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House Dems unveil health bill, cheered on by Obama (AP)

House Dems unveil health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance ...


House Democrats to open hearings on health bill (AP)

House Democrats to open hearings on health bill

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- House Democrats are pushing forward with a partisan health care bill even as a key Senate Democrat labors to achieve an elusive bipartisan compromise on President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.





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Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill

Space & Earth / Environment

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

(AP) -- Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change ...


UK climate scientist to temporarily step down (AP)

UK climate scientist to temporarily step down

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created 21 hours ago | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 16

(AP) -- The chief of a prestigious British research center caught in a storm of controversy over claims that he and others suppressed data about climate change has stepped down pending an investigation, the ...


White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Surveys have shown that the public pays little attention to foreign policy, but politicians regularly cite the importance of public support for military actions overseas. Now, a new study has found that these ...


Low-income women 4 times more likely to report fair or poor health

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Low-income women are four times more likely than higher-income women to report fair or poor health and nearly twice as likely to report a health condition that limits their basic physical activities, according to a new policy ...


Leaders say momentum building on climate change (AP)

Leaders say momentum building on climate change

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created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(AP) -- Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates.


Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police (AP)

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

Technology / Other

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.


Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul (AP)

Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul

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created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:


Government delays new ban on Internet gambling

Technology / Internet

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.


A costly diagnosis: Alzheimer's disease takes toll on memories, and money too

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease takes a devastating emotional toll on families but it also is one of the most expensive conditions to treat because of its progressive nature, requiring increasing assistance with eating, bathing and other ...


In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth (AP)

In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.



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