At St.Charles High School in St.Louis, delivering his 52nd speech on health care since taking office early last year, the president again took aim at Republican calls to scrap the current legislative effort, and those he said favor giving the insurance industry even more power than it has now.

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The current effort is the seventh austerity plan since Mr de la Rua came to office in December 1999.

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Maddon's effort during the current homestand to keep his team loose Tuesday featured a cockatoo, which he had in clubhouse and later on his shoulder as he held his pregame media session.

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But unlike previous match-fixing probes that have targeted individual teams or leagues, Europol's current effort depicts a complex global organization with the power to reach across continents and influence match results from the lower leagues of smaller countries to the world's most prestigious international competitions.

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