The 38-year-old Chicagoan left a corporate job with good health coverage in 2006 to start a new business.

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The president could outline a smaller bill -- strong on insurance reforms with a good downpayment on extending coverage.

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The media itself is getting high marks from the public for its coverage of the tragedy, with 85 percent describing coverage as excellent or good.

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For several days, I attempted to speak with Blitzer about the good, the bad and the ugly of media coverage of the Middle East.

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I'm surprised that wireless carriers don't seem to be making a concerted effort to ensure good data network coverage at airports, especially at airports with lousy, unreliable, or paid Wi-Fi access.

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" Adam Quinton, regional telecom analyst with Merrill Lynch in Singapore, agrees: "Both Thailand and Philippines seem to be demonstrating that a new competitor with good marketing and aggressive pricing can make inroads into the incumbent's position once nationwide coverage has been achieved.

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That is, tax relief for casualty losses generally are limited to those with the unfortunate confluence of poor insurance coverage, low adjusted gross income (AGI), and good documentation.

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