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               US:                Great American Smokeout 2009 -- Which states have most smokers?
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        <description><![CDATA[Those promoting Thursday's Great American Smokeout 2009 have their work cut out for them. That's because cigarette use among Americans, after declining for decades, has remained virtually unchanged for five straight years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tracey D. Samuelson]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1120/p02s04-usgn.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1120/p02s04-usgn.html"><![CDATA[The Christian Science Monitor]]></source>
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               AL:                US survey -- Southern counties most obese
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        <description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia, with two Alabama counties -- Greene and Dallas -- having adult obesity rates that are among the highest in the nation.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/911200321/1009/news02/US-survey-Southern-counties-most-obese]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/911200321/1009/news02/US-survey-Southern-counties-most-obese"><![CDATA[Montgomery Advertiser]]></source>
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               AL:                White Rock: EBSCO dumped hazardous waste
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        <description><![CDATA[At a press conference today, representatives of White Rock Quarries, a company that wants to put a limestone quarry in Vincent, said EBSCO Industries is trying to block the project to hide 15 years of illegally dumping hazardous waste from its nearby plant. 

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        <author><![CDATA[By Malcomb Daniels]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2009/11/white_rock_ebsco_dumped_hazard.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2009/11/white_rock_ebsco_dumped_hazard.html"><![CDATA[The Birmingham News]]></source>
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               AL:                Baldwin's new coroner officially appointed by governor 
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        <description><![CDATA[ROBERTSDALE, Ala. -- After two months as interim Baldwin County coroner, Stan Vinson has been officially appointed by Gov. Bob Riley, he and other local officials said.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Craig Myers]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://blog.al.com/live/2009/11/baldwins_new_coroner_officiall.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://blog.al.com/live/2009/11/baldwins_new_coroner_officiall.html"><![CDATA[Mobile Register]]></source>
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               AR:                Fight health bill, ex-Clinton adviser urges
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        <description><![CDATA[The health-care overhaul bill being considered in the U.S. Senate is "the most serious threat to our lives and our liberties we Americans have faced since World War II," former Clinton adviser Dick Morris told about 250 Arkansans who rallied against the legislation. The group gathered Thursday on the Capitol steps in front of a "Hands Off Our Healthcare" tour bus. 

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        <author><![CDATA[By L. Lamor Williams ]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/nov/20/fight-health-bill-ex-clinton-adviser-urge-20091120/?news]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/nov/20/fight-health-bill-ex-clinton-adviser-urge-20091120/?news"><![CDATA[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)]]></source>
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               AR:                Swine flu death toll 20 in state
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        <description><![CDATA[Two more Arkansans have died from swine flu, pushing the death toll from the H1N1 virus to 20 in the state, the state Health Department said today.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://arkansasnews.com/2009/11/19/swine-flu-death-toll-20-in-state/]]></link>
            <source url="http://arkansasnews.com/2009/11/19/swine-flu-death-toll-20-in-state/"><![CDATA[Arkansas News Bureau]]></source>
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               CA:                California, Sacramento County to probe in-home care
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        <description><![CDATA[California teamed with Sacramento County officials Thursday to launch a first-in-the-state multi-agency task force to investigate fraud in In-Home Supportive Services. The program could benefit from the state budget approved last July that included $10 million to bolster anti-fraud efforts in the rapidly growing in-home care program.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Susan Ferriss]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2336965.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2336965.html"><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee]]></source>
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               CA:                UC regents approve partnership with L.A. County to reopen King medical facility
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        <description><![CDATA[In a unanimous vote that sparked cheers of "thank you" from the audience, University of California regents on Thursday approved a partnership with Los Angeles County that clears the way to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. medical facility in Willowbrook, possibly by 2013.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Molly Hennessy-Fiske]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king-hospital20-2009nov20,0,3225184.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king-hospital20-2009nov20,0,3225184.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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               CA:                California flu-related deaths, hospitalizations slowing
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        <description><![CDATA[California health officials reported Thursday that flu- related deaths and hospitalizations slowed last week but emphasized that the H1N1 strain is still a major concern.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rong-Gong Lin II]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-me-swine-flu20-2009nov20,0,242731.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-me-swine-flu20-2009nov20,0,242731.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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               CA:                California adopts stricter rules for drug abusers in the health industry
