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Active Winter Season For Eastern North Carolina

It's been an unusually active winter season with four snow storms so far. We speak with local meteorologists about the reason why we're experiencing an…

Laura and Thanos Ntoumanis recently moved from Greece to Germany, where Thanos, a psychiatrist, got a job.

With Its Economy Hobbled, Greece's Well-Educated Drain Away

Since the start of its financial crisis, Greece has been exporting some of its most highly trained professionals. Thanos Ntoumanis is just one of thousands of medical professionals who have left their struggling homeland for jobs in Western Europe.

When is the right time to get a cholesterol test at work?

Overtesting Of Employees Can Be A Side Effect Of Workplace Wellness

Cholesterol screening is probably the most contentious test. Medical groups differ on the age at which testing should start and how often cholesterol should be measured.

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If your insurer waived the fee to see your primary care doctor, would you go more often?

Obamacare Insurers Sweeten Plans With Free Doctor Visits

Some insurers are betting that lowering the barrier to seeing a doctor will encourage people to get needed care sooner. If it works, the health plans could save more than they spend on the benefit.

Universities can have a hard time resisting the lure of luxury, which keeps room and board prices rising.

Think Tuition Is Rising Fast? Try Room And Board

Universities are raising food and housing prices faster than inflation.

Liz Treston received thousands of dollars from FEMA and the Small Business Administration after Superstorm Sandy destroyed her basement. Two years later, FEMA demanded more than $4,000 of that money back.

For Some Superstorm Sandy Victims, The Government Wants Its Money Back

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is demanding that more than 3,600 people pay back almost $24 million in disaster grants they were given years ago in error.

Obama Issues 12 Pardons, Commutes 8 Sentences

President Obama commuted the prison sentences of eight people who were convicted of drug-related crimes Wednesday, in a move that also saw 12 presidential pardons issued.

Emergency responders gather in the parking lot on the campus of Franklin Regional High School in Murraysville, Pa., on Wednesday after an attack there left at least 20 people, nearly all of them students, injured. Most suffered stab wounds or lacerations.

At Least 20 Students Injured In Knife Attack At Pa. High School

A 16-year-old is in custody and charged with four counts of attempted murder and 21 counts of aggravated assault over the incident at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, near Pittsburgh.

Wal-Mart employee Ernest Reed (left) checks on a cereal display at the Washington, D.C., location where he works. He was one of about 23,000 people who applied for hundreds of job openings when Wal-Mart first arrived in D.C.

When Wal-Mart Comes To Town, What Does It Mean For Workers?

Wal-Mart has long been criticized for low pay and erratic work schedules. So when the retailer arrives in a community, it stirs controversy — but it also brings jobs and low prices.

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