Bush urges compromise on patients rights bill
President Bush urged lawmakers to seek fresh compromise on patient protections in HMOs while pledging to veto current bills. He spoke to cardiologists in Orlando and backed a middle ground approach drafted with Senators Frist Breaux and Jeffords, stressing coverage scope and plan-sue limits.
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Foot and Mouth Hits Netherlands Expands Across Europe
The Netherlands reports four infected cows with hundreds of goats likely affected. EU bans livestock exports as veterinarians shoot to cull dozens of animals near farms at Oosterwolde Olst and Oene. About 17,000 animals to be destroyed within a 1,000 yard radius. The disease is deadly to livestock but not humans.
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Senate blocks union spending limits in Bush reform bid
The Senate rejected a Hatch proposal to require unions and corporations to obtain member or shareholder consent before political spending. A separate measure to lower political ad rates for television stations passed 70 to 30.
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Brain disease cluster linked to meat cutting
Five deaths in Queniborough England from variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease are tied to 1980s slaughter methods that exposed workers to tainted brain tissue. Investigators say skull splitting allowed brain material to contaminate knives and meat, with an incubation of 10 to 20 years. Local butchers acknowledge past practices, though officials say the method was not widespread.
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