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        <description><![CDATA[In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in treatment and immediately removing from practice anyone who relapses.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-nurses20-2009nov20,0,1768450.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-nurses20-2009nov20,0,1768450.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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               CO:                Hit hard by times, Colorado woman still standing
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        <description><![CDATA[She watched her rewarding job in the mortgage industry disappear and her financial security dissolve in a $3 million bankruptcy. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kevin Simpson]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13829213]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13829213"><![CDATA[The Denver Post]]></source>
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               CT:                Schools shift strategy on swine flu, staying open more
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        <description><![CDATA[Despite a handful of school closings last month when a second wave of swine flu hit the state &mdash; including one decision to close schools in a district where only 6 percent of the students were out sick &mdash; superintendents overall now seem to be showing more restraint when deciding whether to close.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Grace E. Merritt]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/health/swine-flu/hc-school-swine-1120.artnov20,0,700421.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.courant.com/health/swine-flu/hc-school-swine-1120.artnov20,0,700421.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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               FL:                Medicaid providers get electronic records access
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        <description><![CDATA[Florida health care providers will now be able to access information on Medicaid patients, including diagnoses and prescription history, electronically.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=tallahassee&sParam=32093913.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=tallahassee&amp;sParam=32093913.story"><![CDATA[Tallahassee Democrat]]></source>
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               FL:                Broward grand jury recommend pain clinic reforms
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        <description><![CDATA[FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Broward County grand jury issued a damning report Thursday bemoaning the explosion of illegal painkillers sold through Broward pain clinics -- and warning that reforms passed by the Legislature may not be enough.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Scott Hiaasen]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342972.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342972.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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               GA:                No new patients being admitted to Central State Hospital
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        <description><![CDATA[Georgia's state-run psychiatric hospitals continue to have serious problems, and a recent Department of Justice visit to the largest facility &mdash; Central State Hospital in Milledgeville &mdash; led the hospital to stop taking new patients indefinitely.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Travis Fain]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.macon.com/local/story/923957.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.macon.com/local/story/923957.html"><![CDATA[The Macon Telegraph]]></source>
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               GA:                Health reform in D.C. could influence gubernatorial race
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        <description><![CDATA[The fractious debate over health care reform has mostly been a federal affair. But if the version favored by the top Democrat in the U.S. Senate becomes law, leaders in the states could play a huge role by choosing to opt out of the so-called "public option."
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        <author><![CDATA[By Aaron Gould Sheinin ]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/health-reform-in-d-205734.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/health-reform-in-d-205734.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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               ID:                1 in 10 Idaho babies born prematurely
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        <description><![CDATA[Kristi Burke was just 25 weeks into her pregnancy in 1999 when she awoke in the night doubled over with pain.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Colleen Lamay]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/980318.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/980318.html"><![CDATA[The Idaho Statesman (Boise)]]></source>
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               IL:                Group hears how mentally ill fare in nursing homes 
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        <description><![CDATA[Mentally ill residents of Illinois nursing homes often don't know their rights and some are confined against their will, a lawyer with 35 years' experience in mental health law told a state task force Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Carla K. Johnson ]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_d8cd785d-28cd-5314-8c55-0db92934d106.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_d8cd785d-28cd-5314-8c55-0db92934d106.html"><![CDATA[Quad-City Times]]></source>
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               IN:                Group to rally for saving parts of current health care system
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        <description><![CDATA[A group opposed to the health care legislation pending in Congress will rally Saturday in downtown Indianapolis.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.ibj.com/group-to-rally-for-saving-parts-of-current-health-care-system/PARAMS/article/11349]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.ibj.com/group-to-rally-for-saving-parts-of-current-health-care-system/PARAMS/article/11349"><![CDATA[Indianapolis Business Journal]]></source>
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               KY:                Latest death brings H1N1 toll to 30 in Kentucky
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        <description><![CDATA[BURLINGTON, Ky. &mdash; A northern Kentucky woman in her 30s has died from complications related to swine flu.

