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'); document.write(''); document.write('PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('A dizzying array of choices awaits those searching for a Medicare Advantage plan.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Health insurer Humana Inc. posted a 44 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit Monday as its robust Medicare Advantage business drove higher government income, offsetting a slumping commercial segment dragged by the sluggish economy.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Text of President Barack Obama\'s first State of the Union speech on Wednesday, as provided by the White House:
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LOS ANGELES (AP) — Higher Medicare copays, sometimes just a few dollars more, led to fewer doctors visits and to more and longer hospital stays, a large new study reveals.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('FARMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — They met in a Veterans Affairs hospital, a former airman with bipolar disorder who drank too much and a clerical assistant struggling to cope with her teenage son\'s drug-overdose death.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('FARMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — They met in a Veterans Affairs hospital, a former airman with bipolar disorder who drank too much and a clerical assistant struggling to cope with her teenage son\'s drug-overdose death.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A steel mailbox-sized bin in the lobby of a police department in northern Utah was full again, crammed with half-full prescription bottles, over-the-counter cold meds and even an odd topical cream from 1983.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop said Tuesday the pay of teachers, professors and state and local government workers should be cut by 5 percent and held at that level for the next three years to save money.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('HONOLULU (AP) — The party is over at the Hawaii Capitol.
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