We present a combination of searches for the standard model
Higgs boson using the full CDF Run II data set, which corresponds
to an integrated luminosity of 9.45-10.0 fb${-1}$ collected from
$s**(1/2)=1.96$~TeV $p{\bar{p}}$ collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron.
The searches consider Higgs boson production from gluon-gluon fusion,
vector-boson fusion, and associated production with either a $W$
or $Z$ boson or a $t{\bar{t}}$ pair. Depending on the production
mode, Higgs boson decays to $W+W-$, $ZZ$, $b{\bar{b}}$, $\tau+\tau-$,
and $\gamma\gamma$ are examined. We search for the Higgs boson with
masses ($m_H$) in the range 90-200~GeV/$c2$. In the absence of a
signal, we expect based on combined search sensitivity to exclude at
the 95\% credibility level the regions $90<m_H<94$~GeV/$c2$,
$96<m_H<106$~GeV/$c2$, and $153<m_H<175$~GeV/$c2$.
The observed exclusion regions are $90<m_H<102$~GeV/$c2$
and $149<m_H<172$~GeV/$c2$. A moderate excess of signal-like
events relative to the background expectation at the level of 2.0
standard deviations is present in the data for the $m_H=125$~GeV/$c2$
search hypothesis. We also present interpretations of the data within
the context of a fermiophobic model and an alternative standand model
incorporating a fourth generation of fermions. Finally, for the hypothesis
of a new particle with mass $125$~GeV/$c2$, we constrain the coupling
strengths of the new particle to $W+-$ bosons, $Z$ bosons, and fermions.
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