Anthem expands sales of dental, life coverage (The Indianapolis Star)
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, long Indiana's top seller of individual health insurance policies, now is selling dental and life insurance.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Experienced Astonishing Growth in 2005 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care industry intelligence, finds that North Carolina's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan added 180,000 members in 2005, boosting its membership to over 1 million for the first time.

Kennedy slams Blue Cross (The Woonsocket Call)
WOONSOCKET -- Arriving at Landmark Medical Center for a press conference in the midst of an afternoon downpour, Congressman Patrick Kennedy on Friday aimed a torrent of criticism at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island for the insurer s treatment of Landmark.

Local Red Cross needs donations (News Virginian)
On Wednesday, Gov. Tim Kaine declared a statewide emergency due to the rampant flooding and mudslide damage caused by five consecutive days of heavy rainfall that has affected every corner of the state.