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Plan exempts some from new Medicaid rules
Houston Chronicle - 23 hours agoBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR. WASHINGTON - Scrambling to keep millions of low-income US citizens from unintentionally being denied health-care benefits, federal officials on Thursday proposed alternatives that ...

Florida tobacco cases could go on for years
MarketWatch - 8 hours agoCHICAGO (MarketWatch) - While the tobacco industry dodged a big bullet with the Florida Supreme Court's decision to throw out a $145 billion punitive damage verdict levied against it, cigarette makers aren't off the hook yet as the ruling left open the ...

Ukraine's Coalition Unravels in a New Setback
New York Times - 1 hour agoMOSCOW, July 7 President Viktor A. Yushchenko of Ukraine, a Western-leaning reformist who led a wave of popular protests to office, only to stumble badly when tested in parliamentary elections, suffered a new political defeat on Friday when his ...

Trenton Showdown Ended, but Shutdown Lingers On
New York Times - 45 minutes agoBy RICHARD G. JONES. TRENTON, July 7 The pit bosses and dealers in Atlantic City casinos were poised to let the games begin. The dreamers who play the New Jersey lottery were standing by. So were the more ...

Meaning of 'Normal' Is at Heart of Gay Marriage Ruling
New York Times - 45 minutes agoIn this week's ruling against same-sex marriage in New York, judges on the Court of Appeals those voting with the majority and those voting against it went out of their way to compare the gay marriage movement with the struggle for civil rights by ...