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Top 5 Worst U.S. States for Women

Which states have been ranked the worst for women to live in? iVillage takes a look at the places where it’s hard to be a woman

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Wednesday Words: Obamacare, ‘Brokeback Iceberg’ and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

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Man Robs Bank for $1 To Get Health Care in Jail

A Gastonia, N.C. bank teller was no doubt surprised when handed a note saying a bank robbery had begun. The teller was probably more surprised with the amount the unarmed robber was seeking: exactly $1.

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Reading While Eating for April 18: Artfully Inspired

Art has become such an umbrella term that it’s difficult to pinpoint all that it encompasses. That doesn’t stop NewsFeed from trying, though: from cars to cat sounds we think there’s something to appeal to everyone in today’s links.

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Obamacare In Better Health as Opposition Eases

After the tragic week in Arizona, President Obama returned to work Monday morning and was greeted with some good news: the raw feelings which have plagued his health care reform are subsiding.

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Reading While Eating for December 27: Snowfall and Spam

NewsFeed trudges through feet of snow to bring you the day’s best reads.

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Quotes: Kathleen Sebelius on Health Insurance Premium Funding

“Just having transparency . . . in itself is going to change the dynamics of what is happening in terms of the massive rate increases in this country,” – KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the Obama administration’s decision to award 45 states $1 million in oversight money for health insurance premiums [...]

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Al-Qaeda Stealing Blood From Hospitals in Iraq

Looking for blood to treat their injured fighters, Iraqi insurgents turn to hospitals and blood banks—and steal it at gunpoint.

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Obamacare Still Making Blood Boil In Texas

Those heated Tea Party rallies? The anger’s still out there – and it’s also on YouTube.