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Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers

A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers. (AP, 6:31 a.m.)

Gaps for consumers in Democrat health care bills

For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10. (AP, 6:51 a.m.)

Optogenetics may help explain workings of the brain

More than two centuries ago, the Italian scientist Luigi Galvani found that electricity could make a dead frog’s leg kick, as if it were alive. Today, using the same basic principle but new tools, scientists are employing light to trigger brain cells - looking not for a kick, but for the origins of emotions, behaviors, and diseases in the brain. (Boston Globe, 11/22/09)

Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

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. (AP, 11/22/09)

Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. (AP, 11/22/09)