Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations’

The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population but almost a quarter of its prisoners.

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The Word-Pick Sicks

Stephen Colbert weighs in on the Oregon lottery system for health care access

Report Bolsters Lack Of Health Care, Premature Death Link

A new report by Families USA indicates that from 2000-2006 more than 1,100 people die in the US because they lacked health insurance. In Connecticut in 2006, more people died because of a lack of insurance (est. 150) than were murdered (108)!

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