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The company that ran the competition is called healthy wage. allows individuals to bet on themselves to lose weight. it s hard to get engagement if it s not if there is no big carrot attached. the competition moves them forward but they decide to participate because of the opportunity to win the big money. companies like this competition so much they are putting these teams together. and they are paying their entrance fee in the competition, shep. shepard: you wonder, does this just shift cost from healthier workers to those overweight or smokers or whatever. yeah. it really does. those people who opt out of these wellness programs the companies are running end up paying higher premiums than those in the program obviously. take the smokers who work at wal-mart. they are a prime example. $2,000 surcharge if you work at wal-mart and smoke. workers in king county can pay up to $1,600 more if they don t agree to losing weight and having blood pressure monitored. 90% participate i ....
Down a female friend with his pickup. she ran and he plowed the truck right into the store. you can see the owner there, he takes a big hit. but somehow neither he nor anybody else was seriously hurt. the nurse, the good samaritan nurse described how it all unfolded. he drives all the way down and i see him go across that curb and take that tree out. at that point i m on the phone with the 911. and i see him hit the white cadillac and drive through the store i m like oh my god he just drove through the store. shepard: the nurse said she thought the driver must have been sick or having a heart attack. she went over there to try to help im. she walked, in the suspect walked out right by her. and she says he jumped into her car. i turned around and i noticed the guy is out at my car and i m like oh my god he has stolen my car. did. right after he pulled out. he smashed head on, look at this, smashed head none a bed truck in her car. good samaritan nurse says her ....
Make up about half of the caucus vote. all three of those candidates have the possibility of really surprising because organization is what ultimately matters most in the caucus. 120,000 to 150,000 caucus goers shep in a state of 3 million very small. six candidate race you can win with 30 or 40,000 votes. any of the candidates could organize that. shepard: carl cammeron live in des moines. one part of iowa say the candidates aren t visiting as much as they did four years ago. the state republic chairman warns there could be consequences. live update from iowa coming up in the fox report. i know we haven t mentioned this yet. one last chance to hear from the contenders before the first presidential contest. face off in final debate before the iowa caucuses tomorrow night 8:00 eastern 9:00 in oxford. this is fox news channel. lawmakers in congress are playing a high stakes game of chicken right now. they are essentially gambling our take home pay on the outcome. here is what is hapnin ....
President obama today as he praised our service members at a visit to fort brag in north carolina. as you know, the last u.s. combat troops are scheduled to leave iraq on december 31st, 4500 service members have died there. including more than 200 from fort brag alone. the president hailed what he called an extraordinary achievement. all the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding, and the building and the training and the partnering all of it has led to this moment of success. iraq is not a perfect place. it has many challenges ahead. but we re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. shepard: the president went on to say that the war has, of course, been the source of great controversy. but today the arizona republic senator john mccain sharply criticized the president for the speed of this withdrawal. ....
Western and northwestern iowa trying to get those republicans on their side at the very last minute. shep? shepard: steve brown live tonight in iowa. remember, les we let you forget. tomorrow is much watched fox night as gather together. all begins 9:00 eastern time. 8:00 in oxford right here on fnc. fewer americans are getting married now than ever before. according to a report from the pew research center. just 51% of adults today have tied the knot. steep drop from 57% in the year 2000. and 72% in the year 1960. one researcher says younger people now see marriage, quote, as an obsolete social environment. and while the drop is reportedly worsened with the economy. we are told the decline in marriage rates have persisted through good and bad times. well, one cop s distracted driving left him up a tree. ....