Michael Fitzpatrick News
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London is susceptible to an outbreak of measles as currently seen in Wales given one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.K. a decade ago, according to a pediatric epidemiologist.
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A coalition of House Republicans is willing to thwart the National Rifle Association’s opposition to broadening background checks for U.S. gun purchases. That may be President Barack Obama’s best chance for advancing tougher gun regulations this year.
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Republican Michael Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania backed a U.S. House plan in April to privatize Medicare even though his congressional district would feel the impact more than almost anywhere else in the nation.
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President Barack Obama’s proposals to increase access to mental health services and start a national dialogue as part of the effort against gun violence encouraged advocates who say the system fails many in need.
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A ban on high-capacity gun magazines has a good chance of passing the Republican-led U.S. House if it’s offered as a stand-alone bill, said Representative Carolyn McCarthy, a New York Democrat.
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Crude oil futures in New York will average $92 to $96 a barrel in 2012 as slowing economic growth curbs fuel demand, according to Again Capital.
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Crude oil tumbled after government reports bolstered concern that the U.S. economic recovery will slow, reducing fuel consumption.
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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP lost eight more lawyers to Hunton & Williams LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as those firms expand their energy-related practices.
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U.S. supplies of distillate fuel, a category that includes heating oil and diesel, probably dropped for a fifth week as distributors took deliveries before winter and exports to Europe increased, a Bloomberg News survey showed.
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Crude oil tumbled the most in four months after a government report showed that the U.S. added fewer jobs than forecast last month, bolstering concern that the economic recovery will slow.
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