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Shots - Health News
5:18 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

How The Sequester Could Affect Health Care

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On Tuesday, President Obama urged congressional action to prevent automatic spending cuts scheduled to begin on March 1.
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Originally published on Tue February 19, 2013 5:56 pm

It's looking increasingly likely that $85 billion of automatic federal budget cuts known as a sequester will come to pass if Congress doesn't act by March 1.

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Economy
4:24 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

End Of Winter Drives Nation's Gas Prices Uphill

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Reports indicate that gas pump prices are at their highest level on record for this period of the year, but consumers might see a break in the near future — if all goes well.
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Originally published on Tue February 19, 2013 5:42 pm

If you've been behind the wheel recently, you already know gasoline prices are up.

The national average price for regular gas rose to nearly $3.75 a gallon Tuesday, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

"Retail prices have gone up for each of the last 33 or so days — dating back to about Jan. 17," says Denton Cinquegrana, executive editor at the Oil Price Information Service.

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Shots - Health News
4:17 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

Why The Hospital Wants The Pharmacist To Be Your Coach

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Walgreens is one of several pharmacies that have partnered with hospitals to help manage patients after they've returned home.
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Originally published on Wed February 20, 2013 8:41 am

About 1 in 5 Medicare patients who leave the hospital come back within 30 days. Those return trips cost U.S. taxpayers a lot of money — more than $17 billion a year.

In October, the federal government started cracking down on hospitals, penalizing them if too many of their patients bounce back.

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World Cafe
3:16 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

Sera Cahoone On World Cafe

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Sera Cahoone.
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When she was 21, Sera Cahoone moved from Denver to Seattle to support artists like Carissa's Wierd, Band of Horses and Patrick Park. By 2006, she was focusing on her own solo work and releasing her self-titled debut album.

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Around the Nation
3:09 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

Cold War Bunker Network Repurposed For 21st Century Threats

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WBT radio's bomb shelter in Charlotte, N.C., part of a government-funded emergency communications network, as it looked in 1963.
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WBT chief engineer Jerry Dowd sits at the shelter's console. All of the bunker's communications equipment is still functional.
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FEMA has constructed new buildings known as Primary Entry Point Stations, like this one in Fresno, Calif., to support the nation's Emergency Alert System.
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Originally published on Tue February 19, 2013 5:42 pm

There's an underground bunker at a radio station in Charlotte, N.C., where time has stopped. Built decades ago to provide safety and vital communications in the event of a nuclear attack, it's now a perfectly preserved relic of Cold War fear that's gained new relevance.

The secret bunker is part of the office lore that old-timers at WBT Radio whisper to the newbies. That's how radio host Mike Collins learned of it back in the 1980s.

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