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• GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law May 18, 2013
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it's unclear whether they wi […]
• Cook County Jail has outbreak of lice, scabies May 18, 2013
  CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart says there is an outbreak of lice and scabies at the county jail and the hospital serving jail detainees. Dart said Friday he has ordered the isolation of a division of Cook County Jail and part of Cermak Hospital.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Minn. House backs nursing home pay hike May 18, 2013
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase. The pay hike is included in a broader, $6 billion a year budget for health and human services programs that the House passed Friday night by a party-line vote of 73-61. Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Mo. lawmakers give mixed results on business aid May 18, 2013
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers revamped four of the state's main business incentives on the final day of their legislative session, but failed Friday to pass a broader measure that would have scaled back costly tax credits for developers. The overhaul of Missouri's current job-creation incentives flew quietly through the House with l […]
• Wis. camp gets cleaning after kids get sick May 18, 2013
  STOCKHOLM, Wis. (AP) — A YMCA camp in western Wisconsin has been cleaned after more than 50 children from a Minnesota school district were sickened with norovirus. A group of children from Akin Road Elementary in Farmington, Minn., became sick after visiting the YMCA Camp Pepin near Stockholm Monday through Wednesday. A second group of children from North Tr […]