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When Congress approved the $700 billion rescue plan, it also passed one of the most significant mental-health bills in U.S. history - the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. It requires group insurance plans to cover mental illnesses the same way as physical ones (no more higher co-pays, deductibles and limits on hospital stays). For more than a decade, Senator Peter Domenici pioneered the fight for such legislation. Last year, the 76-year-old Republican announced he suffers from a degenerative brain disease and would not seek another term...
...products and memorabilia from the year that Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army, Nikita Khrushchev and General Charles De Gaulle became heads of state, NASA began its quest to put a man on the moon, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Dr. Zhivago topped bestseller lists, Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor shone in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and the Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., integrated for the first time. The exhibit also includes works by Andy Warhol from the period as well as photographs by the artist duo McDermott and McGough taking a look...
Midwest Hop. Southwest Airlines will begin service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Chicago's Midway Airport in March...
...undeniable that John Paul II, who referred to Jews as Christians' "older brothers" and was the first Pope to visit a synagogue, has built a bridge in Catholic-Jewish relations that remains solid. Benedict appreciates the importance of that bridge, but he has also shown a tendency to forge ahead with what he thinks is right for his church. In diplomatic terms, perhaps the cause for sainthood for a still controversial Nazi-era pontiff could use a somewhat longer "period of reflection." And maybe a Pope from another country. - With reporting by Francesco Peloso / Rome
...sides in various African conflicts with Soviet-era weapons from its stockpiles, Ukraine, experts say, is cleaning up its act and taking a far greater interest in the ultimate destination of its weapons. "The Ukrainians are keen on parliamentary commissions on illegal arms transfers at the moment," says Paul Holtom, a researcher with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Project. "One would hope the Ukrainians would follow...