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Omaha, NE Senior News

• Sod Delay Upsets Homeowner

  The health hazard has been removed but an Omaha couple wants an E-P-A contractor to get the lead out laying down sod.

• Medicare Expanding To Help Smokers Quit

  They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the U.S. keep on lighting up.

• Recession May Have Pushed US Birth Rate To New Low

  Forget the Dow and the GDP. Here's the latest economic indicator: The U.S. birth rate has fallen to its lowest level in at least a century as many people apparently decided they couldn't afford more mouths to feed.

• Study: Nonreligious Docs Hasten Death More

  Doctors who are atheist or agnostic are twice as likely to make decisions that could end the lives of their terminally ill patients, compared to doctors who are very religious, according to a new study in Britain.

• Some ERs Post Wait Times By Text, Billboard

  Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be.