Top five insurers made $12 billion in profits last year, dropped 2.7 million people
With health reform floundering, Democrats have renewed their attacks on the insurance industry and a new report out today hopes to bolster their case that insurance company practices need to be reigned in. The report finds that the top five largest for-profit insurance companies increased their profits by $12.2 billion last year while dropping coverage for 2.7 million Americans.

February 10, 2010
Editorial
The Politics of Fear
An election is coming, so the Republicans are trying to scare Americans by making it appear as if the Democrats don’t care about catching or punishing terrorists.

Dennis Hopper's divorce battle getting uglier
Thu, Feb 11 2010
By Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Civil war is raging at the house of cancer-stricken actor Dennis Hopper, who is seeking a divorce from his fifth wife so that he can spend more time with their 6-year-old daughter in what could be his dying days.