Airbus Manufacturing Jobs Landing In Alabama

Airbus made it official Monday, announcing it will build an assembly plant in Alabama to make passenger airplanes, giving the European aerospace giant its first foothold in the United States to compete with archrival Boeing.

The plant is expected to cost $600 million to build and will employ 1,000 people when it reaches full production, likely to be four planes a month by 2017. It also will create about 2,500 construction jobs, officials have said.

"We are going to create great jobs and generate growth right here," Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier said at the convention center in Mobile, where many of the 2,000 people in attendance waved American flags.

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ObamaCare :: Obese adults should get counseling, federal task force says

In a move that could significantly expand insurance coverage of weight-loss treatments, a federal health advisory panel on Monday recommended that all obese adults receive intensive counseling in an effort to rein in a growing health crisis in America.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force urged doctors to identify patients with a body mass index of 30 or more — currently 1 in 3 Americans — and either provide counseling themselves or refer the patient to a program designed to promote weight loss and improve health prospects.

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MyCare: Alycia and Avey S. in Towson, MD

Featuring people like Alycia, who don't have to worry about their children---like her daughter Avey---being denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions, MyCare is an initiative to educate Americans about new programs, benefits, and rights under the health care law.

Visit http://www.HealthCare.gov/mycare and sign up to receive email updates from HealthCare.gov:

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