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Jan 18
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Report: Snap fires 2 execs after alleged sexual misconduct
Snapchat head of security Francis Racioppi has been fired after having an inappropriate workplace relationship, The Wall Street Journal reportsJan 18![Snapchat, Snap]()
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Jan 18
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Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night
Moon, Earth and sun line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and nextJan 18![FILE - In this Saturday Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, Earth starts to cast its shadow on the moon during a complete lunar eclipse seen from Jakarta, Indonesia. Starting Sunday evening, Jan. 20, 2019, all of North and South America will be able to see the]()
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Jan 18
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Report: Facebook's privacy lapses may result in record fine
Report: Federal Trade Commission considering slapping Facebook with biggest fine in agency's history for privacy violationsJan 18![Mark Zuckerberg]()
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Jan 18
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Researchers come face to face with huge great white shark
Two shark researchers who came face to face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded are using their encounter as an...Jan 18![In this Jan. 15, 2019 photo provided by Juan Oliphant, Ocean Ramsey, a shark researcher and advocate, swims with a large great white shark off the shore of Oahu. Ramsey told The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 17 that images of her swimming next t]()
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Jan 18
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On the road to make an affordable car, Tesla cuts jobs
Tesla to cut 7 percent of its workforce as it tries to lower prices and break out of the niche-car marketJan 18![FILE - In this March 31, 2016 file photo, Tesla Motors unveils the new lower-priced Model 3 sedan at the Tesla Motors design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla, recognizing as imperative its ability to produce a cheaper electric car, told employees Fr]()
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Jan 18
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Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night
Moon, Earth and sun line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and nextJan 18![FILE - In this Saturday Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, Earth starts to cast its shadow on the moon during a complete lunar eclipse seen from Jakarta, Indonesia. Starting Sunday evening, Jan. 20, 2019, all of North and South America will be able to see the]()
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Jan 18
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Swiss, German students protest inaction on climate change
Thousands of students are holding rallies across Germany and Switzerland to protest the lack of action against climate changeJan 18![Students demonstrate during a 'Youth For Climate' strike urging pupils to skip classes to protest a lack of climate awareness in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)]()
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Jan 18
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Jan 18
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Oxford suspends research funding from China's Huawei
There are growing security concerns about the Chinese telecom giant.Jan 18![Ren Zhengfei]()
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Jan 17
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Pole held for China spying worked on security for pope visit
Polish radio station reports cybersecurity expert charged with spying for China cooperated with Polish government on security measures for visit by...Jan 17
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Jan 17
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US shutdown stalls training, other prep for wildfire season
Officials spend the winter months preparing for the upcoming wildfire season, and much of that work is on hold because of the U.S. government shutdownJan 17![In this Nov. 12, 2018 file photo a firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, aka state Highway 118, in Simi Valley, Calif. A group of U.S. senators from around the American West sent a letter to President Trump warning that firefigh]()
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Jan 17
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Cohen says he rigged online polls for Trump in 2014, 2015
President Donald Trump's estranged former lawyer is acknowledging paying a technology company to artificially boost Trump's standing in two online...Jan 17![Michael Cohen]()
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Jan 17
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The Latest: Giuliani: Trump didn't know about poll-rigging
President Donald Trump's estranged former lawyer is acknowledging paying a technology company to artificially boost Trump's standing in two online...Jan 17![Michael Cohen]()
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Jan 17
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Microsoft pledges $500M to tackle Seattle housing crisis
Microsoft says it will devote $500 million to address a problem its own success helped create: the severe need for affordable housing in the Seattle...Jan 17![FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2016 file photo, a man lies in a tent with others camped nearby, under and near an overpass in Seattle. Microsoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region's w]()
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Jan 17
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Scientists: Saturn spent billions of years without its rings
Scientists say Saturn spent billions of years _ almost its entire existence _ without its stunning ringsJan 17
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Jan 17
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Phoenix police: Dead newborn found in Amazon site's restroom
Phoenix police say a newborn baby girl was found dead in a women's restroom inside an Amazon distribution center and that investigators have located...Jan 17
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Jan 17
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Google to buy power from solar farms in Tennessee, Alabama
Google plans to buy power from Tennessee and Alabama solar farms under a deal with the Tennessee Valley AuthorityJan 17
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Jan 17
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Asteroids are smacking Earth twice as often as before
A new study finds that we're still in a period when asteroids are crashing into Earth more than they used toJan 17![FILE - This Dec. 29, 1968 photo made available by NASA shows the large moon crater Goclenius, foreground, approximately 40 statute miles in diameter, and three clustered craters Magelhaens, Magelhaens A, and Colombo A, during the Apollo 8 mission. Fo]()
