Emotion, few details, in Obama’s health care pitch (AP)

July 1, 2009 by admin  
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AP - President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday. Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job.

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Emotion, few details, in Obama’s health care pitch
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Teen clung to Comoros plane wreckage for 13 hours (AP)

July 1, 2009 by admin  
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AP - The lone survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash, who clung to wreckage for 13 hours before being rescued, lay in a hospital bed with a broken collarbone Wednesday, asking for little — except for a chance to see her mother.

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