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  • How to achieve universal health coverage is a major issue in this year's presidential campaign. Massachusetts has implemented a 2006 law requiring nearly every citizen to sign up for health insurance or pay a tax penalty.
  • The war in Iraq is causing trouble for Democratic presidential candidates. All say they want to end the war but they don't agree on how they want to exit. And some of the leading candidates aren't too eager to talk about the details of their withdrawal plans.
  • Millions of people go to Bangkok for medical care. These medical tourists, who get everything from face-lifts to heart-bypass operations, have helped boost the Thai economy. But doctors are so busy, Thais are having trouble getting care.
  • Broadway's Ben Platt heads the eccentric staff of a rundown camp for middle school thespians in the Sundance hit mockumentary Theater Camp.
  • President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Agriculture Department is yet another former political rival. Former Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa has received praise from a wide variety of farm groups for his experience in governance and skill in balancing competing interests.
  • Save the Deli author David Sax aims to preserve and celebrate the Jewish delicatessen. He has traveled across North America in search of the best examples of that endangered culinary species — and says there are certain rules patrons should follow to enjoy the intense meat flavors. Ben's Best in Queens, N.Y., is a rare surviving example.
  • Actor Patrick Swayze died yesterday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. Swayze played some real characters, from a surfer-dude bank robber to a road-tripping drag queen — and, of course, a dirty dancer. He said he always knew he was going to be a performer.
  • Legendary television news anchor Walter Cronkite died Friday night at the age of 92. Cronkite was the face of CBS from 1962 to 1981. He's being remembered as the "father of television news," as well as the "most trusted man in America."
  • Biden administration rules have one main legal pathway to seek asylum for migrants already at the border: a mobile app called CBP One. Immigrant advocates and immigration hardliners have objections.
  • Biden administration rules have one main legal pathway to seek asylum for migrants already at the border: a mobile app called CBP One. Immigrant advocates and immigration hardliners have objections.
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