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Jan 17
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Hubble Telescope camera back in action after 1-week shutdown
Hubble Space Telescope's premier camera is back to work, after a 1-week shutdownJan 17![This May 13, 2009 photo made available by NASA shows the Hubble Space Telescope from the space shuttle Atlantis, orbiting the Earth. On Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, the Space Telescope Science Institute says the instrument has resumed observations. It ha]()
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Jan 17
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The Latest: Phoenix police locate mother of dead newborn
Phoenix police say investigators have located and contacted the mother of a newborn baby girl found dead in a women's restroom inside an Amazon...Jan 17
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Jan 17
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Facebook shuts hundreds of Russia-linked pages, accounts
Facebook shuts hundreds of Russia-linked pages and accounts it says were part of two big disinformation operationsJan 17![FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens in New York's Times Square. Facebook announced Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, it would invest $300 million over three years in news initiatives with an emphasis in local cov]()
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Jan 17
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Desalination's leftovers may negatively affect oceans and ecosystems
About 700 million people worldwide lack reliable access to fresh water.Jan 17![PHOTO: A desalination plant in the Arabian Gulf.]()
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Jan 17
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Thousands skip school again to go to Belgium climate protest
More than 10,000 youngsters skipped school again in Belgium to join a march demanding better protections of the globe's fragile climateJan 17![Students and others hold up placards with climate messages during a demonstration against climate change in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Thousands of students as part of the Youth for Climate movement took time off school Thursday to call for s]()
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Jan 17
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Jan 17
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Volcano in southern Japan erupts; no injuries or damage
A small island volcano in southern Japan has erupted, blasting rocks and ashes into the air but causing no damage or injuriesJan 17![A smoke column rises from Shindake volcano after its eruption in Kuchinoerabu island, southern Japan, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday's eruption caused volcanic rocks flying out of the crater and pyroclastic flows p]()
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Jan 17
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Battle lines forming ahead of a looming US privacy law fight
Battle lines are forming ahead of a looming fight over a US privacy lawJan 17![Federal Trade Commission]()
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Jan 16
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Trump administration to roll out new missile defense plan
The Trump administration is rolling out a new strategy for a more aggressive space-based missile defense systemJan 16![FILE - This Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA),shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile, from the]()
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Jan 16
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SpaceX to build Mars spaceship in Texas, not Los Angeles
SpaceX says it will build test versions of its Mars spaceship in south Texas instead of the Port of Los Angeles, dealing another blow to the local...Jan 16![FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2019 file photo, a motorcyclist rides near the SpaceX prototype Starship hopper at the Boca Chica Beach site in Texas. SpaceX says it will build its Mars spaceship in south Texas instead of the Port of Los Angeles, dealing ano]()
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Jan 16
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Northridge quake thrashed Los Angeles 25 years ago this week
Twenty-five years ago this week, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Los Angeles from its sleep, and sunrise revealed widespread devastation, with dozens...Jan 16![FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1994 file photo, Interstate 10, the Santa Monica Freeway, split and collapsed over La Cienega Boulevard following the Northridge quake in the predawn hours in Los Angeles. Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn e]()
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Jan 16
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Sinclair debuts streaming service for its local TV stations
Sinclair Broadcast, the nation's largest owner of television stations, is launching a free, ad-supported streaming service.Jan 16![FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, file photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Sinclair Broadcasting wants to “Stirr” up streaming. The regional TV network is starting a free ad-supported streaming service]()
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Jan 16
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Robot recreates the walk of a 290-million-year-old creature
Scientists have used a nearly 300-million-year old fossil skeleton and preserved footprints to create a robot model of prehistoric lifeJan 16![This image from video provided by John Nyakatura in January 2019 shows computer-generated and robotic simulations of an Orobates Pabsti dinosaur's footprints while walking. Nyakatura has spent years studying the four-legged plant-eater, which lived b]()
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Jan 16
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Court orders Italian govt to publicize cellphone risks
A consumers' group says an Italian tribunal has ordered a public information campaign about the possible health risks of cellular and cordless phonesJan 16
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Jan 16
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Snap to lose chief financial officer, its 2nd in a year
Snap Chief Financial Officer Tim Stone plans to leave the camera companyJan 16![FILE- In this May 2, 2018, file photo the logo for Snap Inc. appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Snap Inc. is getting hit hard in premarket trading after the social media company said its second chief financial o]()
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Jan 16
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House Republicans question telecoms on location tracking
Several House Republicans question T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint on how they share location data of their cellphone customersJan 16![FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2017, file photo a hotel guest is dwarfed by the glass facade of the JW Marriott hotel as he looks at his phone on an escalator at the hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Several House Republicans are asking T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon]()
