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Associated Press A woman gets ready to check her blood sugar in 2009 in Sacramento, Calif. Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar -- but it also may cause some patient confusion.
Medicare: Cost-saving diabetic changes coming
WASHINGTON — Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar — but it also may cause some confusion...
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Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping bac...
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Associated Press National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander (second from right) testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Intelligence Committee.
NSA director: Plot against Wall Street foiled
WASHINGTON — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials...
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Associated Press Rows of 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokees are lined up in 2001 outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps
DETROIT — After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. ...
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Wilson won Nobel prize in physics in 1982
PORTLAND, Maine — Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy ...
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Catholic religious order opens abuse files
NEW YORK — A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting it failed victims of clergy sex abuse. The Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. ...
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CBO: Immigration bill would help economy
WASHINGTON — About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the nonpartisan Congressional B...
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Hastings credited with ending Gen. McChrystal’s career
LOS ANGELES — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member t...
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House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats ch...
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Feds end day of search for Hoffa’s remains
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The location of former Teamsters head Jimmy Hoffa’s body will apparently remain a mystery for at least one more night. Federal agents who spent Monday digging around in...
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