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Democrats win approval of health bill in committee (AP)

Democrats win approval of health bill in committee

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are looking ahead to a health care showdown on the House floor in September following a key committee's passage of sweeping overhaul legislation.


US abortion views shift, majority are 'pro-life': poll

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created May 15, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 11

US opinion on abortion has shifted with, for the first time in nearly 15 years, a narrow 51-percent majority identifying themselves as "pro-life," according to a new Gallup poll published Friday.





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Senate Democrats clear hurdle on health care bill (AP)

Health Care bill clears key Senate test

Medicine & Health / Health

created 18 hours ago | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6

(AP) -- Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test in the pre-dawn hours early Monday, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all ...


What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans (AP)

What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

(AP) -- As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?


Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care (AP)

Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care

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created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8

(AP) -- Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Saturday, putting President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path ...


Survey of young adults finds wide majority support health reform

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

An overwhelming majority -- 88 percent -- of young adults across the political spectrum think it is important for Congress and the President to pass health reform legislation that would assure affordable health insurance ...


Stolen e-mails embolden climate change skeptics

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (15) | comments 39

(AP) -- At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics - including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack ...


United Nations to probe climate e-mail leak (AP)

United Nations to probe climate e-mail leak

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 20

(AP) -- The United Nations will conduct its own investigation into e-mails leaked from a leading British climate science center in addition to the probe by the University of East Anglia, a senior U.N. climate ...


'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill (AP)

'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" - a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year.


Obama science advisers grilled over hacked e-mails

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 43

(AP) -- House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't ...


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.


New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (19) | comments 31

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.



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