61.  On Thursday, a dozen consumer groups, churches and unions called on the state insurance department to reject the agreement.

62.  Proceeds from the sales will be used to fund short-term cash-flow requirements of various state departments.

63.  Regulations issued by state insurance departments explicitly prohibit agents from paying any commission money to customers as a rebate or price reduction.

64.  Specifics of the new law at times have even gotten some state departments tangled.

65.  State department official said the project can continue once Boeing provides a new security framework, but this means no launch until next year.

66.  Some carriers still send out medical questionnaires, but completing them is voluntary, said Wayne Cotter, director of research for the state insurance department.

67.  State department announces that they have averted a famine in Afganistan.

68.  State department officials, questioning that speculation, blocked the report from being released to the public.

69.  State insurance department officials say the storms showed that much of the construction does not even meet current standards.

70.  The acquisition, which was also approved by Life Partners shareholders, still requires approval from two state insurance departments.