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We present searches for standard model Higgs boson production for
Higgs masses between 100 and 135 GeV/c^2 using approximately 4 fb-1
of data collected by the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron.
Precision electroweak fits of the standard model combined with
direct searches prefer a Higgs boson mass close to, but greater
than 114 GeV/c^2. Tevatron experiments are currently the
only experiments capable of searching in this mass region.
To achieve the best sensitivity for masses less than 135 GeV/c^2,
we search for Higgs bosons decaying into b quarks, in association
with a vector boson decaying into leptons. These analyses rely
on advanced tools for b-quark jet, charged lepton, and neutrino
identification, as well as background discrimination using multivariate
approaches. We will present results from the main analyses of
WH -> lvbb, ZH->vvbb, ZH->llbb, as well as secondary analyses,
and will present the result of combining the individual analyses
to achieve improved limits on standard model Higgs production.
