johnny Lee Wicks was on a suicide mission the day he torched his apartment, hid a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun under his black trench coat and walked three miles to the federal building in downtown Las Vegas.
ELKHART, Ind. - With an aching shoulder and sore hip, Michael Spratt figured he’d have to apply for disability benefits someday. He just didn’t think that day would come so soon.
As a woman accused of hiding her elderly mother's corpse for seven months had her first court appearance Thursday, a North Carolina law officer said the dead woman's family had continued to collect her Social Security payments after she died.
Let’s say you had a well-connected buddy who was trying to get you into the hottest party of the year. It wasn’t going to be easy, but she assured you she’d keep pursuing it — and she even requested all of your personal information, including your Social Security number, so you could get cleared by security before the big event.
An upstate New York man has been sentenced to six months in jail for hiding his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashing her Social Security checks.
Federal authorities said twin sisters from the Detroit area sold their children's Social Security numbers to people who claimed the kids as dependents on their tax returns. Karhonda and Kashaunda Prophet were charged Thursday with assisting the preparation of false returns over a two-year period.
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off workers' compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is eligible for Social Security retirement benefits.
Two federal agencies that put Americans at risk for identity-theft-like problems have fixed a glitch that linked U.S. Social Security numbers to those issued by three foreign countries, officials said.
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Social Security Administration must provide information on benefits in a way that is accessible to blind people.
If her check were bigger, 76-year-old Agnes Conti might be able to spring for a better cut of meat for her pot roast. She could afford to send her nine grandchildren more than $20 for their birthdays and Christmas. She'd be able to buy some nice new clothes, like she sees on QVC, not what she settles for at Walmart.
Social Security recipients won't get a cost-of-living increase next year for the first time in more than a third of a century, and that could boost President Barack Obama's plan to send seniors another round of $250 payments before the congressional elections.
There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
The Social Security Administration makes it official Thursday: There will be no cost of living increase for Social Security recipients next year, the first year without one since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975, the government announced Thursday.
The Social Security Administration says there will be no cost of living increase next year for more than 50 million Social Security recipients, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social Security next year. The Social Security Administration is scheduled to announce Thursday that there will be no cost of living increase next year. By law, increases are pegged to inflation, which has been negative this year.
Richard H. Freund had it all planned out: He’d work until he was 70 and his wife, a psychotherapist, turned 62.
Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s.
Millions of Medicare patients would be spared monthly premium increases next year under a bill passed by the House Thursday.
Bad grammar and spelling tripped up a man who was trying to steal Social Security numbers and other information from jobseekers by impersonating West Virginia's governor, police said.
President Barack Obama's health care initiative is repeating history. No, not the failed attempt by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Right now, Obama's troubled plan is on the same shaky ground that preceded President George W. Bush' grand flop with Social Security.
Willimantic Resident Who Created Fake Identity is SentencedNora R.
Health care debate won't end with bill's passage, experts say(CNN) --By Kristi Keck Arguments over the massive overhaul of the health care system -- which congressional Democrats hope to pass by next month -- are expected to keep shaking up the country long after the vote.
Courthouse gunman lost Social Security case, official says - CNN.comA man who lost a recent Social Security claim opened fire with a shotgun in a federal courthouse Monday, killing a court security officer and injuring a deputy U.S. marshal, authorities said.
Is Rachel Yould a victim or schemer?Who is Rachel Yould? Is the former Miss Anchorage a victim of domestic violence or a schemer who took on two identities to get rich? That depends on whose side of the story you believe.
The Senate version of HCR is complete, total and utter BS! Watching these spineless jackasses bend over and take it from the insurance companies is getting old, very old.
While Social Security recipients will enter 2010 --- and perhaps to 2013 --- without the usual upward cost of living adjustment (COLA), something that hasn't happened since automatic adjustments were adopted 34 years ago, word out this week is government workers are slated to g …
Social Security Will Go Bust in 2010The first time was in 1977 – well, almost. To head off the bust, Jimmy Carter got Congress to pass a major FICA tax increase – sorry, "contribution" increase – in order to save Social Security.
Injecting hope: working with those most vulnerable to AIDS on the streets of DelhiTackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world is an immense challenge which means going beyond merely treating the disease to focusing on prevention.
Afghani gets prison time for stealing from Social Security - yet still works as interpreter for U.S Military-Wonderful- A 59-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan living in Springfield has been ordered to pay back the $111,000 he stole from the Social Security Administration.
The Wrong Side of History - Nicholas Kristoff New York Times Op-Ed ColumnistCritics storm that health care reform is "a cruel hoax and a delusion." Ads in 100 newspapers thunder that reform would mean "the beginning of socialized medicine."
House pushes ban on peer-to-peer softwareStung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure.
Obama's Nomination for Iowa U.S. Attorney CriticizedEleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama's nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, …
New Anti-Reform Scare Ad Targeting Seniors Was Created By Maker Of Racially-Tinged Willie Horton SpotThe massive ad campaign designed to frighten seniors about health care reform currently being waged by the 60 Plus Association, the self-styled conservative counterpart to AARP, is the handiwork of the same ad guru that created the infamous Willie Horton ads, we've confirmed.
Thousands Of NH Social Security Numbers Stolen?CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ― Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is warning 10,000 New Hampshire physicians, dentists and other providers that their Social Security numbers may have been stolen.
Congressman Ron Paul - Government Statistics and Lies - Texas Straight TalkFor seniors, it is a different story. Economist John Williams of Shadow Government Statistics has estimated that if the original methodology of CPI had not changed, Social Security checks would be nearly double what they are today.
Obama to Lift HIV/AIDS Travel BanIt appears that President Obama is doing everything in his power to enforce laws against the majority of Americans.
Baiting the DebateI recently received an email from my Congressman asking my opinion concerning an issue that has arisen from the debate over ObamaCare.
The Effects of Investing the Social Security Trust Fundsin GNMA Mortgage-Backed SecuritieSocial security is one of the most successful government programs in the United States.
Cash for Oldsters - A $250 bribe to help the ObamaCare medicine go downNo one ever went broke underestimating political cynicism, but these days even we can't keep up: On Wednesday, President Obama announced that he wants to send every American senior a $250 check.
As Social Security recipients received official word yesterday that 2010 will be the first year without an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) since it went into effect in 1975, the other word --- stimulus --- continues to appear on other pages of newspapers, notes Grump …
Fox & Friends distorts news on Social Security benefits to suggest "Washington waging a war against seniors" | Media Matters for AmericaOn Fox News, Steve Doocy asked whether the fact that "for the first time since 1975, there will be no COLA -- no cost-of-living increase -- for Social Security recipients" indicated that "Washington [is] waging a war against seniors," continuing Fox & Friends' pattern of repeated …
IT'S OFFICIAL: NO VA, SS COLA IN 2010 -- President Obama supports a one-time $250 payment, but not all politicians think that is appropriate. - VA Watchdog dot Org - 10-16-2009This speaks for itself
Blogger has benefits removed over Google AdSense paymentsA lawyer made redundant during the economic downturn has had her benefits suspended – because she earns cents a day from her personal food blog.
Microchip Implant to Link Your Health Records, Credit History, Social Security..pill-popping habits...etc.Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored.
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