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In part three of our series on physicians and managed care, NPR's Patricia Neighmond examines how patients react to a system that tries to maintain low costs by keeping patients healthy and out of the hospital. The focus is on the Bristol Park Medical Group in Orange County, California, a new type of group practice where physicians have banded together to regain control over medical decision-making.

-- New York's Duchess County, where IBM made big cuts. He reports from on how entrepreneurial start-ups have helped revitalize parts of the area so badly affected.

Linda talks to Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about what the public opinion polls are showing about the Florida ballot recounts. The latest poll by the Pew Research Center show that voters siding with George W. Bush, even though they doubt the accuracy of the vote count. Most voters also are against a new election in Palm Beach County, Florida, regardless of the confusing ballots there.

Preliminary results of a study from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital finds that Taiwanese men are not as dissatisfied with their bodies as Western men. Sean Cole explores the permutations of body image perception among men.

The fight between Ron DeSantis and Disney enters another round Wednesday as the governor's appointees on a new oversight board try to regain some power over land-use permits around the Disney parks.

People of color experience more air and water pollution than white people and suffer the health impacts. It has long been an underaddressed issue in the federal government.

The crash happened shortly before 8:45 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 74 near the Pinecrest Drive exit in East Peoria.

Illinois State University is seeing a spike in female students applying for student government positions. The student body administration say it’s likely…

The chief of staff to Illinois first lady Diana Rauner has been appointed to the state House of Representatives. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez of Springfield will…

A Tazewell County mayor is apologizing for taking part in a student video depicting a bank robbery and shootout that was recorded inside the village hall.…