Daily Archives: March 23, 2004

Just Our Luck – Medicaid Broke in 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) – Medicare will have to begin dipping into its trust fund this year to keep up with expenditures and will go broke by 2019 without changes in a program that is swelling because of rising health costs, trustees … Continue reading

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The Blob that Ate the Black Sea

They called it "the blob that ate the Black Sea." And now the world’s most dangerous American biological export — a jellyfish about the size of a man’s hand — has moved east and is devouring the Caspian Sea. This … Continue reading

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Crossword Conundrum

The Dowbrigade, like the Redhead, has long been a fan of the daily crossword in the Boston Globe.  Frankly, the main reason for this is that the crosswords in the New York Times are just too damn hard. You practically … Continue reading

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