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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190358/Latest+death+brings+H1N1+toll+to+30+in+Kentucky]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190358/Latest+death+brings+H1N1+toll+to+30+in+Kentucky"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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               MA:                Bay State flu 'crisis'
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        <description><![CDATA[Weeks before its predicted peak, the swine flu pandemic already has hit a historic high in the Bay State, with one hospital unit reporting a third of its nurses felled by the raging virus and a local health official warning that the Thanksgiving holiday could only accelerate the outbreak.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Marie Szaniszlo, Jessica Van Sack, Richard Weir and Edward Mason]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091120bay_state_flu_crisis_outbreak_worse_and_earlier_than_expected/srvc=home&position=0]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091120bay_state_flu_crisis_outbreak_worse_and_earlier_than_expected/srvc=home&amp;position=0"><![CDATA[Boston Herald]]></source>
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               MA:                Shrewsbury opposes medical waste facility
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        <description><![CDATA[SSHREWSBURY, Mass. &mdash; Shrewsbury residents are mobilizing against a proposal to build a 21,000-square-foot medical waste disposal facility near a residential neighborhood in town.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091120shrewsbury_opposes_medical_waste_facility/srvc=news&position=also]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091120shrewsbury_opposes_medical_waste_facility/srvc=news&amp;position=also"><![CDATA[Boston Herald]]></source>
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               MD:                State slashes budget by $362M
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        <description><![CDATA[The latest round of state budget cuts imposed yesterday will limit student financial aid, slice Medicaid payments to hospitals and even reduce commuter bus trips for state employees when the legislature is not in session.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liam Farrell]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/11/19-41/State-slashes-budget-by-362M.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/11/19-41/State-slashes-budget-by-362M.html"><![CDATA[The Capital (Annapolis)]]></source>
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               MD:                Legislators fight closure of Eastern Shore mental health facility
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        <description><![CDATA[Maryland lawmakers and supporters of Kent County's Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center promised on Wednesday to use the upcoming legislative session to fight the facility's closure by the Board of Public Works.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christopher M. Matthews]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/gov/2009/11/19-10/Legislators-fight-closure-of-Eastern-Shore-mental-health-facility.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/gov/2009/11/19-10/Legislators-fight-closure-of-Eastern-Shore-mental-health-facility.html"><![CDATA[The Capital (Annapolis)]]></source>
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               ME:                Flu vaccine slow getting to Maine
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        <description><![CDATA[Fewer than two-thirds of the very highest-priority Mainers &mdash; children and pregnant women &mdash; have been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu, largely due to the national shortage of vaccine, according to Maine's top public health official. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Meg Haskell]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/130247.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/130247.html"><![CDATA[Bangor Daily News]]></source>
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               MT:                Montana, federal officials more tolerant of bison leaving Yellowstone, report says
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        <description><![CDATA[BILLINGS -- Federal and state officials are drafting new strategies to deal with bison coming out of Yellowstone National Park, but still don't have an alternative to periodic slaughters of the iconic Western animal.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_a1b8285c-d589-11de-9912-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_a1b8285c-d589-11de-9912-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Missoulian]]></source>
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               MT:                Montana's Children -- Healthy, but poor, study shows
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        <description><![CDATA[First, the good news, and there's a lot of it: Montana's children are healthier than kids in the rest of the country. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jennifer McKee]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_5f908a38-d55b-11de-82a7-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_5f908a38-d55b-11de-82a7-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Billings Gazette]]></source>
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               NC:                Doctor is brusque. Patient complains. Doctor fires back.
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        <description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl Sunderhaus, an Asheville eye doctor, has what might charitably be described as a brusque bedside manner. That much is not in dispute. But the N.C. Medical Board may decide Sunderhaus overstepped the bounds of decency when he recently told a patient she was irresponsible for being unemployed, on Medicaid, and relying on taxpayers to cover another pregnancy after giving birth less than a year earlier.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Sarah Avery]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/1065861.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/1065861.html"><![CDATA[The Charlotte Observer]]></source>
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               ND:                Dakotas deal with vaccine shortages
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        <description><![CDATA[The uncertainty over weekly allotments of a limited supply of H1N1 vaccine has complicated efforts to organize immunization clinics and distribute it to hundreds of providers in North Dakota and South Dakota.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Wayne Ortman, The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_a8372140-d58b-11de-9675-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_a8372140-d58b-11de-9675-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[The Bismarck Tribune]]></source>
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               NE:                As pressure mounts, McClurg mum on stem cell vote
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        <description><![CDATA[The man who holds the pivotal vote in today's embryonic stem cell research showdown is prepared to make a difficult decision.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Melissa Lee]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.journalstar.com/news/local/article_c03df406-d579-11de-bcfa-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.journalstar.com/news/local/article_c03df406-d579-11de-bcfa-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Lincoln Journal Star]]></source>
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               NE:                State patrol asking motorists to buckle up
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        <description><![CDATA[The Nebraska State Patrol will be stepping up enforcement as part of a national campaign emphasizing seat belt use and keeping holiday travelers safe.

