And many others already get better drug benefits as part of retirement packages. But Clinton's proposed drug coverage could help many who have moderate drug costs and no coverage now or who buy individual insurance policies, which are comparatively expensive. But, if they ultimately work, Baker and other patients could expect more normal lives by using a daily medicine to control a genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis. An accused terrorist goes on trial Monday. Nobody, however, appeared to have been looking for him.
Authorities say the case is far from unique.
Throughout the country, hundreds of thousands, probably millions, of warrants are outstanding for people wanted on felony offenses. The numbers are stretching the resources of local police and raising fears that criminals are slipping through the cracks. It used to take decades of waiting and scrimping and saving for Americans to buy their dream homes. In the midst of Wall Street's bull market, investors are shaving years off that prerequisite and ditching their piggy banks. With stock prices climbing by double digits in each of the past four years, people in their 20s and 30s are using profit-swollen stock portfolios to come up with down payments for increasingly luxurious homes.