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| Health news | | From the Affordable Care Act to flesh-eating bacteria to celebrities and elected officials battling physical and mental illness, it's been a tumultuous year for all things health. |
| Snow covers 65% of lower 48 | | A powerful winter storm that whipped its way across the United States this week, from the southern Plains to the Northeast, still had more to give early Friday. |
| Gang rape victim takes turn for worse | | A 23-year-old Indian woman whose gang rape aboard a New Delhi bus spawned days of mass protests has "taken a turn for the worse," according to a doctor who is treating her at a Singapore hospital. |
| Drought may shut Mississippi River | | As politicians and barge companies express fear of a shutdown or significant disruption, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is tackling one of two significant problems presented in the drought-stricken Mississippi River. |
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