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NYT: Drug firms raise prices ahead of reform

Even as drug makers vow to support the health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation’s drug costs, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years. Full story

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McCain says he enjoyed Palin’s book
Nov. 21: The former GOP presidential candidate says he enjoyed reading “Going Rogue,” and downplayed reported tension between campaign aides as “no big deal.” NBC’s Lester Holt reports.

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