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Drunken Driving Declines, But Drug Use Remains a Problem
KickingTiresThe nation???s drunken driving laws appear to be having a positive effect, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 1973, 7.5% of drivers had a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher (the legal limit everywhere in the........Tags: Travel, Health, Road Transportation, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation
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Obama's Medals of Freedom: 'Change'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama, attempting to spotlight several "agents of change,'' today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Henry J Hyde, Academic Progress
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White House: Presidential records secret
The Swampby Peter Nicholas Invoking an argument used by President George W. Bush, the Obama administration has turned down a request from a watchdog group for a list of health industry executives who have visited the White House to discuss the......Tags: Government, Values, Pharmaceuticals, Heads of State, Economy, Business and Finance
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White House health-care deal: Tempest
The Swampby Tom Hamburger An $80-billion deal with the drug industry that the White House thought would add momentum to its campaign for national healthcare reform has instead provoked a political tempest, frustrating and bewildering some of the president's most...Tags: Government, Medicare, Montana, Pharmaceuticals, Laws
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Public health-care option optional: WH
The Swamp"The public option... is not the entirety'' of health-care reform, the president says in the encounter shown above in Colorado, where a young man challenges the president to an "Oxford-style'' debate on competition in health-care. by Andrew Zajac The...Tags: Kent Conrad, Social Issues, Insurance, National Government, Private Health Care
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Health-reform: More Americans know...
The Swampby Mark Silva SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - On a high, scenic ridge that straddles the valleys of old coal country from Frackville to Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pa., the government has posted an oversized sign in the median strip of Interstate 81......Tags: Social Issues, National Government, The New York Times, Barack Obama, Scranton
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Bill Clinton: 'Shocked' if no health care
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Clinton, who failed to win the health-care reforms that he sought early in his presidency, says he will be "shocked'' if President Barack Obama fails at the health-care initiative that he is seekng early in his......Tags: Environmental Issues, Disasters, Conservation, Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism
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Mexicans: 1 in 3 would come to the U.S.
The Swampby Mark Silva Here's some fodder for critics who worry that illegal immigrants stand to benefit from the health-care overhaul that President Obama is attempting to push through Congress: One in three Mexicans say they would come to the United......Tags: Government, Mexico, Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Services
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Nobel Peace Prize: Gandhi never won it
The Swampby Mark Jacob With a Chicagoan -- President Barack Obama -- winning the Nobel Prize for Peace, it's fitting to take a deeper look at the world's most famous awards for peaceful human achievement. The fact that they were founded......Tags: Awards and Prizes, Howard University, Jerry Lewis, Henry Kissinger, Social Issues
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Health-care voting time: Battle lines
The Swampby Mark Silva As the Senate Finance Committee sets out to vote today on a health-care overhaul which supporters say will offer heatlh insurance to millions of more Americans -- with the Congressional Budget Office setting the cost at about......Tags: Values, Pharmaceuticals, Social Issues, Credit and Debt, Baseball
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Health-care 'roller derby:' Race is on
The Swampby Noam N. Levey The battle over health care entered a new, more frenzied stage Wednesday, as lawmakers and powerful interest groups jockeyed for advantage now that most believe some form of an overhaul will ultimately be signed into law.......Tags: Unions, Lobbying, Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals, Crime, Law and Justice
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White House vs FOX News: War in review
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated After a week at "war'' with the FOX News Channel, the White House maintained today that it really isn't too concerned about what FOX says about the administration - and also gave new, high-level......Tags: Referenda, Unions, Mass Media, Disasters, Terrorism
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