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• Income too high for Medicaid? ‘Spend down’ to qualify
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• Pinball Machines: Just the Facts
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• EU states agree deal to tackle crises in migration and asylum
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• Kenyan baby stealer jailed for 25 years after BBC Africa Eye expose
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• Venice bus crash: Victims still unidentified almost 24 hours on
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• Iran hijab police accused of beating girl into coma
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• Climate adaptation plans aim to protect roads, rail line
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• Soquel Avenue apartment proposal clears hurdle in Santa Cruz
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• San Lorenzo Valley parents seek more after-school programs
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• Santa Cruz County leaders explore potential new jail
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• Laphonza Butler’s California Connections
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