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• 8. WHAT STATE IS FIGHTING A BIG HEROIN PROBLEM
• Tiny Vermont -- home of quaint village greens and low unemployment -- ranks second in the U.S. for the rate of people being treated for opiate abuse.
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• 9. MONSTER BEVERAGE GETTING SOME QUESTIONS
• Officials in San Francisco and New York state are looking into whether the company is marketing its highly caffeinated drinks to children.
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• 10. FUTURE OF MEDIEVAL GOLD AND SILVER TROVE GETTING CLOSER
• A German commission convenes to recommend ownership of the Guelph Treasure, an issue Israel calls of great importance to Holocaust survivors
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AP News in Brief
With little drama, House ready to OK government-wide $1.1T budget as Senate waits its turn
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shunning the turmoil of recent budget clashes, Congress is ready to approve a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill for this year, a compromise financing everything from airports to war costs and brimming with victories and setbacks for both parties.
• The huge bill furnishes the fine print -- 1,582 pages of it -- for the bipartisan pact approved in December that set overall federal spending levels for the next couple of years. With that decision behind them and lawmakers eager to use the election year to show they can run a government, there was little suspense about the spending bill's fate.
• Reinforcing that was their desire to avoid the potential alternative -- a replay of last fall's 16-day federal shutdown, which disgusted voters.
• "There's a desire to show people we can do our job," said Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho.
• The Republican-led House was expected to approve the sweeping measure Wednesday, with the Democratic-run Senate following suit by the end of the week.
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