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...state's lone Democrat in Congress; fears that a public option would undermine private insurers...
Welcomed a provision in the bill directing up to $300 million in Medicaid funding to her state...
...file candidacy papers for a local politician were attacked by up to 100 gunmen in what officials are calling a political massacre "unequaled in recent history." A dozen journalists were slain, along with the wife of gubernatorial hopeful Ismael Mangudadatu. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a local state of emergency and vowed to pursue the perpetrators, who were alleged to be connected to the region's current governor, an Arroyo ally...
...spurring students across the system to barricade themselves in buildings and clash with police. Cash-strapped pupils say the increase, scheduled to take effect next fall, will force many to drop out or transfer to community colleges. UC president Mark Yudof said the measure was unavoidable because of the state's ongoing budget crisis...
...biggest multischool site, JuicyCampus, was receiving thousands of hits a day when it folded in February - after advertisers pulled out. This happened around the time that two state attorneys general began investigating the site for possibly violating consumer-protection laws and its own terms of use. But wannabe sites are eager to replace the once mighty JuicyCampus. So eager, in fact, that the defunct site was paid by ACB to redirect traffic to the upstart gossip...