Tax on Medical Devices Becomes Recurring Theme in Budget Debate
Date: 16 October 2013
By ERIC LIPTON and BARRY MEIER
In Practice column; tax on sale of medical devices like heart implants and artificial hips, enacted to help finance health care law, is becoming recurring theme in budget debate as Congress searches for deal to end standoff.
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Tigers Change Their Lineup and Their Luck
Date: 17 October 2013
By TIM ROHAN
Detroit Tigers beat Boston Red Sox, 7-3; win leaves American League Championship Series tied at 2-2.
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In China's Campaign Against Bloggers, a Burst of Rumor-Mongering
Date: 16 October 2013
By AUSTIN RAMZY
The author of a piece that maligned a popular Chinese microblogger is himself now coming under attack for his online activities.
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Raids to Free Minks Up Ante on Animal Rights
Date: 17 October 2013
By MICHAEL WINES
Animal rights movement has resumed a decades-old guerrilla war against the fur industry with eight raids on mink farms across the country and two more in Canada, freeing at least 9,000 minks in total with warnings of more raids to come.
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First Task for Panel in New Playoff System: Easing Suspicions of Bias
Date: 17 October 2013
By TOM SPOUSTA
College football officials acknowledge that it will be difficult for members of newly-established college football selection committee to avoid accusations of bias as they select Football Bowl Subdivision champion.
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Disposal of Chemical Arms in Syria Progresses
Date: 17 October 2013
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says chemical weapons inspectors have reached 11 of Syria’s 20 sites and have begun destroying equipment at 6 of them.
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Hands Empty but Spirit Unbowed, House Republicans Take Stock
Date: 17 October 2013
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Republicans end their noisy revolt in a state of near somnolence after their actions shuttered the American government for 16 days and threatened the nation's credit rating; Senate Republicans are trying to shake it all off like a bad dream, but their House counterparts, defeated but unbowed, agree to table their fight until the next time.
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