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document.write( '<p class="ap-topheadlineitem-p"><span class="apCaption"><span class="apHeadline"><span class="storylink"><span class="topheadline"><span class="firsttopheadline"><A HREF="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=NMALJ&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2009-11-22-16-04-31" class="ap-topheadlineitem-a">Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill    </a></span></span></span></span></span><br class="ap-topheadlineitem-br" /><span class="body"><span class="topheadlinebody">WASHINGTON     (AP) -- Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation\'s troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren\'t met and more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend....</span></span><!-- /TopHeadlineItem: 431204131 -->');

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document.write( '<br class="ap-topheadlineitem-br" style="clear: all;" /><p class="ap-topheadlineitem-p"><span class="apCaption"><span class="apHeadline"><span class="storylink"><span class="topheadline"><A HREF="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_MAMMOGRAMS?SITE=NMALJ&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2009-11-22-15-41-08" class="ap-topheadlineitem-a">Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill    </a></span></span></span></span><br class="ap-topheadlineitem-br" /><span class="body"><span class="topheadlinebody">WASHINGTON     (AP) -- Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings....</span></span><!-- /TopHeadlineItem: 431204141 -->');

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