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The health-care debate: Sound, fury—signifying … what?
feature Democrats knew that it would be tough to sell President Obama’s proposals to reform the health-care system to their constituents, but the frenzied town hall–style meetings are something else altogether.
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Health-care reform: Where Obama went wrong
feature President Obama’s grand plan to remake the entire health-care system has bogged down in Congress, and his August deadline for passage is dead.
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Investigating torture: Should CIA agents take the blame?
feature Attorney General Eric Holder announced an investigation into whether 10 CIA agents went beyond Bush administration guidelines for “harsh interrogation;” White House officials will not be scrutinized.
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The space program: Is Mars the next logical step?
feature Mars may have trapped frozen water and traces of primitive life forms. Should we be satisfied with unmanned probes or rise to the challenge of sending up astronauts?
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The economy: Is the recovery for real?
feature The Great Recession is officially over. Where's the champagne?
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Mammograms: What’s a woman to do?
feature A federal advisory panel has issued new guidelines on how often and at what age women should be screened for breast cancer.
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The Berlin Wall: Twenty years after the fall
feature The fall of the wall was the product of “countless individual choices at key moments,” statesmanship, diplomacy, and even a bit of human folly.
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Palin: Is she a viable presidential candidate?
feature The former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate is promoting her memoir, Going Rogue, and trying to rehabilitate her image.
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Swine flu: Are we prepared for the worst?
feature Only 16.5 million doses of the swine flu vaccine have been produced in spite of a promise by The White House that 80 million to 120 million doses would be ready by mid-October.
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Obama: Has he bitten off too much?
feature The president came into office determined to leverage his post-election popularity in a host of major initiatives.
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The auto industry: Does Detroit deserve a bailout?
feature Congress heard the desperate pleas of GM’s Rick Wagoner and other industry chiefs who say that without a $25 billion loan, their companies could collapse.
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The banking crisis: Is nationalization the only way out?
feature Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to pump $1.5 trillion into failing banks, yet experts say that major U.S. banks already have $2 trillion in bad debt, and future losses in the financial system might raise the amount to as much as $7 trillion.<
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Obama: Can he spark the country’s confidence?
feature Experts disagree on whether President Obama's big budget decisions—a $1.2 trillion bank bailout, a $75 billion mortgage bailout, and a $787 billion stimulus spending plan—were necessary to save the economy from sliding into
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Bush’s legacy: How will history judge him?
feature Will Bush, like Harry Truman, be appreciated in hindsight, or will he be forever judged as one of the nation's most unpopular presidents?
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