Reid health bill helps chiropractors, drugmakers
By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession -- Iowa.
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Pa. university students must pass fitness class
By KATHY MATHESON
Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
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Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs
By CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.
On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote ...
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New jobless benefit claims unchanged at 505K
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, remaining above the level that would indicate the economy is adding jobs.
Still, new claims -- which are considered a gauge of the pace of ...
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Reid sets markers for historic health care debate
By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligibl ...
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Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
By LINDA A. JOHNSON
AP Business Writer
MARIETTA, Pa. (AP) -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical indust ...
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Crude prices follow world markets downward
By CHRIS KAHN
AP Energy Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- A global sell off on equity markets dragged down crude prices by nearly 3 percent Thursday, the first decline this week.
The price for a barrel of crude dropped by more than $1 immediately when U.S. m ...
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AP Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and TREVOR TOMPSON
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's an issue that Democrats would rather not deal with as they shape a health care overhaul. Yet a new Associated Press poll says most Americans suppor ...
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Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner
By JEFFREY COLLINS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.
Firefighters had to cut Tillmon ...
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