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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/article_d270aba8-d5d5-11de-8ba8-001cc4c03286.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/article_d270aba8-d5d5-11de-8ba8-001cc4c03286.html"><![CDATA[Lincoln Journal Star]]></source>
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               NJ:                Colleges spot chance to fight sexual assault
            ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[On college campuses across the state, students mix in dormitories and mingle at parties, but experts say they remain dangerously shy about confronting the warning signs of sexual assault.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1258683317113760.xml&coll=1]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1258683317113760.xml&amp;coll=1"><![CDATA[The Star-Ledger (Newark)]]></source>
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               NM:                State mulls reducing Medicaid coverage
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        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year in the state's largest health care program. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Barry Massey, The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Budget-shortfall-State-mulls-reducing-Medicaid-coverage]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Budget-shortfall-State-mulls-reducing-Medicaid-coverage"><![CDATA[Santa Fe New Mexican]]></source>
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               NM:                Soft drink taxes could raise a lot of dough
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        <description><![CDATA[The second meeting of Governor Bill Richardson's budget balancing task force happened today.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Marjorie Childress ]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://newmexicoindependent.com/41987/soft-drink-taxes-could-raise-a-lot-of-dough]]></link>
            <source url="http://newmexicoindependent.com/41987/soft-drink-taxes-could-raise-a-lot-of-dough"><![CDATA[New Mexico Independent]]></source>
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               NV:                Regulators holding off to let court rule in Watanabe case
            ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Back in May, a high roller went public with his allegations that Harrah's Entertainment not only kept him drunk but provided him drugs to induce his massive gambling losses.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jeff German]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/20/regulators-holding-let-court-rule-watanabe-case/]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/20/regulators-holding-let-court-rule-watanabe-case/"><![CDATA[Las Vegas Sun]]></source>
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               NY:                First H1N1-linked death hits Monroe County
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        <description><![CDATA[ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Monroe County has recorded its first H1N1 death, Health Department director Dr. Andrew Doniger announced Thursday evening.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Patti Singer ]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911200350]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911200350"><![CDATA[Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)]]></source>
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            <title> <![CDATA[
               OH:                School-based H1N1 vaccination clinics expected to soon begin across Ohio
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        <description><![CDATA[School-based clinics for H1N1 flu vaccinations are expected to begin statewide in the coming weeks, Ohio Health Director Dr. Alvin Jackson said Thursday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Harlan Spector]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2009/11/school-based_h1n1_vaccination.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2009/11/school-based_h1n1_vaccination.html"><![CDATA[The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)]]></source>
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               PA:                State taking heat for 'chaotic' flu shots
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        <description><![CDATA[In the last several weeks, as the H1N1 flu has swept through the nation and health officials scrambled to find scarce vaccine, questions have been raised about how Pennsylvania chose to handle the process of distributing the limited doses available.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Steve Twedt]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014953-488.stm]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014953-488.stm"><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]></source>
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               SD:                H1N1 toll in S.D. hits 19
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        <description><![CDATA[The report comes as communities dispense free vaccines to fight the virus. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Walker]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.argusleader.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911200311/1001/news]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.argusleader.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911200311/1001/news"><![CDATA[Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)]]></source>
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               TN:                UK goes smoke-free
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        <description><![CDATA[LEXINGTON, Ky. &mdash; Kentucky's flagship public university gave the official heave-ho to tobacco on Thursday, touting the health benefits of a smoke-free policy covering all of its sprawling campus in the heart of burley tobacco country.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190365/1008/UK+goes+smoke-free]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190365/1008/UK+goes+smoke-free"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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               TN:                TN budget cuts could close longtime institution for people with severe disabilities
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        <description><![CDATA[The only state institution in Middle Tennessee for people with severe intellectual disabilities could be closed under a plan introduced Thursday to cut spending.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chas Sisk]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091120/NEWS0201/911200365/1009/NEWS02]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091120/NEWS0201/911200365/1009/NEWS02"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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               TX:                Hospital war
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        <description><![CDATA[DALLAS &mdash; As lawmakers in Washington hammer out a health care reform bill, physician-owned specialty hospitals &mdash; a quarter of which are in Texas &mdash; face an uncertain fate. Those under development could see bulldozers, not cranes. Those already in operation may face serious limits on growth.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Emily Ramshaw]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2009/nov/20/hospital-war/]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2009/nov/20/hospital-war/"><![CDATA[The Texas Tribune]]></source>
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               TX:                Who's got the swine flu vaccine?
