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1. Bottom line on health care summit: Dems push ahead (AP)
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AP - President Barack Obama strongly signaled that Democrats will move forward on a health care overhaul with or without Republicans, preparing his party for a fight whose political outcome will rest with ...

2. £1.9m for thalidomide survivors
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Victims in Wales of the thalidomide scandal are to share £1.9m to improve their care, nearly 50 years after the drug was withdrawn. ...

3. Obama, Democrats ponder next healthcare moves (Reuters)
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Reuters - After a seven-hour healthcare summit that did little to change Republican hearts and minds, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats face a challenge on Friday in deciding their next ...

4. US health summit ends in deadlock
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Differences mar a seven-hour televised US healthcare summit chaired by President Obama, aimed at securing a reform bill. ...

5. Live from Washington: Obama's health care summit (AP)
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AP - President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are pleading their case for health care overhaul in an extraordinary summit with Republicans, broadcast live to a divided public on daytime TV. ...

6. Obama, Dems look beyond health summit (AP)
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AP - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, holding out little hope for Thursday's televised bipartisan summit on health care, are prepared to try for a far-reaching bill in the coming weeks ...

7. Obama hosts summit to rescue health bill (Reuters)
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Reuters - President Barack Obama launches a last-ditch bid to salvage his stalled healthcare overhaul on Thursday at a televised summit that could offer more potential for political theater than problem ...

8. Social care 'fails deaf children'
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The majority of local authorities in England are failing deaf children and their families, research suggests.

9. Dems, GOP: Summit will not break logjam on health (AP)
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AP - Here's one point on which Democrats and Republicans agree on health care: President Barack Obama's much-touted televised summit has virtually no chance of breaking the political logjam. That means ...

10. PhilaU's Magee wins No. 903 (AP)
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AP - Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee got his 903rd career victory, moving past Hall of Famer Bob Knight to become the winningest men's coach in NCAA history. ...

11. Teaching profession 'under-rated'
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Many final-year students and members of the public think teaching offers slow career progression, a survey suggests. ...

12. Social care law 'needs clarity'
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The law and duties covering social care provided by councils in England and Wales need simplifying, experts say. ...

13. 'Court crisis'
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Fears over level of service for children in care cases ...

14. Outlook no brighter for Obama's new health plan (AP)
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AP - Starting over on health care, President Barack Obama knows his chances aren't looking much more promising. A year after he called for a far-reaching overhaul, Obama unveiled his most detailed plan ...

15. Md. mom convicted of killing kids found in freezer (AP)
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... meant to help with their care. ...

16. Obama proposes $950 billion health bill (Reuters)
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Reuters - President Barack Obama made a last-ditch bid to revive his stalled healthcare overhaul on Monday with a plan to make insurance more affordable and to bolster government authority to regulate ...

17. Obama to propose limits on insurance rates (AP)
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AP - President Barack Obama will propose giving federal authorities the power to limit rate hikes by health insurance companies — part of a new health care overhaul plan he will unveil Monday in ...

18. Obama has insurers in sight as he sets health plan (Reuters)
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Reuters - President Barack Obama will pitch his bid to revamp the U.S. healthcare system as a way to control big insurance company rate increases when he releases his healthcare plan on Monday, the White ...

19. Carey Mulligan, Colin Firth and Hurt Locker take top Baftas
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Britons Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth win the best actor Baftas at the Royal Opera House, with The Hurt Locker named best film. ...

20. White House to publish healthcare proposals Monday (Reuters)
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Reuters - The White House will unveil its latest healthcare reform proposals on Monday ahead of a bipartisan summit that President Barack Obama hopes will advance the stalled legislation, a senior administration ...

21. Live From Washington! It's Obama health care drama (AP)
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AP - Coming soon to daytime television: America's long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank. ...

22. Obama wants healthcare summit to find common ground (Reuters)
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Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Democrats and Republicans on Saturday to find common ground at a White House summit next week he hopes will rejuvenate efforts to overhaul the U.S. healthcare sy ...

23. Talks back levy for care funding
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The government has been told to back a compulsory fee to pay for social care after holding a day of talks. ...

24. Death tax 'best for social care'
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The government is under pressure to back a compulsory fee - dubbed a "death tax" by the Tories - to pay for social care. ...

25. Q&A
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Why social care is such a major election issue ...

26. Premiums jump 14 percent on Medicare private plans (AP)
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AP - Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year — another sign that spiraling costs are a problem even for those ...

27. NHS staff private care 'must end'
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The NHS in Wales must stop paying for some of its staff to receive treatment privately, the health minister says.

28. GOP sees possible upside in health care summit (AP)
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AP - Congressional Republicans see a chance for political gain in President Barack Obama's televised health care summit next week, even though the president will be running the show. ...

29. 3 dead in small plane crash into California home (AP)
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AP - A small plane crashed Wednesday in a residential neighborhood shrouded in heavy fog, killing all three aboard, igniting fires and scattering debris onto a house where a children's day care center ...

30. Syria's Assad holds security talks with U.S. official (Reuters)
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Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad held security talks on Wednesday with America's highest-ranking career diplomat, a day after President Barack Obama pledged to reappoint an ambassador to Syria after ...