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NEWS Demand Insurance Companies Stop Investing in Fast Food .

Garden Hills Residents Say Streets Need Improvements. With all of the

A new American Journal of Public Health study has revealed that many of America’s largest insurance companies are investing huge sums of money in fast food restaurants. As of last summer, major health and life insurers owned $1.8 billion of stock in giant fast food companies.

improvements in the city, Garden Hills reamins overlooked yet in desperate need of street repairs. Pot holes, cracks and lack of sidewalks are all over this family residential community. Residents will ask Councilman Will Kyles to support them in approaching Champaign City Council.

Health and life insurance providers should be working to keep people as healthy as possible not investing in fast food chains that contribute to the obesity epidemic and many other severe public health problems.

Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, Vetoes “Buy American Bill” in a power move to keep

The biggest investors were Prudential, Massachusetts Mutual and Northwestern Mutual. Send a letter to all three companies --that each invest hundreds of millions of dollars in fast food -- and tell them it’s time to stand up for their customers’ health. Our health and life insurance companies shouldn’t be financing the fast food that’s killing far too many of us.

alliance with his foreign allies. This bill was favored (145-0). I guess this once again proves that our democratic process doesn’t work if there are people in office that don’t care what the people they serve think.

Obamacare is Working.

California Healthcare Premiums under Obama-care are lower than expected. Rates are driving downward like Obama said it would.

Suspicious Disappearance in Minnesota. Help this family.

“Jerome Gordon-Jackson went missing in the early hours of 5/18, not too far from my home. This man’s family needs our help in finding him & getting answers. 28 years old. Missing since May 17th, 2013, when he was pulled over on 69th and hwy 252 in Brooklyn Center/ Park (Minnesota). Police towed car but left him. They told his mom that he jumped from the Hennepin bridge down town. No report of anyone jumping a bridge no reports anywhere for anything police are telling his family. Police did not file a report for pulling him over either. He texted his sister while he was pulled over and that was the last anyone has heard from him”.

DAILY SPECIALS!!

SUNDAY- 1/2 CHICKEN......$4.50 MONDAY- SMALL RIB TIPS......$5.19 TUESDAY- CHICKEN SANDWICH.....$4.65 WEDNESDAY- BEEF SANDWICH...$4.65 THURSDAY-PORK SANDWICH...$4.65 FRIDAY- 1/2 SLAB BEEF RIBS......$6.89 SATURDAY-1/2 SLAB PORK RIBS....$7.29

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