Medicare Premium Going Up 13% To $88.50 A Month Next Year
     Here we go again! The basic Medicare monthly premium will go up to $88.50 next year, an increase of about $10 from what 42 million Medicare members are paying now, the Bush presidential administration announced last week.
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Hot Summer Brings Record Power Use
     The warmer-than-normal temperatures over one of the hottest summers on record pushed electricity use in New York City and Westchester to new heights, Con Edison said. The utility reported 18,742,739 megawatt hours of electricity consumed during June, July and August, enough power to supply the state
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