For more than a decade, the Commission has been toiling unsuccessfully in federal court, and in Congress, to prohibit so-called pay-for-delay or reverse payment drug patent settlements.

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Still, the legal wrangling would draw out the dispute and delay any sale of Hughes to Murdoch or some other suitor--while EchoStar continues to gain momentum versus DirecTV.

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With GPS, a central dispatcher in each big city figures out which trucks are closest to the delivery site and sends them out on much shorter notice -- constantly rerouting as customers cancel, delay or speed up their orders.

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Mr. Boehner is also adorning this debt-ceiling delay with legislative language that requires the House and Senate to pass budget outlines, or see their pay withheld.

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Perhaps the delay is due to overlapping issues between various post-trial motions and the request for injunction or perhaps there is more to it.

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Any gift-giving or transfer of assets that seniors undertake without the advice of a competent elder law and estate planning attorney can delay their eligibility when most needed.

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