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Jan 16
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AP WAS THERE: California's deadly 1994 Northridge earthquake
AP WAS THERE: Deadly Southern California earthquake crumpled buildings, freeways 25 years ago this weekJan 16![FILE - This Feb. 16, 1994 file photo shows the Northridge Meadows apartment complex in which 16 people died when the upper floors collapsed onto the so-called soft story ground floor. Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn earthquake sh]()
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Jan 16
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Teach kids about climate change? This state might require it
A legislative proposal in Connecticut would mandate instruction in climate change in public schools statewide, beginning in elementary schoolJan 16
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Jan 16
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German official says neighbors closely watching coal debate
A senior German official says neighboring countries are closely watching Germany's political debate on phasing out the use of coalJan 16![A giant bucket wheel digs for lignite at the Hambach open pit mining near the village Elsdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)]()
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Jan 16
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World's permafrost gets warmer; Siberia rises the most
Scientists say permafrost measurements around the world show it has warmed by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a decadeJan 16![Sergey Zimov, Nikita Zimov]()
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Jan 16
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Netflix price increase causes backlash
Widespread outrage on social media over the company's latest monthly subscription hike.Jan 16![VIDEO: Netflix price increase causes backlash]()
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Jan 16
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AP PHOTOS: 1994 LA quake caused widespread devastation
AP PHOTOS: 1994 California earthquake caused widespread devastationJan 16![FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1994 file photo, gas from a ruptured supply line burns as water from a broken water main floods Balboa Boulevard in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles. The fire from the gas main destroyed two homes, right. Twenty-five year]()
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Jan 15
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Huawei founder says company would not share user secrets
Huawei founder says company would reject Chinese government demand to disclose user secretsJan 15![Ren Zhengfei]()
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Jan 15
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US gambling operators have 90 days to comply with new rules
The Department of Justice will wait 90 days to implement a legal opinion that will affect online gamblingJan 15![FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, a game of internet slots is under way on a free-play site in Atlantic City, N.J. A legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Justice made public Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, could threaten the viability o]()
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Jan 15
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Lights, camera, action! Tumbling space snowman in film debut
Lights, camera, action! Tumbling space snowman makes out-of-this-world film debutJan 15![This combination of images provided by NASA shows a series of photographs made by the New Horizons spacecraft as it approached the Kuiper belt object Ultima Thule on Jan. 1, 2019. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Re]()
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Jan 15
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Grocery robots detect spills - with some far-off human help
A wheeled robot named Marty is rolling into nearly 500 grocery stores to alert employees if it encounters spilled granola, squashed tomatoes or a...Jan 15![William Rucker and his grandson Justice, 4, say hello to a robot named Marty as it cleans the floors at a Giant grocery store in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. On Monday, the Carlisle-based Giant Food Stores announced new robotic assistants]()
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Jan 15
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Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise
Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its streaming service 12 years agoJan 15![FILE- In this July 17, 2017, file photo the Netflix logo is displayed on an iPhone in Philadelphia. Netflix announce Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, that it is raising its prices in the U.S. by 13 percent to 18 percent, depending on the plan, (AP Photo/Matt]()
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Jan 15
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APNewsBreak: Agency built pen for possible horse slaughter
The U.S. Forest Service has built a new corral in California that could allow it to bypass federal restrictions and lead to the slaughter of wild...Jan 15![In this June 5, 2013 photo, some of the hundreds of mustangs the U.S. Bureau of Land Management removed from federal rangeland peer at visitors at the BLM's Palomino Valley holding facility about 20 miles north of Reno in Palomino Valley, Nev. The U.]()
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Jan 15
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CERN lays out vision for next-generation particle collider
Scientists behind the world's largest atom smasher have laid out their multibillion-euro vision to build an even bigger one, in hopes of unlocking...Jan 15
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Jan 15
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Facebook to invest $300 million in news, focusing on local
Facebook says it is investing $300 million over the next three years in news programs, focusing on local news partnerships and other initiativesJan 15
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Jan 15
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VW, Ford team up on pickups, explore deal on electrics
Volkswagen and Ford say they're forming a global alliance in which they will work together to develop commercial vans and medium-sized pickups while...Jan 15![Jim Hackett, Herbert Diess]()
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Jan 15
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Walgreens brings in Microsoft to help improve care
Walgreens, Microsoft team up to improve care, as more companies seek ways to manage patient health, cut costs and improve qualityJan 15![FILE - This June 25, 2018 file photo shows Walgreens in Peoria, Ariz. The drugstore chain is working with Microsoft to improve care, as more companies seek ways to manage patient health, cut costs and improve quality. The companies said Tuesday, Jan.]()
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