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        <description><![CDATA[State health officials said Thursday that they have funneled most doses &mdash; about 147,000 in Travis County &mdash; to private physicians, urgent care clinics and hospitals, where workers must decide whether patients meet the criteria to receive the scarce immunizations. 

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        <author><![CDATA[By Tony Plohetski and Nathan Adkisson]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/11/20/1120swineflu.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/11/20/1120swineflu.html"><![CDATA[The Austin American-Statesman]]></source>
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               UT:                Abortion bill approved by Utah legislative committee
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        <description><![CDATA[A bill that would make seeking an illegal abortion a second-degree felony as well as remove any immunity for Utah women seeking illegal abortions was approved by a legislative committee Wednesday morning.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James Thalman]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705345405/Abortion-bill-approved-by-Utah-legislative-committee.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705345405/Abortion-bill-approved-by-Utah-legislative-committee.html"><![CDATA[The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)]]></source>
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               VA:                Va. has 3 more swine flu deaths, 1 in Norfolk
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        <description><![CDATA[HAMPTON ROADS, Va. -- Three more deaths in Virginia associated with swine flu have been confirmed, including a Norfolk woman with underlying health problems.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Elizabeth Simpson]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/va-has-3-more-swine-flu-deaths-1-norfolk]]></link>
            <source url="http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/va-has-3-more-swine-flu-deaths-1-norfolk"><![CDATA[The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)]]></source>
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               VT:                Worker deaths hold fast in Vermont
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        <description><![CDATA[Work-related fatalities last year in Vermont remained the same as a year earlier, bucking a decline across New England and the nation.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/911200309/Worker-deaths-hold-fast-in-Vermont]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/911200309/Worker-deaths-hold-fast-in-Vermont"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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               VT:                Vermont smokers seek help quitting
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        <description><![CDATA[Vermont is likely to fall short of reducing the number of adult smokers to 11 percent of the population -- the target set in 2000 for 2010. Still more smokers are seeking help, especially from the state's online Web site -- Vermont Quit Network.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nancy Remsen]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091120/NEWS03/911200304/0/NEWS03/Vermont-smokers-seek-help-quitting]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091120/NEWS03/911200304/0/NEWS03/Vermont-smokers-seek-help-quitting"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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               WA:                Ranks of uninsured swell in state
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington state is on pace to reach a dangerous milestone within 14 months, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said Thursday: 1 million uninsured residents.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Stucke]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/20/ranks-of-uninsured-swell-in-state/]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/20/ranks-of-uninsured-swell-in-state/"><![CDATA[The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)]]></source>
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               WA:                Unpaid Wash. medical bills near $1B per year
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington's insurance commissioner says unpaid medical bills in the state will cost about $1 billion a year by 2011.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_uninsured_costs.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_uninsured_costs.html"><![CDATA[seattlepi.com]]></source>
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               WA:                Saving two programs funded by state focus of public forum
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        <description><![CDATA[The Southwest Washington Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities will hold a public forum Saturday to build support for the preservation of two state-funded programs that help seniors and the disabled and their families.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kathie Durbin]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://columbian.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/711209968/-1/news]]></link>
            <source url="http://columbian.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/711209968/-1/news"><![CDATA[The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)]]></source>
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               WV:                Foster-care agencies seek higher payments
            ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Private foster-care agencies in West Virginia hope state lawmakers will boost their daily payments, saying it will help them retain good foster parents and social workers who care for abused and neglected children.  
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        <author><![CDATA[By Alison Knezevich]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/200911190941]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/200911190941"><![CDATA[Charleston Gazette]]></source>
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            <title> <![CDATA[
                              Budget insiders see worse ahead in Calif., Mich.
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        <description><![CDATA[Two of the states hit hardest by the Great Recession&ndash;California and Michigan&ndash;are bracing for an even tougher time making ends meet next year, putting big spending cuts or outright elimination of some services on the table, top budget officials from both states said Friday (Nov. 13).]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=437443]]></link>
            <pubDate>11/14/2009</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Visit the Stateline.org Health Care Page]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/issues/Health+Care]]></link>
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