Seattle hospital says it may not accept insurer

Seattle's Swedish Medical Center says it might stop accepting Regence BlueShield — the region's biggest health insurer — as a provider because its reimbursement rates are too low.

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Study: Shy Swedes Are Habitual Huggers

While Swedes have a reputation of being reserved, a new study shows they'll hug just about anyone except their boss. Nine out of 10 Swedes embrace somebody at least once a week, with women aged 30-44 being the most active huggers, according to the study presented Thursday by the Swedish Red Cross.

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About 37 percent of U.S. Saab dealers will close as part of General Motors Corp.'s planned sale of the ailing Swedish car brand to Koenigsegg Group AB, a GM spokeswoman said Saturday.

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Many of the life buoys on Swedish passenger ferries have a defect that causes them to sink when they hit the water.

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Tobacco company Swedish Match has been accused of adding a substance to moist snuff or 'snus' to purposely increase user dependency and, in turn, boosts sales of their products.

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US-based toy retailer Toys"R"Us has been reprimanded for gender discrimination following a complaint filed by a group of Swedish sixth graders about the store's 2008 Christmas catalogue.

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Bus service in Östersund in northern Sweden has been disrupted due to an increased in the number of drivers using alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

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A group of elite Swedish soldiers made a colossal error during a demolition exercise at the weekend when they blasted their way into the wrong house.

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Erold Sigurdsson, 65-year-old man from northern Sweden, is once again counting his blessings and picking up the pieces after a truckload of timber slammed into his house on Thursday – for the third time.

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Dirty Diaries, a montage of 12 pornographic films by Swedish feminist documentary maker Mia Engberg, was released last week, sparking considerable public debate.

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Friday night was a troublesome one for many police forces across Sweden with several reports of arson and unrest. Police fear an escalation in the violence.

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Swedes' habit of relieving themselves in public swimming pools may heighten their risk of asthma if the indoor pools lack proper ventilation, new Swedish research shows.

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A Swedish military boat took an unexpected turn up onto shore on Saturday, startling attendees of a festival held along the shores of the Göta Canal.

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A 16-year-old has been arrested after a woman's hair was set alight on board a train.

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A commercial for Apoliva, an assortment of personal care products for Apotoket, featuring Swedish supermodel Adina Fohlin has made a major splash, although not quite the one that the Swedish pharmacy chain was hoping for.

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A nude saxophone player surprised four similarly dressed violinists in northwestern Sweden to claim victory as the year's best incarnation of a water fairy, a mythical creature from ancient Swedish folklore.

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Lisbeth Salander, one of the coolest if most disturbing fictional crime fighters of recent years, was to have been the Watson to investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist's Holmes in Swedish writer Stieg Larsson's scarifying Millennium trilogy.

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An arbitrary rule administered by the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has left a two-year-old girl nameless, and her parents with a 2000 kronor ($255) fine.

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An 81-year-old Swedish man was charged on Wednesday with murder for killing his girlfriend with an axe because she refused to speak with him.

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A 13-year-old girl had her fingertip badly bitten by a caiman lizard at a wildlife park in eastern Sweden on Monday.

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Proper condom use, sex positions and same-sex relationships are all part of the curriculum for 14-year-old students in Swedish high schools.

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A shot was fired when two drunken and armed Swedish soldiers got into a fight with local residents in Kosovo, prompting an investigation by Sweden's Armed Forces.

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What started as a pleasant Midsummer's Eve stroll had an unpleasant and smelly end for a man and his dog in eastern Sweden.

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Two Swedish police officers stripped down naked and were offered "extra" treatment on recent visits to massage parlors.

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I've been invited to a Swedish Midsummer party, and frankly, I'm terrified. I've been told it involves eating raw fish, drinking copious amounts of vodka and dancing round a big phallus while I pretend to be a frog.

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Swedish migration authorities have come in for scathing criticism following a decision to deport a man so ill with Parkinson's disease that his home country of Nigeria refused to grant him entry.

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The mother-in-law of Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has been caught out in an elaborate swindle - two thieves sold her apartment without her knowledge.

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