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• Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations

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  From the New York Times: "The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new standards on breast cancer screening that were recommended this week by a federally appointed task force, saying government insurance programs would continue to cover routine mammograms for women starting at age 40."
  
  The breast [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:43pm EST
  by J. Burroughs

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• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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  From the New York Times: "Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit."
  
  The text of the new "Patient Protection and Affordable" [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:29pm EST
  by J. Burroughs

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• Striaght to DVD

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  This is really interesting … if you’ve ever wondered how much authors make on books. Dan Brown probably pays for a pack of cigarettes with a million dollar bill, but not so much the others. Lynn Viehl wrote a book called Twilight Fall. It made the New York Times best [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:32pm EST
  by Mark Tokarski

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• INDIAN ARTIFACTS: JOHN HELLSON

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  Here comes a story at the opposite extreme from the Uhlenbeck’s, one I can only tell now because a confirming article showed up through Google. I had to pay $4 to get a copy from the New York Times, but I already knew the information. I was just afraid to [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:08am EST
  by prairie mary

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• Unemployment and Foreclosure Assistance

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  From the New York Times: "In separate actions to address Americans’ continuing economic hardship, the government moved Thursday to assist long-unemployed workers and struggling businesses, as well as home buyers and homeowners facing foreclosure."
  
  Congress passed H.R.3548, the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, this [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by J. Burroughs

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• Getting to the bottom of Vélib vandalism

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  The New York Times takes a rather pessimistic view of the future of bike-sharing in Paris:
  "Just as Le Corbusier’s white cruciform towers once excited visions of the industrial-age city of the future, so Vélib’, Paris’s bicycle rental system, inspired a new urban ethos for" [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:42am EST
  by Daniel

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• Affordable Health Care for America Act

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  From the New York Times: "House Democrats on Thursday unveiled their bill to remake the health care system and said they had the votes to pass it. But Republicans said gimmicks had been used to hide the measure's long-term costs."
  
  The text of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health' [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:47pm EDT
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• State Education Standards and NAEP

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  From the New York Times: "A new federal study shows that nearly a third of the states lowered their academic proficiency standards in recent years, a step that helps schools stay ahead of sanctions under the No Child Left Behind law. But lowering standards also confuses parents about how" [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:34pm EDT
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• Health care reform links...

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  The New York Times: "In the debate over health care reform, no issue has produced more fury and sound bites than the question of whether to include a government-run insurance plan. It is not indispensable, and its role would be limited. Even so, we strongly support inclusion of a" [...]

  Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:20am EDT
  

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