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Older population makes New England pension reform urgent: study

BOSTON (Reuters) – An older population than the U.S. average demands urgent public pension reform in the six New England states, according to a report from the New England Public Policy Center released on Wednesday.

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Doctor criticizes Arizona immigration law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Arizona’s controversial new law cracking down on illegal immigration could put doctors into a pickle, an Arizona physician said in a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday.

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Fire danger threatens where Northeast floods hit (AP)

AP – Officials in southern New England have issued fire danger warnings for some of the areas put underwater by record flooding just days ago.

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Study: Northeast seeing more, fiercer rainstorms (AP)

AP – The Northeast is seeing more frequent “extreme precipitation events” in line with global warming predictions, a study shows, including storms like the recent fierce rains whose floodwaters swallowed neighborhoods and businesses across New England.

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CDC: New England tops in swine flu vaccinations (AP)

AP – New England leads the nation in swine flu vaccinations, while the South has the lowest rates, U.S. health officials said Thursday in the first state-by-state report on turnout.

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New England flooding drowns homes and dreams (AP)

AP – Flooding on a scale rarely seen in New England forced hundreds of people from their homes Wednesday, overwhelmed sewage systems to the point that families were asked to stop flushing toilets, and washed out bridges and highways from Maine to Connecticut.

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Official: Dad’s warning made ‘no suggestion’ of terror act

When the father of suspected terrorist Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab visited the U.S. embassy in Nigeria in November, he told officials he believed his son was under the influence of religious extremists and had traveled from London, England, to Yemen, a senior administration official said Monday. Go here to see the …

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