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Friday, July 30, 2010
KATIE COURIC, CBS NEWS, REPORTS ON HOW INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE SCREWING SURVIVORS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS (NEW VIDEO)
Katie Couric, CBS News, reports on how one mother of a deceased soldier was screwed out of her payment for her son's death by one of the largest insurance giants in the country, Prudential.
Couric's report includes how Prudential and other insurance companies put the death benefit money into an account where the insurance company makes a profit off the death benefit.
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WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6722677n&tag=related;photovideo
TAKING CALLS FROM VETERANS ON BRINK OF SUICIDE: NEW YORK TIMES
This story from the Friday edition of the New York Times talks about what is being done to try and prevent so many veterans from committing suicide.
A suicide hot line has been set up and is receiving calls all the times from veterans who have reached the end of their patience.
BE SURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE STORY.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/us/31hotline.html?hp
6 MORE U.S. DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN MAKE JULY DEADLIEST MONTH OF WAR
The Department of Defense has announced six more U.S. servicemen were killed in Afghanistan making July the deadliest month of the 10-year old Afghanistan war.
Read more here:
http://tiny.cc/2j55n