Insurance agent accused of enrolling nursing home patients without consent pleads not guilty

According to the indictment, Eddins worked as a sales agent for Coventry Health Care. From December 2008 through June 2009, she allegedly signed up four patients at Citronelle Convalescent Center, using their names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers.

Home sales fall; jobless claims rise

WASHINGTON (AP) — The economic recovery is weakening in the face of falling home sales and rising claims for unemployment benefits, new data showed Thursday. Sales of previously occupied homes fell 5.1 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.37 million, the National Association of Realtors said. …