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14 hours ago ago from The Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York
Legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program until Feb. 28 has passed Congress. Extending the current authorization of the program was included in Defense Department appropriations legislation that passed the Senate Saturday morning by a vote of 88-10. The bill is likely to be signed by President Barack Obama before a temporary extension expires Wednesday. But officials of the Property Casualty Insurers ...
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7 hours ago ago from AfterAmerica's Blog
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3 hours ago ago from Champions!
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13 hours ago ago from Right Klik
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5 hours ago ago from America 20XY
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11 hours ago ago from The New York Times
When federal inspectors visited Illinois recently to see how the state was using $242 million in stimulus money for weatherizing homes, they were troubled by what they found. A weatherization contractor had done slipshod work, installing a furnace that leaked gas in one home, they said, and the local agency overseeing the work had failed to detect the leak. The state was not inspecting the work of all the agencies administering the work, ...
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