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Motherlode Blog: Vaccination: How Personal Belief Came to Outweigh Public Health

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:39 PM PST

The history of the fallacy that led to the current spread of vaccine resistance.

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Motherlode Blog: Want More Vaccinated Children? End Religious and Personal Exemptions

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:27 PM PST

There is no need to silence or punish parents who choose not to vaccinate their children. If we end exemptions to vaccine requirements for public school attendance, most parents will make a different...

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Measles Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST

The national debate on measles and immunization is forcing the Republican Party's 2016 presidential hopefuls to confront questions about whether it is in the public's interest to allow parents to...

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In Boston, Snow and Icy Winds Postpone Patriots’ Parade

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:52 PM PST

A new storm is expected to leave 10 to 14 inches of snow on top of the piles from last week's blizzard before Tuesday's parade for the N.F.L. champions.

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Obama’s Budget Seeks to Loosen Austerity Reins

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:10 PM PST

The $4 trillion budget released Monday is more utopian vision than pragmatic blueprint, but buried in it are kernels of proposals that could take root even with a hostile Republican Congress.

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National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Former State Treasurer Admits Guilt in Extortion Case

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:05 PM PST

Rob McCord, who resigned Friday as state treasurer after six years in office, plans to plead guilty to federal extortion charges.

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National Briefing | Midwest: Missouri: State Patrol Turns Down Request for Help by St. Louis

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:02 PM PST

The State Highway Patrol has turned down a request for its troopers to help the police in downtown St. Louis, the patrol's leader told a State Senate committee Monday.

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National Briefing | Rockies: Wyoming: House Passes Bill Expanding Concealed-Gun Rights

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:58 PM PST

Legislation that would allow people with concealed-gun permits to carry firearms into public schools and government meetings was approved 42 to 17 by the Republican-led State House on Monday.

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U.S. Declines to Prosecute News Corporation Phone Hacking

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:56 PM PST

The Justice Department will not pursue charges against the News Corporation or 21st Century Fox for phone hacking and payments to public officials done in Britain.

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National Briefing | Rockies: Colorado: Rapid Jury Selection in Mass Killing at Movie Theater

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:52 PM PST

The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case says jury selection is going so efficiently that the first phase will be cut short.

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G.M. Victim Program Seems on Track

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:48 PM PST

No payment offers have been rejected so far in the automaker's effort to avoid the image-damaging litigation over defective ignition switches.

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National Briefing | West: California: Manson Misses Window for Marriage Under 90-Day License

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:44 PM PST

The marriage license of the mass murderer Charles Manson, 80, and a 26-year-old devotee is set to expire without a wedding, officials said Monday.

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Budget Plan Sees Savings in Changes to Medicare

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:54 PM PST

President Obama's target is a savings of $399 billion over 10 years from Medicare, Medicaid and other Health and Human Services programs.

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Closing Education Gap Will Lift Economy, a Study Finds

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:00 PM PST

A research group says that by improving educational performance, the United States could increase its gross domestic product over the next 35 years.

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U.S. Declassifies Some Information on Afghan Forces

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:15 PM PST

The data had been available for the past six years. But last week word leaked that it would be kept secret.

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Obama Proposes Tax for Upgrade of Infrastructure

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 09:39 AM PST

A $478 billion construction spree would seek to upgrade roads, bridges and ports, using money from new taxes on overseas earnings by American companies.

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News Analysis: In Budget, Obama’s Unfettered Case for Spreading the Wealth

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 09:23 AM PST

The 2016 budget indicates that President Obama feels newly free to outline an ambitious set of goals that will set the terms of a debate between the parties and shape the 2016 presidential...

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Motherlode Blog: Two Things I Won’t Be Buying Based on Their Super Bowl Ads

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:45 AM PST

You made us sad for no reason at all, Nationwide. Low.

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Obama’s Defense Budget Aims Higher, and at Overseas Conflicts

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:32 AM PST

The base defense budget for 2016 exceeds by $35 billion the mandatory across-the-board reductions known as sequestration, and President Obama is asking for an additional $51 billion for operations in...

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