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the income of primary care doctors, and that could happen as more clinics affiliate with large health systems, he said.
• Dr. Stephan Schroeder, 62, is beginning to think about retiring from the practice he shares with two other doctors in Miller, S.D. He said his clinic is lucky because it recruited a medical student from Colorado to join the practice next year, adding that some young doctors are reluctant to practice in rural areas because they have to spend a lot of nights on call to handle emergencies.
• South Dakota Health Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth said she's encouraged by the recruitment of every new doctor in a rural area.
• "Every doctor we are able to place in a small community is a success, but it's difficult," she said.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. SNOWDEN TRAVELS THE WORLD FOR ASYLUM
• The NSA leaker flew from Hong Kong to Moscow with the help of Wikileaks, and has sought asylum in Ecuador.
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• 2. NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH TURNS FOR WORSE
• South Africa's president says the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader became critically ill in the past 24 hours.
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• 3. OPENING STATEMENTS IN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL
• Florida prosecutors will argue today in the racially charged trial that Zimmerman is a vigilante who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. Zimmerman says he was defending himself.
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• 4. WHO HELPED SANDY SURVIVORS THE MOST
• An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that friends and neighbors, not the government, were the most helpful sources of support.
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• 5. LEBANON CLASHES LEAVE 12 DEAD
• Military forces target a mosque where followers of a Sunni cleric are taking cover in some of the country's worst violence related to bordering Syria.
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