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* | What They're Prescribing in Mexico City: In the name of "happiness and a better quality of life," Mayor Marcelo Ebrard plans to give out free erectile-dysfunction pills to men over 70. As many as 100,000 are eligible for the program, which could cost more than $4 million. It's the latest of Ebrard's "happiness" initiatives--in 2007 he spent millions on an ice-skating rink and artificial beaches--that critics say are distracting citizens from the capital's crime, pollution and transportation problems.

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President BARACK OBAMA, at NATO talks involving over 50 world leaders, describing the withdrawal of 130,000 combat troops from Afghanistan, planned for the end of 2014
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