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Earlier this year, the government passed a massive bill that will overhaul our country’s health care industry within the next several years. Soon, those who are caught without health insurance will receive fines that could prove more costly in the long run, especially if the person should fall ill and require professional medical assistance.

When choosing among the many dietary supplements on the market today, consumers should keep a few things in mind to ensure the products are high quality and suitable for their personal nutritional needs.

Jim Bob didn’t just want that 55-inch flatscreen with surround sound &- he needed it. NASCAR wasn’t the same without it. The roar of the circuit needed to be felt, and this television was like being in the pit.

The U.S. has taken the environment out back for a relentless beating as of late. The largest oil spill the nation has ever seen has been splashed all over the news, uncontrollably gushing oil at a rate of thousands of barrels per day into the Gulf of Mexico, as it has for more than two months now. Yet we continue to burn fossil fuels at an alarming rate, releasing untold amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

President Barack Obama deserves praise from all Americans, both left and right, for his recent handling of the leadership shake-up in the war in Afghanistan. He’s certainly getting it from me this week. Love or hate him, Obama is a man with a strong backbone, never afraid to go against the mainstream if he feels he is right 8212; much like former President George W. Bush.

Slashes to the San Diego State budget caused the cancellation of an accelerated nursing program on June 18.

To “Saturday Night Live” writer Simon Rich, high school and the game Monopoly have a lot in common. To Elliot Allagash, the main character in Rich’s debut novel of the same name, those precious years before college are very much a game 8212; a game that is more easily won with money. Of course, this is no problem to Elliot: He comes from the richest family in the history of mankind.

California State University Trustees have given students yet another reason to keep an eye on their personal finances.