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Apple doesn’t play by the same rules as most companies. That’s a good thing — usually.

Conservative fringe wingnuts are spreading false rumors that the healthcare reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives contains a requirement that microchips be implanted in Americans before they can receive healthcare. To hear the extremists tell it, "This sort of device would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option," according to an article posted on Current.com.

The government-run public insurance option will continue to be a contentious topic as health care reform moves to the Senate. Here’s a comprehensive look at how it’s likely to be structured, what it might mean for your health care costs now and in the future, as well as some potential upsides and downsides of the proposal.

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  • Line of dolls celebrates cultures
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  • Bank of America dodged big penalty
    Editor's note: This report is part of an occasional series from the McClatchy Washington bureau on government regulation of the financial markets.
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    Plans collapsed Thursday for a vote in the state House of Representatives on a bill to expand legalized casino gambling in Pennsylvania and deliver more tax revenue to the cash-strapped state.
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    Improving children's health and reducing obesity and tobacco use are the focus of a plan released Thursday for improving the health outcomes of Oklahoma residents, who officials said have higher rates of disease and mortality than almost every other state.
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    A Harvard professor and activist is running for Idaho governor as a Democrat after battling the alcoholic beverage industry in a failed attempt to fund substance abuse treatment through a beer and wine tax hike.
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    General Motors Co.'s restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations likely will be delayed until January, the car maker's top European executive says.
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    Nakheel PJSC, the Dubai World-owned property developer seeking to renegotiate debt, had a first-half loss of $3.65 billion as real-estate prices crashed in the Gulf business hub, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg News.