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By Steve Schultze, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Apr. 30--A boom in mental patients seeking treatment from Milwaukee County has fueled a potential $2.3 million deficit for the county's mental health services budget, officials said.

By PIPPA CRERAR TWO Cabinet ministers have lobbied Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt over NHS cuts in their constituencies.

By PIPPA CRERAR TWO ministers have lobbied Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt over NHS cuts in their constituencies. Tessa Jowell and Harriet Harman are the latest high-profile government figures to make such protests. They lobbied Ms Hewitt over closures at the Maudsley Hospital in south London.

By ROBERT MENDICK IT'S a predicament with which we can all sympathise. After a long, tough day at the office, Tessa Jowell appeared to be struggling to stay awake.