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MEXICO CITY AP 鈥?Mexico anti-monopoly commission said Thursday it looking into possible price-fixing or monopolistic practices in the market for medical oxygen, after pharmacies reported a spike in prices and difficulties in getting tanks and refills. Prices for oxygen tanks in Mexico have reportedly tripled since the pandemic hit Mexico in March. Starting in March, it began to get scarce because there was a huge amount of demand. What little we could get hold of went up by 200 percent in price, said Juvenal Becerra, whose UNEFARM association represents about 5,600 pharmacies in Mexico.But he questioned whether anything illicit was involved. It was supply and demand. Everybody was asking for oxygen, so it was kind of lo
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WASHINGTON 鈥?Planning a visit to the White House Bring your kids and camera. But please, don ;t feed the animals.The Secret Service has started deploying specialized canine units to help protect the area around the White House grounds, where tourists flock day and night to catch a glimpse of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Although the Secret Service has used police dogs since 1976 to screen areas for presidential visits, this is the first time they ;re being broadly deployed among t
salomon he general public.The stepped-up pooch presence started last month as part of the Secret Service ongoing efforts to innovate and address changing
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