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GAO report: Millions in fraud, drug abuse clogs Medicaid
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As Congress debates the government's role in health care, a report out Wednesday finds that state and federal officials failed to detect...
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The government on Wednesday awarded $5 billion in grants that President Obama said would pay for research into cures for cancer and other...
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United Nations health officials estimate about 4 million people who need AIDS drugs worldwide are now getting them, according to a report...
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Donations decline for non-profit patient guesthouses
By Jessica Leving, USA TODAY
Non-profit guesthouses and similar programs offering free lodging to families of the seriously ill are struggling to stay viable.
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Religious life won't be the same after recession
By Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press
Organized religion was already in trouble in the U.S. before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and...
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New signs at Mormon plaza say anyone can be barred
New signs at a Mormon church-owned plaza in downtown Salt Lake City put visitors on notice: Anyone can be asked to leave for any reason.
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'Tuesdays With Morrie' author Mitch Albom keeps the 'Faith'
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Mitch Albom, the sports columnist who rocketed up the best-seller list with inspirational books Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People...
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Driver's ed set for revival in public schools
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Driver's education in public schools, which virtually disappeared a generation ago, could be staging a comeback.
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Gingrich, Sharpton launch school tour in Philly
The Rev. Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich don't agree on much, but a meeting with a group of inner-city charter school...
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Over half of vets still waiting for G.I. Bill money
By Gregg Zoroya and Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY
The director of the VA Education Service office said about half of the 50,000 veterans owed money for tuition and expenses have been paid.
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The interconnected web of our friends, family, neighbors and acquaintances may dominate our lives more than we know, and the Internet is...
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Cirque du Soleil founder, astronauts head to space station
A spacecraft carrying Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte and two crew mates lifted off from the Kazakh steppe on schedule Wednesday...
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Skull piece thought to be Hitler's is from woman
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A piece of skull with a bullet hole through it that Russian officials claimed belonged to Adolf Hitler actually came from a woman,...
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Who's reigning, cats or dogs?
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The battle royal over which pet is best, dogs or cats, has moved from covert sniping to an all-out, online war of words.
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Man who stole hot dog gets 18 months
A Massachusetts man who stole a hot dog from another man sitting under a tree in a park has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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Police say a 1,400-pound (635-kilogram) bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a...
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