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Group recommends fewer Pap screenings
November 20, 2009 on Page A1 Only days after a federal panel scaled back on breast cancer screening recommendations for many women, another organization – the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – has done the … 1
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Vanity tax could enhance funding for health care
November 20, 2009 on Page A1 WASHINGTON – They call it the “Botax.” The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as … 1
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‘Disabled’ designer spotted on HGTV
November 20, 2009 on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – California tax officials say an interior designer’s false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement TV show. Fifty-six-year-old Ronald Hunt was sentenced …
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House fights cutting Medicare payments
November 20, 2009 on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a …
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Regents approve increased UC fees
November 20, 2009 on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the state. The vote …
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‘Oprah’ to end in 2011 after 25-year run
November 20, 2009 on Page A3 CHICAGO – “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its …
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Gates orders Fort Hood inquiry
November 20, 2009 on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A wide-ranging review ordered Thursday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates will strive to answer what he called “troubling questions” raised by the shootings at Fort Hood. The Pentagon …
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Nation in brief: Giuliani might seek U.S. Senate seat
November 20, 2009 on Page A3 New York – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has not decided whether to run for governor but is becoming more interested in running for U.S. Senate, two Republican …
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Karzai sworn in for second term
November 20, 2009 on Page A4 KABUL – The United States is developing a set of benchmarks to ensure that Afghan President Hamid Karzai keeps a promise delivered at his inauguration to fight corruption and inefficiency, …
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European Union chooses Belgian as first president
November 20, 2009 on Page A4 BRUSSELS, Belgium – Champions of European unity hoped their new president would be a continental George Washington, a brand name who could pull the European Union closer together and fulfill … 2
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Peruvian police: Gangs kill people, sell their fat
November 20, 2009 on Page A4 LIMA, Peru – A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the …
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Surge could happen fast, Gates says
November 20, 2009 on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swiftly, despite logistical hassles that force almost all …
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World in brief: Lithuania to look again at CIA links
November 20, 2009 on Page A4 Vilnius, Lithuania – Twice in the past three years, the Lithuanian Parliament investigated reports that the CIA secretly imprisoned al-Qaida leaders in this Baltic country. Both times, legislators concluded that …
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Tribal police: Cartels drive reservations’ drug problems
November 19, 2009 Matt Haney, police chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has two officers by day and three by night to patrol the 2,275 square miles of reservation under his jurisdiction. 1
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